I Miss U all my Blog: Les Facades

Friday, February 20, 2009

Posted by pece at 10:42 AM

Le Petit Plateau Salon de The, original art, 9" x 11

I've been wanting to paint Paris facades for a while now, for a personal project.

And what better way to stop dragging my heels, then to put them on PB.

I never expected such a warm response from you all, PB readers!

BIG MERCI!

Paris is very much a grey city...

Paris grey skies are reknown, along with the classic, formal buildings...

There's a general greyness overall.

Here's a cat for those of you requesting one - black, not grey...sorry.

But the slashes of brilliant color you see in these typical facades are unique to Paris....

Like the brilliant scarves Parisiens often wear with their generally neutral clothing...

Ask any photographer and they will tell you grey makes a great background for colorful photographs. Check out their portfolios = almost always grey!

The greys enliven the brilliant colors...

And vice versa.

It's nothing new for Paris to have these intense strong colors splashed about.

Well really quite economically in fact.

Just enough to stop you in your tracks and give a second look.

Class over.

Have a ROSEY WEEK-END!