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Ireaders of doubly memorable because we chose,Traveln June lastthe Loire in France exclusively for organised a paintingLeisure year, Spencer Scott Painter. It was trip to

quite inadvertently,petrol strike andflooding of the Seine and the Loire possibly the severest to travel during a

valley France had experienced in many

years. Not that this was a problem at all.On the contrary, itexciting and interesting. Our objective made the trip very

was to paint in the gardens and chateauxof the Loire and only one was underwater. Never one to miss an opportunity,when not painting gardens there were

marvellous interiors to draw and paint as well. We stayed near Tours, in a converted

chateauwas graduallycourt – a good way belowgreat advantages of stayingon the banks of the river, which encroaching on the us. One of the in Chateau tennis

Beaulieu was experiencing firsthand themagnificent interiors andpainting opportunities that these rooms the wonderful

gave us.PaintingDining rooms have always been a great in splendour

favourite ofwatercolourdrawings one afternoon of the dining mine and we all made sketches (see left) and

room of the Chateau Beaulieu.something that looks just right and asks to be painted. WhatAll painting is about catches your eye in ‘seeing’; noticing

an interior? Selection andeverything. Without either, subjects arejust commonplace. Why bother to paint vision are

the commonplace?first caught my eye.the receptionThe view facing away from the windows room The added depth of beyond and the

atmospheric lighting in it was too goodto miss. There was a brief sparkle of thereflection of a bright light from the

windows behind me, which could beseen in the mirror over the fireplace. Thetable, fortunately already laidevening’s dinner, made up the whole of for that

the foreground and broughtcomposition together. Strong verticals and strong horizontals always seem to the

underpin the mostcompositions.cool, sharpI liked the contrast in tones, too: whites of the tablecloth and satisfying the

china contrasting with the darker andmysterious richness of the room beyond.I made a watercolour sketch (above left)

with as much information as I could.Invariably, there is a great deal ofexcitement and urgency packed into arapid notation such as this, which keeps

the approachqualities also needed in the final oilpainting, The Dining Room, Chateau fresh and lively –the

Beaulieu(left).

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Usinginto how the to chateaux see and paintof the traditional Loire as her interiors theme, Pamela and their Kay detailsoffers successfully insights

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LEARNINGHow to find subjects that willentice the viewer OBJECTIVES

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