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| Church in Pescara, watercolor |
Happy PPF a bit early! I have to work early in the morning, so thought I would get this posted before I go to bed tonight. Finally photographed my sketchbook from Italy, pitiful showing for two and a half weeks, though we were busy going here and there! And I have over 3,000 photographs to work from in the future.
Most of these are from a lovely 8x10 sketch book that John gave us when we arrived at The Retreat. It took the watercolor surprisingly well, with minimal buckling.
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| Street in Force, watercolor & ink |
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| Fountain in Vittoria, pencil |
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| Grape study, watercolor |
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| Ivy takes a nap at the beach, pencil |
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| Archway, Montifortino, watercolor |
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| Force, pen & ink |
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| rustico at dawn, watercolor |
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| The beach at San Georgio, pencil |
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| San Taddeo, watercolor |
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| Field of Sunflowers |
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| View of Montifortino from Mt. Sibillini |
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| Wine Jugs, the big one is about 35 litres or more |
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| water study, 16x20 handmade paper watercolor |
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| San Taddeo, 16x20, handmade paper, watercolor |
These last two, San Taddeo and the water study are done on luscious handmade paper that I bought at the paper making museum, made right there. They have a rough surface and a lot of sizing so they barely buckled when I did the big sky washes. I don't usually go for rough paper, but this was great for the stone texture. I bought about 20 large and 20 small sheets, along with some sheets that are colored but not as thick. I haven't tried them all out yet.
These are wonderful, I'd say you had a great time in Italy!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Wow! Just wonderful work ~ ^_^ ~namaste, Carol (Share the Creative Journey) Happy PPF
ReplyDeleteOh, gorgeous! I love the first church, the grapes, the green bottles and that last one the best. They really just jump out at me. You captured Italy beautifully! Happy PPF!
ReplyDeleteoh Mary, how wonderful! Not only that you could paint in Italy, which must have been magical....but your sketchbook is awesome!! Those glass jugs are beautiful! I love the sketch of your friend sleeping on the beach, and the sunflowers, and....Oh I wish I could see it all in person! Great job. Happy PPF! :-)
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh how beautiful,, where do I start I love them all, the green glass , the grapes, the buildings,,,, just amazing!
ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing sketchbook filled with fantastic places and memories! Happy PPF! POP ART MINIS
ReplyDeleteOh wow they are all fantastic. Happy PPF, Annette x
ReplyDeleteHardly a pitiful showing!! You really captured Italy so well - colour, pace of life, warmth. And 3,000 shots of inspiration waiting... lucky you!!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful work, I especially love the 'street in Force' and the 'archway'~
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beautiful sketches inspired by your trip to Italy!
ReplyDeleteoh wow... i am speechless by the beauty of your sketches and watercolor. You are already an urban sketcher who sketch on location! Makes me wonder how long it takes you to draw each place or things you see with the colors? I am learning to draw on location too. Great work!
ReplyDeleteWhat an INCREDIBLE way to commemorate your trip! These are all beautiful, and I'm sure each one has it's own special memories for you!
ReplyDeleteHappy PPF (a day late ;))
Stephanie
Hi Mary,
ReplyDeleteThese are fantastic! What a great trip and what fabulous painted memories. Your painting are awesome!
These are gorgeous sketches - it looks like you were in a beautiful place. I'd love to visit Italy (been to Rome once but I mean some of the gorgeous little village in Tuscany). You mentioned on my blog that you normally work over the whole drawing at once and then add darker. because mine are made up of individual dots, it's easier to do one area at a time to create definition but I'll still have to go over it all at the end to add more dark areas - it really is a labour of love using stippling!! I think if I was using graphite pencil I would probably do the same as you and work over the whole drawing at once. Anyway, I'll look forward to seeing some of the 3,000 odd photos you have get turned into more artwork!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Mary, your link is broken on PPF - maybe you'd like to re-link it? :)
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I just adore all these sketches! It must have been amazing at the retreat. :)
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful work!! Love the fountain!!
ReplyDeleteThese are all awesome!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, you are so talented, these are ALL incredibly gorgeous! Thanks for the tour, it was like being there on retreat with you!!!Awesome! Deb
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness...these are fantastic. I really like them all, but I love the church! Looking forward to seeing more inspired pieces from the 3,000!
ReplyDeleteYour works are wonderful and it sounds like you have an endless supply of inspiration from photos and memory! Happy PPF!
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