I went exploring beyond Santa Maria Formosa but kept ending up in the same area as I started in. Nothing seemed to be calling to me...maybe because there were no great shadows. I didn't give up. I ended ip sitting on a bridge to do this. I was sort of in the way for people delivering things but I tucked myself into as small a space as possible.
I went back to the apartment for lunch and just around the time I was ready to leave I heard thunder. I grabbed my rain jacket and umbrella just in case. It started raining. I swore on the days that weren't nice I would actually go see one of the sites. I was right near Galleries Dell' Accademia so I went in. First I sat in the lobby and sketched the crowd of people who also came in out of the rain. That was my favorite part of the museum.
Then I headed upstairs. Painting from the 1400s to the 1500s are just not my thing...too religious for the most part. Here's my proof that I was there. Lol
It looked like it was clearing up a bit so I went to one of the squares. There was a woman playing the cello and she was quite good. I had seen her traveling on the vaporetto the other day with all her equipment. She loved that I sketched her. I sat and listened to her for quite a while.
It was a nice day after all.
I coughed and choked when I read that the 'paintings were not your thing" and you showed us the most beautiful faces in that painting. But I understand...it is not contemporary and takes getting used to. Those artists back then never had an idea you would be drawing on an electronic pad screen!
ReplyDeleteI do like your line of people. Great sketch. The rooftop one is my fav though...love it!
Lol I'm glad you liked my comment, Julie. I appreciate how beautiful the figures are but I can only take so much before I'm desperate for a landscape or a still life. Being on the third floor gives me the opportunity to see the great roofs from a different perspective.
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