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Originally Posted by javadog
I find it interesting that you were doing pretty much the same thing I have planned to do in the next year or two. I would be curious if you found any bistros worth eating in that had prices more suitable to ordinary working Parisians.
I hope to resume my painting career later this year. One of the things on my list as to create three or four paintings using the techniques of several of the old masters. One of the paintings planned is a portrait of my youngest son done in the style of van Gogh, as represented by the very self portrait that you viewed in the museum. Of all of his many self portraits, that one is perhaps my favorite, as I think it is most representative of the painting technique he used in his later years.
You appear to study a painting in much the same way I do. One question I have always had about his work is just how often he reloaded his brush. Any opinions on that?
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JR, I ate in a wide variety of restaurants, from working class to Michelin 1 star. My next trip will mostly be Michelin 2 and 3 star. I'll put all the restaurants up in one post.
On van Gogh's brushwork, I honestly wouldn't even begin to able to answer that and I think the only way you could is by looking at his palette for each work.
As I said earlier, this trip was to eat and see van Gogh. In the end, it became a practice trip, I learned a lot to make my next trip substantially better. My best piece of advice is if you don't already know French, take a professional expat training course, or work with a tutor over a year and speak and speak and speak. Everyone I met was extremely warm and gracious that my French was limited to a few phrases, but it was so limiting, on my end. My goal is to be fluent in a restaurant or just out and about, before I go again. The French respond so well to civility and grace, they are your best tools if you don't know the language.