Artists In Italy

I am busy working on some paintings for this show and organizing the ones I have already finished.It will be so great to see everyone again and to see what they have produced since we got home. It will be fun to revisit sketchbooks and work done on location too.

Art Exchange Miniature Juried Show 2012

Island of Burano, Italy

 

This is one of my entries into the Art Exchange Miniature Show. It is a watercolour painting of the reflections on the canal on the Island of Burano in Italy. Burano, famous for the handmade lace made there, is located near Venice. We were fortunate to have beautiful weather while on the island and enjoyed walking and wandering.

Lost In Venice

This is the first piece I have completed since returning from Italy. It is a pen and ink drawing of several buildings in Venice, most of which I have repeated in different sizes to give the impression of being wonderfully lost, as my husband and I were several times. We saw the same buildings over and over from different distances. The lion statue was something we both loved and we passed it several times as we meandered, lost, through the fabulous city of Venice.

Sketching In Italy

I was fortunate to be able to travel to Italy with a group of artists lead by Daphne and Kevin Bice in a Novack's Avid Traveller tour called Artists in Italy. We flew to Rome and then travelled by bus to Cortona. Along the way we passed through some enchanting countryside and I took photos like mad from the bus window. Many of these will be the inspiration for paintings I am sure. In Cortona I did several sketches, some of which are posted below.We did a day trip to Florence, which was magnificent and again my photos will inspire some paintings! After a week in Cortona we went to Venice. I did a few sketches in Venice but had succumbed to a rather nasty cold which developed into bronchitis and found it difficult to work while coughing. Again I have several photos to inspire paintings.