Today was a beautiful day, foggy in the morning and then sunny all afternoon. Out of all the possibilities, I chose this tree in a construction zone to paint! Somehow it seemed like the thing to paint today, even with the whole wide city of
Everyone in Florence loves this neighborhood, it's still a real neighborhood with old school Florentines. I had no idea what I would paint since it was raining on and off, and I stopped here, planting my easel under the eaves of a building. At first
Standing on the banks of the Arno outside of Florence with no one around, just the sound of the water rushing by, I loved this moment. Today I realized that these are the moments that I paint for, I mean what makes me want to
Anyone who has lived, visited or painted in Florence recognizes these bottles. They come from the famous art shop Zecchi’s. These bottles are to found laying around everywhere along with little paintings of them; I’m certainly not the first or last person to make a
Well, it's an amazing day in Florence, it's snowing! So far it's just that wet stuff and it isn't sticking, but hopefully tonight it will keep snowing and then we can have a nice blanket to go and paint tomorrow, that would really be fantastic.
Setting up outside today, I just whimped out. The artic wind was howling and I decided to call over to a friend who has a studio nearby to see if I could go and paint there. Sometimes it's nice to have the company as well:
What has gotten into me painting these objects, I really can't say, but I am having fun. I fouind these rollerskates and bought them just before my birthday so that I could go skating in the park. I wasn't as good as when I was
I wasn't kidding about that artic wind yesterday, so as a result there was snow on the mountains this morning, beautiful! I found this spot in a wet field on the side of the road. (Sorry about the bad photo..) I guess I spend a
Today with the artic wind blowing and rain threating I went into my friend's garden looking for a cool view to paint. Not finding anything that captured my interest and freezing after just 5 minutes, I spotted these miniture daffodils. Perfect! Today they were the