Sunday, November 30, 2014

Another village modeled after village of France

Here's another village inspired by villages of France, set alongside a river.

Special places


Monastery perched on top of an impossible precipice -- Meteora in Greece.

Beautiful French villages 2

In painting a village,  it is not easy to come up with a natural and esthetic arrangement of houses.   It helps to have a real village as a reference.   The beautiful villages of France provide such a model.  The village houses can then be set in an even more imposing landscape...

Beautiful French villages 1


France has the most beautiful villages.  The traditional houses in a natural setting inspires painterly expression and a feeling of harmony between humans and Nature.