Blogshank - Mike Smith, Illustrator and Diary Blogger » france https://blogshank.com Mon, 11 May 2026 23:21:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Saou alley https://blogshank.com/2020/01/saou-alley/ https://blogshank.com/2020/01/saou-alley/#comments Mon, 06 Jan 2020 19:29:58 +0000 Mike http://blogshank.com/?p=2409 Another France painting: this is in Saou. I crept out early to catch the sunlight streaming down an alley, then had the best almond croissant of the trip. Those days seem like a dream now.

Sunlit alley in Saou, France

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Mountains in France

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This summer we took 7 weeks out to drive around France in an old camper van. I managed to do a bit of sketching along the way, so I thought it would be good to share a few pictures here. More to come in the next few days.

My boy drawing

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