ANDREW WYETH STUDIO TOUR

A tour of ANDREW WYETH's STUDIO is always available through the BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM. During the month of April, every Friday, a visiting artist demonstrated the use of egg in tempera paint as part of the tour. THAT sounded like a nice addition, so when I asked around who wanted to join me, MERRY and LAURIE were as excited as I was. (We had a bite to eat at HANK'S PLACE across the street (ALWAYS delicious) before our tour.)

We got on a shuttle bus at the BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM and it was only a stone's throw away - a white building that ANDREW grew up in, that later became his studio.

The KITCHEN is as it was when he and his family lived there.

The ENTRYWAY and HALLWAYS are filled with family photos and artwork.

His LIBRARY housed interesting BOOKS and PANORAMAS and his COLLECTION of ARMY SOLDIERS and EQUIPMENT filled a full cabinet.

ANDREW WYETH'S ACTUAL STUDIO literally took my breath away. It was just as it should be. A windowsill lined with jars of pigments. Preliminary drawings and paintings everywhere.  Lots of light coming into the room from TALL WINDOWS, with light from the NORTH.

Practice DRAWINGS everywhere........

Preliminary PAINTINGS ready to be worked into a larger PAINTING.

ANDREW's talented artist son, JAMIE had a section of one large room all to himself. (Yes, that's ME in the mirror - HA!)

The visiting artist shared with us the secrets of the EGG TEMPERA PAINT method.

Beautiful views of the OTHER BUILDINGS on the property from inside.......

If you enjoy the WYETH FAMILY ART and have an opportunity to take this extraordinary tour of our CHESTER COUNTY ARTIST'S STUDIO, you certainly won't be disappointed.


JOAN

BOTTLING WINE IN THE STREET!!!

Here we are - still in the fabulous ALSACE WINE ROUTE town of EGUISHEIM, FRANCE. Wandering the side streets LINDA and ANDY SMITH and I happened upon the most interesting moment. They were bottling and stacking WHITE WINE, right in the street.  

I was captivated - they had to tear me away from watching the goings on......

Enjoy this wonderful video to bring you up close and personal to this bottling event.....

Walking a little further, we found a tiny cheese shop on the left side of the lane. We totally enjoyed taking our time choosing some meat and cheese for a snack during the rest of our walk through EGUISHEIM,

Did you feel like you were right there with me??

JOAN

PS - I was traveling with my close friends, LINDA and ANDY SMITH.  ANDY is a professional watercolorist - you might enjoy looking at or even OWNING one of his paintings.  He also can be commissioned to paint one of your photographs, your home, a favorite place, etc.  CLICK ON THIS for his website.

EGUISHEIM, FRANCE (ALSACE WINE ROUTE)

Last year in June, the first town that we stopped at on the ALSACE WINE ROUTE, was EGUISHEIM, FRANCE.  It captured my heart!  The flowers....... the architecture...... the wine bottling right in the street..........  

YOU tell ME..... Is this a wonderful town or what??!!

And how about the STORK NESTS at the top of the buildings?  

Is that really "where babies come from"?

Naturally we had to stop for a little bite.  OK, we had to stop for some CHOCOLATE - HOT CHOCOLATE, CHOCOLATE CROISSANTS....... etc.

My NEXT BLOG POST will feature a video of WINE-BOTTLING in the street and another little surprise.....  TUNE IN!!

JOAN