Chicago & Paintings
Mar. 24th, 2014 09:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osprey_archerI am returned from Chicago! And I come bearing MANY PICTURES, because Chicago is super photogenic, although these mostly are not photos of the things that are supposed to be photogenic like the giant statue of Goethe wearing nothing but an artfully draped cape. Because that is just how German writers dress, apparently?
Oh, but I do have a picture of paintings of the skyline! My friend Rachel booked us for a surprise painting class - I must admit my first thought when I heard this was GAAAH - but actually it turned out quite well; I haven't painted for years, and it was fun to slop about paint on canvas attempting to create some facsimile of the Chicago skyline.
My buildings are a bit blobby, but I think the reflection in the water worked rather nicely.
Before the painting class, we went to the glorious empanadas place. (When Rachel and I first planned this visit, I was all "WE'LL GO TO THE EMPANADAS PLACE AGAIN! Also do other things, which we will figure out in due time. BUT EMPANADAS."
I feel hungry just looking at them.
We were thinking about going to the 1893 World's Fair exhibit at the Field Museum, but sadly Rachel's friends who have gone thought it was disappointing, and neither of us wanted to lay down thirty dollars for disappointing. So instead we went to the conservatory, which is like a tiny tropical vacation in itself, and then the Lincoln Park zoo.
I love this photo: I love the framing of the ornamental olive tree, elegant between the pink azaleas and the pale blue sky and the splash of red leaves at the top.
Whoever came up with the idea of adding little elephant statues to this drinking fountain is a genius. A GENIUS, I SAY.
And one last photo, because I can't let a visit to Rachel go by without taking the opportunity to take a million photos of her adorable cat!
Oh, but I do have a picture of paintings of the skyline! My friend Rachel booked us for a surprise painting class - I must admit my first thought when I heard this was GAAAH - but actually it turned out quite well; I haven't painted for years, and it was fun to slop about paint on canvas attempting to create some facsimile of the Chicago skyline.
My buildings are a bit blobby, but I think the reflection in the water worked rather nicely.
Before the painting class, we went to the glorious empanadas place. (When Rachel and I first planned this visit, I was all "WE'LL GO TO THE EMPANADAS PLACE AGAIN! Also do other things, which we will figure out in due time. BUT EMPANADAS."
I feel hungry just looking at them.
We were thinking about going to the 1893 World's Fair exhibit at the Field Museum, but sadly Rachel's friends who have gone thought it was disappointing, and neither of us wanted to lay down thirty dollars for disappointing. So instead we went to the conservatory, which is like a tiny tropical vacation in itself, and then the Lincoln Park zoo.
I love this photo: I love the framing of the ornamental olive tree, elegant between the pink azaleas and the pale blue sky and the splash of red leaves at the top.
Whoever came up with the idea of adding little elephant statues to this drinking fountain is a genius. A GENIUS, I SAY.
And one last photo, because I can't let a visit to Rachel go by without taking the opportunity to take a million photos of her adorable cat!
