Monday, Jan 16 - Classes

no martin luther king, jr. holiday for private college students, so classes started today. at 1 though, so tony and i headed to the 6th for art supplies in the morning. the sennelier store we wanted to get to (they are the best manufacturer of watercolor paints and pastels, and put out sweet notebooks) was closed, as apparently nearly everything is on monday mornings. kind of neat that everyone just takes it easy, unless you're trying to accomplish something. had a back-up in mind though, so we wandered around the district, walked through the Luxembourg Gardens (so formal! but beautiful already, will go back in spring to see the gorgeousness) and then to a drool-worthy art store. dropped a fair amount of money on school and sketching supplies - ink, some fantastic sketchbooks, and pencils and pens. hopefully will use up most of the sketchbooks - tis a goal.

class was disappointing, instead of the 4-day weeks we were promised in the states we have class from 2-6 mon-friday. quite cuts down on the travel time anticipated, and i'll say less then more about it and see how the semester plays out. hopefully randy is not as hardcore as he is trying to appear right now, we're here to STUDY ARCHITECTURE by experiencing the variety of it there is here, not make a building down to the last detail, which is what he says he wants us to do. we can do that easily in the states - this is not third year.

anyway, after studio went down the street a bit to the opera and sketched - playing with new ink and sketchbook. fun, turned out pretty well i thought. frilly building, awful colors of pastel marble in the sun, rather fun at night though.