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...

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...

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