Welcome or Beware!
I’m always fascinated with unique architectural features, and on my trip to Italy, I saw all kinds of funky things on buildings. These two face carvings on the big front door […]
A Challenge… In Progress
While at my last course, I was challenged to make a large drawing of this square in Cortona. I don’t usually do large pen and watercolour pieces, so I wasn’t […]
New Friends From My Travels – Part Two
Into my travel journal went more drawings of two more artists I met at the art course in Tuscany. The first drawing is of Sue in Panicale, Umbria – a gorgeous […]
Pazzo in Pizzo
After a long train ride to Calabria and a short taxi ride, I arrived in the small coastal town of Pizzo. The apartment rental was fantastic, with amazing views and […]
Being An Artist in Italy
Last Saturday, I finished taking a week-long painting and drawing course (Artist in Italy) outside Chiusi, Tuscany. It was a fantastic experience with so many wonderful things to draw… and […]
More from my Sketchbook Project – Rome
From my Sketchbook Project, here are the Rome drawings – all of them focused on the Vatican. St. Peter’s Square: During the day there are so many people in the […]
A Sketch from Florence
I didn’t get in as much sketching as I wanted in Florence, but I did spend a wonderful afternoon in the garden of Palazzo Vivarelli Colonna. I understand that it’s […]
More From My Sketchbook Project – Florence
Florence is my favourite city, so I had to include […]
Sketching in Casperia, Lazio
Casperia is a very small hill town northeast of Rome, and I spent the first few days of my trip in this restful town. I spent an entire day on […]
More From My Sketchbook Project – Vicenza
Palladio is the famous son of Vicenza – his architecture […]
A Sketch from Rome
I’m in Italy for the next few weeks, touring around and sketching whenever I can. Over the next few weeks, you’re going to see a lot of Italian sketches as […]
Art We Wonderful by Marion Younan 