“There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist,”
wrote Paul Cezanne,
“There is only good art and bad art.”
The Montreal Urban Sketchers were out sketching out today and the weather was beautiful, even though a tad cold with the wind. Surprisingly it was colder in Montreal than in Rigaud… as we live in the forest, there is rarely any wind. When I first decided to draw this majestic building, I did not know how intricate that it would be… and I kept thinking, “why did I choose to draw this building?” However, in the end I was quite happy to have completed it! I might have time tomorrow to paint it… I hope so -)
Paper: Field Watercolor journal 7″ x 10″
Pen: Platinum Desk Pen EF DP1000AB
Ink: Noodlers Lexington Grey
Location: Église St-Enfant-Jésus du Mile End
Painting to see : Peindre pour voir 
Jane, sorry about the double comment. It appeared to have not gone though. Now I see it was simply awaiting moderation and that screen did not display. Delete which ever suits you :-)
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Thank you Owen — no worries, I do this all of the time. Thanks for the Latin translation as I did not know this -)))
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So very true and the quote is even more vital when we understand that today’s word amateur is from the Latin meaning, simply, Love of.
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Impressive inking there Jane, what an eye you have!
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Thank you Angela — I kept wondering why did I choose such a difficult subject? But I am happy that I did in the end -)
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it is so intricate-date? French?
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Actually neo-gothic with a bit of latin american architecture throw into it… quite a treat for the eyes actually -)))
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