Gaillac Workshop day 6

Saturday was another perfect weather day for our excursion to the medieval village of Cordes. We got an early start after Petit dejeuner, and spent some time exploring the village...

some of us chose to get some shopping done, while others got right to work...

Linda's morning painting

Pat working in watercolor

Betsy sets up to capture the green awning

 The group chose a cafe for lunch with a view overlooking the landscape around the medieval village...

salade de chevre chaud... my favorite!

my morning start

Some of the group elected to return to the Gite after lunch, but some of us stayed at Cordes for an afternoon session

Subject for my afternoon painting- the blue umbrella

Dori's morning start

Dori... so many choices... so little time!

Dori's afternoon painting

Dinner on Saturday was Tarte a l'oignon, confit de canard, salade and ice cream... there was not a crumb remaining! 

Gaillac Workshop Day 2

Castelnau de Montmiral and Le Lavande...

The Market...

Everyone seemed to awaken Tuesday refreshed- although not completely adjusted to the time change, the "stagiaires" were ready to go.  After a scrumptious petit dejeuner of croissants and confiture at the Gite we left around 9 for Castelnau de Montmiral.  This quaint medieval village was less than 20 minutes away.

 It was market day in the village so after a quick tour of the village, everyone picked a spot to set up and paint. 

Suzy and Elaine

Margo

 It was a perfect weather day of bright sunshine  around 80 degrees. Chantal serenaded  us with her accordion... 

 

Chantal with her accordion

Linda and Pat had many young admirers stopping to chat..

The painting I started at Castelnau de Montmiral..

Around 12:30 we headed back to the Gite to have a dejeuner of Salade de riz, melons, du pate, fromage, and of course les baguettes!

 People took a break, took a swim, then we headed to some nearby lavender fields by le chateau de mauriac around 4 PM.  We painted there for about 3 hours. We then headed to Chantal’s charming house in nearby vineyards for apperatifs... We had Gaillac doux and caviar d’aubergine sur crouton.

Dori painting the Lavender

We headed back to the Gite and had dinner around 9. It was a delicious stew of meatballs- boulettes de "Gaby", (tomatoes, onions, chorizo & jambon fume). Pommes de terre,  followed by fromage, then cookies and ice cream for dessert.