I have a tiny Moleskine sketchbook in my handbag to use when I'm out and about but I haven't posted much from it lately. Here is a sketch from October, just before I left for my visit to England.
This is one of many pink granite statues in and around the town where we live on the Cote de Granite Rose. The sculptor has used several different coloured stones to make this charming statue of a girl with her dog.
One of our favourite afternoon walks is along this lovely beach with views across to the little chateau Costaeres built on an island that can be reached at low water springs. The Sept Iles are in the distance with the lighthouse on Ile au Moines.
I was in England to spend a few days with my daughters and while at Justine's I had the opportunity to see a few episodes of Game of Thrones, a series I'd heard a lot about never seen as we don't have Netflix or Sky TV channels.
Justine's annual fancy dress party had Game of Thrones as the theme so I was very interested to see the real thing, especially as I had imagined and made my own costume before going.
We spent several hours together on the Sunday afternoon binge watching TV and recovering from the night before and I was able to sketch all the beautiful dresses.
The costume designer had a fantastic imagination, each character had her own style and colour scheme which continued as the series went on. I'm looking forward to seeing more episodes next time or maybe one day we'll get round to buying the box set!
Last weekend was our Marché de Noel in the village and I was there volunteering on the Twinning Association stand on the Saturday, selling English products like Christmas pudding and crackers.
On the Sunday we met up with our friends to partake of the mulled wine and scallop kebabs followed by a performance by the choir in the chapel of Notre dame de la Clarté.
As you can see I took the opportunity to sketch as we listened to some of our French friends singing so beautifully.
I've found this drawing of the chapel from a few years ago so you can see what a beautiful old building it is, dating from the 15th century and built in the local pink granite of course!
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