Some of the sketches are being shown out of order, but I will give you the background for each. This one was done on my last afternoon in Amsterdam. I loved the colorful umbrellas going down toward the statue in the middle of the street.
While the Symposium was going on in the evening there would be a "drink and draw" at the Amstelhoeck, a restaurant near the Amstel River. We headed over there one evening to socialize with some of the other sketchers and sketch some of the people at the tables.
In case you were wondering about the bird that keeps appearing on some of my sketches, he is a heron named A'dam (short for Amsterdam) who was the mascot/symbol of the symposium.
Great umbrellas and they made a great painting. This is the first time I notices the bird - interesting mascot. Nice work Joan
ReplyDeleteThanks, Val. The heron didn't make it to all the pages. lol
ReplyDeleteExcellent! Your sketches bring Amsterdam to us.
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