During that time we squeezed in the four cities of Venice, Florence, Rome and Pisa. Each place I loved, but for very different reasons. It was hot, hot, hot, but there was plenty of ice cream and chilled prossecco, (far too cheap and far too much of!) to help cool us down.
I've always loved Italy and ever since my first trip to Milan with the design college in 2001, I have wanted to return to see more of the country. The food, the language, the ambience has always warmed me. Everything seems to be made aesthetically, there isn't much that is ugly about Italy, well except for certain corruptions.
The scenery is beautiful and I think if ever I tried to paint it, I would never do it justice. The hay bales and fields of the countryside turn over in my mind, bathed in the warm glow of sun. I've yet to explore much more of Italy, further South, the lakes in the North. My list of places to visit grows by the day, I'm eager yes and ambitious, but my philosophy is never say never.
Anyway, as I haven't posted for a couple of days I thought I'd share some doodles. I was flicking through my photographs last night and I ended up creating some sort of montage of rough sketches of the trip. I'm not the best at perspective when it comes to buildings etc, though admittedly I didn't try very hard.The light also bounced off the page as I was taking photos, so it has affected the appearance a little, in particular the spray of orchids and horse (right).
Oh and this is the only time I've ever attempted to draw a Vespa. Needs a little practice one feels!
I'd like to do this as a painting in colour, but as of yet I haven't decided whether acrylic or watercolour would be better. Either way it needs something a little more, Italy is after all a very colourful country!
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