The top painting is my copy of a Marc Chagall early watercolor - 1915 - Titled "The Birthday" - I had to copy this twice to get a halfway decent copy. I still feel like it is more a composition study than a creative watercolor. I painted the windows light cobalt blue instead of trying to copy the detail...I was working quite small here. The original painting at the Pompidou in Paris is probably much larger. There were many good Chagalls at that museum when I was there in Oct. 2004. I copied the size from the version in the Marc Chagall art book I purchased off Amazon.com. It is a beautiful book. I wish I could just jet off to the Pompidou and sketch one of the Chagalls in their collection. I'm going to the Norton Simon in Pasadena as a class field trip on Sunday. I can't recall if they own any Chagalls.
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