Painting some Italian memories

Some recent watercolors painted for Molly Hashimoto's class. I used photos from our trip to Italy last year.  I have dozens: so many memories.

the quintessential Tuscany view

garden walkway

Practicing "greens" on market cucumbers

The road to Cortona

I don't know if the world really was that blue or not. I do know that the road to Cortona from our villa was curvy and hilly and scary and steep and long. Pretty, yes. but also curvy and hilly and scary and steep and long. The longest eight miles I've ever known. That's Sandy on the left and me in the jacket that keeps on giving.

Fiva Kindsa Pasta

Iconic View Alert

Not much time for sketching but captured a few beautiful Tuscan views today. A sampling. When i have better technology, I'll post better versions, but you get the idea. The two sculptures are in a series of five whimsical ones in the piazza of Montalpulciano. I loved loved them. I will post more about them later, I hope.

Still no good news on the lost luggage department. Boo hoo.











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Portal...updated.

Doors aplenty. This one particularly caught my eye.

Playing with Ink Effects on iPhoto app gave me an idea for a quick business card to give out to my new friends from class.  Technology otherwise failed me that day; my technology karma has been bad bad on this trip. I have gotten so spoiled. I try to put things into perspective. See me smile.

Playing with apps

Yesterday, I learned some ways to use my camera to capture moments, senses. I took dozens of photos using various combinations of settings for intriguing images. This was my favorite. I used the previously undiscovered black-white-color option with a color filter...

Actually, a dark gray depressing  stairway.

But then, today, we were once again reminded: there's an app for that.

Very film noir

It's 2:00 midnight. Do you know where your

Italian travelers are?




Scene from our hotel window, Orvieto. italy.

diane

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A Warm Penzian Hang-Around Day

 

 

 

Time for some sketching.