The Hangar Trip to the Gard - Day 3

 The third and last day of our Hangar trip brought us to the Pont de Gard. To everyone this was a mesmerizing experience. That old Roman Aqueduct is so real, so ancient, and you can somehow feel all the effort and intelligence of the old Romans. It was breathtaking to all of us, artists and partners alike. And impressive work was done, you will see it in the video because I did not take enough pictures, sorry!
Anyway, to wrap it up - the trip was a huge success, it was convivial, connected, creative and do these people have talent!! We enjoyed it big time and will certainly do it again next year!

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Just some impressions of the fantastic aqueduct (thanks to Gisele for the pix)

  

 Some of the sketches that were created in the area..

 
The group at work - and the line up

 

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 AND SEE YOU NEXT YEAR, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT ALREADY!

The Hangar Trip to the Gard - Day 2

The second day of our Hangar trip, we spent in beautiful Uzès, a town with much to offer in terms of architecture, quaint streets, a fabulous market and wonderful restaurants. 
We started in and around the Botanical Garden, drawing the little streets, or plants and trees with the exercise of 'having something big in the foreground' for extra perspective. After a perfect lunch we continued painting in the old centre, with the exercise to use the bright colours of our gift sets. Everyone worked hard and concentrated, despite the heat! We did the line up in the hotel, and then had a truly great dinner! You can see all that in the second video by Marina T! 

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And here are some extra photo's of the work....

Just outside the Botanical garden
Inside the Botanical garden


Other views of Uzès

Working with the neon colours as backgrounds

The Hangar Trip to the Gard - Day 1

On 13, 14 and 15 June, a group of enthusiastic Hangar members were in the beautiful and inspiring department the Gard, to draw and paint together. Teachers Marina Teding van Berkhout and Marina Kulik guided the artists and advised them where necessary. 

This blog post is about the first day, Friday the 13th, when we arrived in Saint Remy de Provence and drew and painted in the 'Maison de Santé' where Vincent van Gogh was treated for some time. 
It was a splendid place, with a museum with all the original attributes from the time van Gogh stayed there, and breathtaking gardens (with lavender!), as well as a monastery, where it was actually cool despite the 32°C outside... We all found good spots and were very much inspired.
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This Video, created by Marina TvB shows the work and says it all!!

Some extra images:

Drawing around the Monastery and the Hospice...

Very Convivial dinner in the Hotel