Sketching A French Weekend...Four Days In Beautiful Nancy, Eastern France
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Our son Paddy is doing his Erasmus programme in Nancy, eastern France. He could have chosen from any number of universities around the world, but he chose France: he went with nothing more than some intense French grinds from his mum, and has done exceptionally well.
His dad Marcel and I visited over the weekend, and while there were two flies in the ointment - it was very cold, and Paddy was very ill with a stomach bug - we had such a wonderful time. In four days you can't sketch too much AND enjoy the company of your loved ones, so what you don't see in this video are all the incredible meals we had, the brilliant wit of my companions and the sheer joy of being in France with a very funny Englishman who loves France and the French as much as he loves to joke about them. (That's my husband...who also has a truly French soul through his Franco-Mauritian father, so it's even funnier. Which, for the record, he denies.)
There's a lot of talk in this video about my Sketchpocket. It won't be too long before it's here, and available for you, which is great because I am so proud of this bag, the reason I got so much sketching in over four days. In an instant I had those ladies, in another I had that fine gentleman, always from life, in the moment. Soon you too will be able to capture the world as you find it, as conveniently as I do. I should have called it the Stand-Up Sketch Bag!
I hope you enjoy this video and of course it only behoves me to say...
Vive la France!
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Beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
It’s my pleasure 😍
Beautiful sketches. I like to zoomed and look at your marks and loose washed.Thanks
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
I’m happy you enjoy them. It’s much easier to achieve those when you know your time is limited.
I could listen to you all day! It's a pleasure to hear about your travels and relive it with you through your sketchbook. I'm about to go to bed but I can't tell you how tempted I now am to get out my sketchbook...
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Ha ha! Very important not to watch my videos before bed! Seriously, thanks so much, I’m delighted to inspire!
@ClareWillcocks
2 ай бұрын
@@roisincure I’ll make sure I have at least half an hour spare afterwards next time 😂
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
@@ClareWillcocks good plan 😊
Just beautiful, thanks for sharing.
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much 🙏
I'd need an entire weekend just to sketch the square. And it wouldn't come out as detailed and beautiful as yours.
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Ah you’re too kind! I have secrets 🤩😂
@leighrogers1383
2 ай бұрын
😂😂me too.
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
@@leighrogers1383 😂😂😂
Wonderful and inspiring as always, thanks Roisin 😊
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Thank you Leigh!
Beautiful video, thanks Roisin. I can't think of anything better than to have a sketchbook full of memories of a trip
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Thank you! I think it’s the best way to remember a trip too.
Wonderful, I love your lively sketches so much! This also makes me want to buy a smaller sketchbook to take with me on vacation and leave the a5 at home.
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
I never would have thought it possible to go that small but it’s been a godsend. It means you never spend too long, which is exactly what you need when you’re travelling, right? And thanks so much by the way!
Headed to Paris next week ~ thanks for the inspiration!
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Have a wonderful time!
Oh, I enjoyed this because I was a student in Nancy 59 years ago! From a little college in Ohio. Hope to get back next year after a watercolorists’ riverboat cruise that ends in Strasbourg.
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Okay now you have me extremely envious! I hope you get back too!
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Please give me details as my mother and I would love to do something like that ❤️
@arlenealennox3136
2 ай бұрын
I’m sorry but the river cruise is only for past favored customers of French Escapade on their 20th anniversary of starting their business. They are chartering a boat and they said it will be a one time only, but who knows, maybe it’s an idea that will take off. There are themed sea cruises for all kinds of hobbies and interests, and this seems to be one that would be popular. We aren’t having any instruction like their painting holidays on land.
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
@arlenealennox3136 in that case have a wonderful time!
Un joli petit café crème !!! 😂 👍
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
RELENTLESSLY positive 😂😂
wonderful, thanks Roisin
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
This is wonderful 🧑🎨👏
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!
this is so wonderful, such a good video ☺☺
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Thank you Chantelle!
Wonderful video on all aspects. I know you have written DRAWING EXPRESSIVE PEOPLE (The Urban Sketching Handbook series) and have done a video, but any more tips and tricks regarding drawing people would be greatly appreciated 😊. Thank you for sharing your family time in France!
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
I’ll put it in the mix! If you feel like having a browse, I have lots of people sharing videos on my website in the Recordings section.
@janegrew9485
2 ай бұрын
@@roisincure Thank you. Will check that out. Much appreciated.
I loved this video. Plenty of info and fab sketches. Thanks for sharing.
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
It’s my pleasure! You’re very welcome!
Sounds and looks like a lovely trip! Thanks for sharing!
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
It was lovely - and thank you!
Nancy is gorgeous. If you are ever back in Luxembourg though there is a really lovely urban sketching group that I used to sketch with until I moved to Belgium.
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
We drove through Luxembourg (missed the airport turnoff!) and it was so pretty! Very fairy tale!
So eager to get the sketch pocket!!
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Soon! Any day now the second sample arrives…with any luck it won’t need further tweaking!
I love your work, enjoy your sketches..inspire me so much..love the sketch bag..can you share where to buy it.
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Hi Mary! Yes of course I will just as soon as it’s available. I’m really pleased you like my work and my bag 🤩😍
Wonderful pictures, thanks Roisin. Do you do any preliminary pencil drawing?
@roisincure
2 ай бұрын
Thanks Peter! No I don’t. I used to when I started. Sometimes I paint very lightly in dilute watercolour which is the same sort of thing but mostly there’s no time, my subject might move or change. However I’m full of tricks to get around the pitfalls of an incorrect, indelible line.