In-between singing at the services today, I ate lunch, went to a bookstore, and had a cup of coffee at a cafe in the underground city, where I did this quick sketch of three young women at a table across the way. I was amused by the (typical Montreal) details: the central girl's big earrings and down parka with fur-trimmed hood (that she never took off) over a slinky silk-look top; the trendy glasses on the girl on the right; the crimson streaks in the straight black hair of the girl at left.
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February 06, 2011
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In the Iliad, she is described as the loveliest of the daughters of Priam (King of Troy), and gifted with prophecy. The god Apollo loved her, but she spurned him. As a punishment, he decreed that no one would ever believe her. So when she told her fellow Trojans that the Greeks were hiding inside the wooden horse...well, you know what happened.
I love your sketches - more please!
Posted by: Jean | February 07, 2011 at 05:09 AM
This is what I miss about living in the city. Of course Montreal has a special flair, too. Although I've never been there, I'm sure of that. You capture the energy and sophistication of those young women better than any photograph could.
Posted by: Hattie | February 07, 2011 at 01:20 PM
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Posted by: dale | February 07, 2011 at 10:38 PM
A really beautiful drawing, Beth.
Posted by: Natalie | February 09, 2011 at 01:26 AM
I love these drawings paintings you do. They have so much life in them.
Posted by: zuleme | February 09, 2011 at 03:19 PM
Sables, in particular, were highly prized and "fit for a King" (or Queen). Henry VIII was given sables by Charles V. Of course, in times gone by, it wasn't considered brutal to kill animals for their fur. Kings and Queens wore ermine, which is the winter coat of the stoat. I don't think Princesses wore that, but they may have worn sables.
Posted by: Nottingham Weekend Breaks | February 10, 2011 at 05:26 AM
I saw this (or one very similar) on facebook first. It reminded me of my daughter and her friends, all barely out of their teens. Lovely.
Posted by: Kim | February 10, 2011 at 10:29 PM