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  • Notre Dame Paris Visit

    Notre Dame Paris Visit

    Today was a few hours walking around the 2nd Arrondissement and to Notre Dame cathedral. The items below are from a area within the cathedral called the “Treasury”. Painted niche walls.

    MSRitzman

    May 26, 2025
    Travel & Tours
  • Another Garden Year

    Another Garden Year

    My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece. Claude Monet In 2024 I set out to make a watercolor bouquet of the flowers in my garden in the style of 18th century Pieter Casteels III. We know them as the ubiquitous engravings, the classic “Twelve Months of Flowers”. Each month I would sketch in watercolor the…

    MSRitzman

    March 15, 2025
    Projects, Sketching
    art, flowers, garden, Garden bouquet, gardening, Pieter Casteels, Twelve Months of Flowers, watercolor, watercolor garden
  • Paris Log

    Paris Log

    A collection of scenes from a small area in Paris November 2024. Marche Montorgeuil Gastronomy and Pâtissiers Around every corner and up every narrow street … it makes Paris, PARIS! We made a visit to Pere LaChaise via metro The Pere-Lachaise cemetery has two centuries of history with many well know residents. On this November…

    MSRitzman

    November 24, 2024
    Travel & Tours, Workshop
    art, books, food, montorgeuil, Paris, photography, travel
  • Paris Paper and Bookbinding

    Paris Paper and Bookbinding

    Arrived Paris this week for a workshop with The Travelling Bookbinder* . We started by wandering the arrondissements for vintage and modern papery collections. Of course, Paris has so many places to explore… Then, to end the day with a fellow workshop participant, sipping Campari & Soda and a Last Word … with my sketchbook…

    MSRitzman

    November 20, 2024
    Workshop
    Bookbinding, paper, Paris, the travelling bookbinder
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