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What do Mount Everest, Banks, and the Eiffel Tower have in common?

I just returned from three weeks in Paris. I draw the Eiffel Tower every time I go to Paris.
Why the Effiel Tower, an over-done icon?
→  Why did George Mallory want to climb Mt. Everest?
→  Why did Willie Sutton rob banks?
→  Why do I draw the Eiffiel Tower?

So, enjoy Eiffel 2013. I will be posting drawings from my trip over the next few days.

Eiffel Tower 2013 (watercolor & ink, 12×17 cm, Michael Liebhaber)

 

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Workshop sketches

Took a painting weekend last week. Attended Beverly Never’s painting workshop. Always learning something new. Weather was bad so, other than a brief post-lunch walk, we stayed indoors and painted from photos of the German landscape. I’m in a rut. Time for a change.

Untitled, watercolor & ink, 7×5″
Untitled, watercolor & ink, 5×7″
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My travels in the past 2 weeks have taken me to Brussles, Belgium for some great beer and to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany for a dose of the Bavarian Alps. If you want to see a quintessential, southern German town, free from tourist trinkets, then Partenkirchen is your place.

Gasthof Frauendorfer. I recommend staying at, or at least eating at, Gasthof Fraundorfer. Warning, you will need reservations after 6-7pm.

Dinner

Shopping, a typical male bonding activity

View from the golf course