Rando croquis sign.
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The Chapelle du Liget is situated just off the D760 in the heart of the Foret de Loches. It is such a picturesque little building that there is a walk dedicated to it called the
Rando croquis (Sketch Walk). The waymarkers are cute pencil shaped poles.
Technical tips to improve your watercolour.
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After a couple of hundred metres of walking in the forest there is a break in the vegetation and you look out directly at the chapel. It's a lovely scene. You are encouraged to take a seat and make a watercolour sketch. There is a big info board giving you the history of the place and another giving you hints and tips on how to create your watercolour. It's an almost irresistible idea, and I imagine that people really do go there to paint the chapel from just that spot.
The chapel viewed from the forest.
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To learn more about the Chapelle du Liget, go to medieval historians Niall and Antoinette, who have written about it over on
Chez Charnizay.
Susan
3 comments:
super photo of the chapel from the woods! :-)
The view point from the woods is a really charming idea, and I hope the person who thought of it was rewarded.It would be hard to take a poor photo from here :-)
What an absolutely charming idea!
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