Venice Fellowship - Day 6
09:43 am
Today I have another research day, so hopefully I'll be able to catch up a little on some Drawing before the high water comes again. My plan is to head to the parks and side-streets near my house to draw and paint. I don't want to be too far away from home today in case I were to get stranded again, so that way I can also come back and work on my Dissertation as well.
I realised that I hadn't attached my Drawing from the other night at Piazza di San Marco, so here it is - slightly adjusted to fit the dimensions of an Instagram post. I have been uploading my Drawings there as well, so please go and have a look.
https://www.instagram.com/christinabartonart/
19:17 pm
Started today's drawing session out at the Giardini. My logic was that if the high water came, I had high ground, friends, and a staff discount for food.
I had a wander around the Pavillions again, and checked in at the Polish Pavillion once again to draw the lines that had captured my attention before. Trusty fine liner in hand, I got to work trying to translate it on to paper, and I'm very happy with the result.
I then went outside to do rubbings of the marble in graphite with the tissue paper I brought along. Standing next to me beneath a tree was a family, and as they wandered off there was a huge, dense thud on the earth beside us. A pine cone the size of my fist fell off the tree right on to the spot where the mother had stood, so I got to drawing the monster with fine liner and graphite.
I also made sure to head up to the British Pavillion and spent 10 minutes working on drawing the view from up there. The light on the water was blinding, so I will go back a few more times to draw again.
After leaving the Giardini, I walked solo around the Giardini-Arsenale area, keeping focus on where I was going rather than drawing. After a brief rest, I then walked along the main stretch towards the town centre. I noticed a storm developing, so I did some quick sketches with some fineliner, watercolour pencils and a reservoir brush. I've not painted or drawn a storm before, so I made a point of relinquishing perfectionism and just having some fun with it.
I think the sight of me having fun must have attracted a little seagull, who came down to my feet and watched as I was drawing. He got to be in the sketchbook portfolio, too. Lucky bird.
Once it got windier, I couldn't keep my sketchbook out, so I kept walking and soon got very lost on the way to the Grand Canal. I took several wrong turns, but two hours of merry wandering and one Google Maps search later, I still found myself lost.
It seemed that whenever I took the right turn, I was even further away. I'm thankful that Venice is a small place, because although it is easier to get lost than to find a cat here, it does mean that it is also not ever that far to walk to get home.
At one point, I took a wrong turn and found myself at a Gondola station overlooking the Basillica di Santa Maria della Salute, so I had to stop and do a quick drawing as well. Tomorrow I will be going straight there to walk around Dorsoduro. Very excited!
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I realised that I hadn't attached my Drawing from the other night at Piazza di San Marco, so here it is - slightly adjusted to fit the dimensions of an Instagram post. I have been uploading my Drawings there as well, so please go and have a look.
https://www.instagram.com/christinabartonart/
19:17 pm
Started today's drawing session out at the Giardini. My logic was that if the high water came, I had high ground, friends, and a staff discount for food.I had a wander around the Pavillions again, and checked in at the Polish Pavillion once again to draw the lines that had captured my attention before. Trusty fine liner in hand, I got to work trying to translate it on to paper, and I'm very happy with the result.
I then went outside to do rubbings of the marble in graphite with the tissue paper I brought along. Standing next to me beneath a tree was a family, and as they wandered off there was a huge, dense thud on the earth beside us. A pine cone the size of my fist fell off the tree right on to the spot where the mother had stood, so I got to drawing the monster with fine liner and graphite.
I also made sure to head up to the British Pavillion and spent 10 minutes working on drawing the view from up there. The light on the water was blinding, so I will go back a few more times to draw again.
After leaving the Giardini, I walked solo around the Giardini-Arsenale area, keeping focus on where I was going rather than drawing. After a brief rest, I then walked along the main stretch towards the town centre. I noticed a storm developing, so I did some quick sketches with some fineliner, watercolour pencils and a reservoir brush. I've not painted or drawn a storm before, so I made a point of relinquishing perfectionism and just having some fun with it.I think the sight of me having fun must have attracted a little seagull, who came down to my feet and watched as I was drawing. He got to be in the sketchbook portfolio, too. Lucky bird.
Once it got windier, I couldn't keep my sketchbook out, so I kept walking and soon got very lost on the way to the Grand Canal. I took several wrong turns, but two hours of merry wandering and one Google Maps search later, I still found myself lost.
At one point, I took a wrong turn and found myself at a Gondola station overlooking the Basillica di Santa Maria della Salute, so I had to stop and do a quick drawing as well. Tomorrow I will be going straight there to walk around Dorsoduro. Very excited!
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