I love the colors of the doorways in Venice. This one I found in a small courtyard. I just followed the street to see what was there and it appeared in front of me.
By our apartment in Campo San Polo there was what I believe was a water cistern. In present time it is mostly used by people to sit on or in the case of the bambini, to climb on. While I was sketching this there were two boys of school age who had been chasing each other. They came over to look at what I was doing and I got the "bella" approval. They kept coming to check on the sketch.
One morning I headed up near the Piazzale Roma, or bus terminal. I found a spot with a nice view of a cafe. I believe the woman and her son on the right were actually sketching too. They both had either brushes, pens, or markers in their hands and they kept looking up and then down to what they were working on. I was barely balanced with my materials on my stool so I couldn't get up to check. They left before I finished.
Quite a few mornings I headed up to the Rialto Fish Market to buy something for lunch or dinner. It was always fun to watch the customers select their fish and have the men wrap it or cut it. I liked the big fish that was in the bin on the left. I did this in my tiny Stillman & Birn sketchbook. It was hard to stand and sketch holding onto my backpack and my fish purchases.
It's wonderful that you stay long enough in Venice that you can feel like you live there and cook fresh fish from the market instead of just being a tourist. I love seeing your snippets of daily life.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Tina. I try to go back to the same fish mongers so they get to know me while I'm there.
DeleteI had to smile at you juggling your sketching as well as fresh fish. You do such a marvelous job of showing life being lived on the streets of Venice. Adore the color of the shutters in your first sketch at the top of the page.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Debbie. I'm used to sitting when I sketch, and it is hard to juggle all the materials when you stand. It doesn't help that the ground is usually wet at the fish market from all the ice and the water.
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