Art Class in Paris
One of the things I wanted to do when I came to Paris was to take an art class. My grandmother and my mother have some artistic ability as do some of my nieces and nephews so I brought my “Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain” book, some colored pencils and some drawing paper. I have taken a water color class in the past and was frustrated with my inability to draw. Abi and I joined WICE when we first arrived in Paris. WICE is an established English speaker’s group that offers a variety of classes to the expat community here in Paris.
While I was getting settled, I thought I might meet some new friends at the introductory drawing class that was offered by a woman by the name of Claude Pollack. She actually grew up in NYC where he father was an art dealer. He passed away when she was 16 and her mother moved the family back to France. The people in the class were very nice…one a stewardess who has an apartment here, one a retired US military woman, an Austrailian wife of an International Atomic Energy commission type and a long term resident of Paris from Idaho…who went to Idaho State. The first class was all about perspective…after that, the class wanted to do things like portraits and the still lifes got more and more complicated…which was totally frustrating to me…not fun. The interesting thing is that Abi decided to join the class and she is quite good…see for yourselves…guess all those art classes at Norwood paid off! 
Andrus Foe Paws 