I’m not sure why it took us a whole week to get around to venturing into Vicenza. It was only a few miles from where we were staying, and the drive, although challenging for tourists like us, was manageable. We didn’t even get lost! The city is famous for the work of Andrea Palladio, who […]
Month: June 2013
Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Days 5 & 6 (The countryside of Northern Italy)
My previous two journal entries (here & here) were about our day trip to Lake Garda, where we visited a winery and the walled town of Lazise. Here’s one final page about that day, and the adventure we had finding our way home… 10″ x 7″, ink & watercolor in a Stillman & Birn Beta […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Gelato!
Anyone who travels to Italy invariably comes home telling tales of how wonderful the gelato is, and I’m no exception. It’s smooth, sweet, creamy, and intensely flavored, but lighter and not as rich as American ice cream. 10″ x 7″, ink & watercolor in Stillman & Birn Beta Series sketchbook My goal on this trip […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 5 (Lazise)
(In my last post I wrote about visiting a winery near Lake Garda, in northern Italy. Here are two more journal pages from that day.) We finished up our visit at Villa Monteleone in the kitchen, where we stood warming ourselves by the old stone fireplace as the owner, Lucia, told us about the history […]
Sketchbook Journeys – Italy: Day 5 (Villa Monteleone & San Giorgio)
We ventured farther afield on day five of our Italian adventure and headed west to explore the area around Verona and Lake Garda. We weren’t exactly sure where we were going and didn’t have a firm plan for what we wanted to see, but my friend Ann had suggested we visit a small winery, Villa […]