Italy 2017.03.11-.03.17.011
2017.03.11 Week 11 Day 1 Saturday was spent refining and finishing the main contours of my Bargue #3: Jupiter. After a slow start in the morning with breakfast, laundry and completing the blog post for week 10, I was able to work for about 5 hours. This effort got me...
Italy 2017.03.04-.03.10.010
Week 10 I have now been in Italy for ten weeks and class for nine weeks. My weekdays are routine and are focused on learning how to see and draw. Really seeing something well enough to remember it in your brain and translate it, verbatim, to paper is an entirely new...
Italy 2017.02.25-.03.03.009
2017.02.25 Week 9 Day 1 This Saturday was spent working on my anatomy homework. We have to replicate the sketches in the book "The Human Figure" by John H. Vanderpool originally published in 1935. The pencil sketches are simple and useful in starting the process...
Italy 2017.02.18-.02.24.008
2017.02.18 Day 1 Week 8 Having finally discovered what is wrong with my shoulder and have a solution. I now have limited movement of my arm and can work on things that do not require the lifting of the arm. That restriction should last about two weeks or so. In the...
Italy 2017.02.11-.02.17.007
2017.02.11 Day 1 Week 7 I began week seven by taking two full days in the great city of Rome. I started this morning with a 45 minute stroll from my hotel (Relais Orso) to the Spanish Steps, then on to the Galleria Borghese in the Villa Borghese park. My timed entry...
Italy 2017.02.04-.02.10.006
2017.02.04 Day 1 Week 6 I spent six hours today working on the left shoulder blade of my Bargue #2. This one is complex and is taking a lot of patience. I listened to Leonard Cohen, Merle Haggard, Chopin and Dylan's Bootleg Tapes Volume 1 during my pencil lead dance...
Italy 2017.01.28-.02.03.005
Day 1-2 Week 5 I spent the weekend in Paris. The main reason for my visit was to see the show "Les Temps Mérovingens" at the Cluny Museum. The Merovingian times were the heirs of the Roman Empire. Throughout this show one could see the development of original forms of...
Italy 2017.01.21-27.004
2017.01.21 Day 1 Week 4 Starting my fourth week in Italy. Today was not a class day but I spent 6 hours finishing my 0-9 value scale and starting my "sphere" (6.5 cm in diameter) that utilizes all of the values in the scale (the sphere is not done in this photo.) The...
Italy 2017.01.14-20.003
Week 3 in Italy 2017.01.14 Day 1 Week 3 The first day of week three was the least pressured day since arriving in Italy. After an evening out last night with our class (our first social event together) at a local "enoteca" and a bit too much cheer, I started slow....
Italy 2017.01.07-13.002
Week 2 in Italy 2017.01.07 Day 1 Week 2 Today's adventures included obtaining my temporary residence permit from the Italian Post Office. In March I will receive the permanent card. I went to the Ai WeiWei show at the Palazzo Strozzi but was underwhelmed. I saw his...
Italy 2016.12.31-2017.01.06.001
2016.12.31-2017.01.02 Day 1-3 Week 1 It took two full days to arrive in Florence. I traveled from Merida to Miami, spent the evening with old friends in Naples and then flew overnight on January 1 from Miami to Rome to Florence. I arrived in Florence...
Italy 2016.12.31.001
On the last day of 2016 I begin my journey to Florence, Italy for the full year of 2017. While in Italy I will be studying at the Angel Academy of Art. The purpose of this one-year long adventure is to learn as much as I can about traditional techniques of drawing...