Sunday, September 2, 2012

Italy






















Just got back after two weeks of camping  in Italy. I really had to get back to sketching like the good old days and I literally had to force myself to get into it. In retrospect, I think I managed to find bits of myself.

Verona












Its time to force myself to sketch!

Verona, Casa di Giulietta






















This house is supposed to be where Juliet lived...its quiet a silly place, the walls outside is disgusting with all the love notes and the chewing gums stuck on the wall....I didn't see the statue of Juliet which apparently has A shiny left breast because people keep touching it...it brings good luck it seems!

Campsite









Forcing myself to sketch and getting into it.

Laura






















Some red wine and some meat...

Preci seen from teh campsite














The village Preci looks really nice from the campsite...I was hoping to to go there and sketch soon...campsite was killing me a little.

Corone


















I decided to go down to this village and sketch, since I was really getting bored and screwed in th head at the campsite. I loved the first site of these narrow lanes and the steps leading to different levels.

Corone


Preci


View from the monastry


Swimming pool at the campsite and foreign bodies!


Il Collacio















The narrow lanes didn't leave any scope of finding a nice view to sketch so I had to find a spot away from the town....tatti kiya hai!

Castluccio people















What a pity I couldn't sketch this village from a distance. It was a stunning view, perched on a hill with the big mountain ( Mount Sibilini) ranges surrounding it...

Norcia


Corone, my minute of fame











There was not much to do or sketch at the campsite at Preci so I started going down to this village called Corone. I guess they don't get any tourists there. Someone spotted me sketching there and the next thing I knew was that half the town wanted their houses to be sketched, luckily I was carrying some blank postcard size papers. I got free food, wine, coffee and despite my protest some money was stuffed in my shirt pocket.It feels nice to know that some houses in this tiny obscure village will have my sketches hanging on their walls.

Lago di Pilato












The hike was challenging, 6 hours under the hot sun but in the end it was all worth it...the lake was a pretty place to be and I liked the light hearted Italian hikers whom we met along the way.

Campsite Il Falcone


View of Civitella from campsite


Civitella del Lago


Civitella del Lago people


Vetican, date with the pope


Rome, Spanish steps


Rome, Piazza del Popolo


Rome, Collosium


Rome visited



Orvieto













Orvieto, a town between Florence and Rome...its got a peacock looking church too.

How to italy













Fooling around a little bit with my impressions of Italy.

Assisi






















One of the prittiest twon I visited, we got a flat tyre on the way, reached there pretty laten' I didn't have much time to sketch, happy that I managed this one.

Assisi, priest























Cicetella del Lago, trying to draw some details






















I don't think much of this sketch but it was nice to be called in to visit Henricos studio while sketching it.

Orvieto church











The elaborate/ornate church at Orvieto, the only way to draw it without making it look like a peacock was to distort the perspective and get these nicer buildings in the compostion.

Civetella del Lago






















The narrow street of Civetella del Lago where the only bar in town existed!

Italy in Italics















The exaggerated body language of the italians is fascinating, it was nice to study it.