Tonight is the Euro 2012 final Italy versus Spain. Watching from the sofa with a cold drink as it is still hot at 9pm. Sadly within the first few minutes you knew who were going to win. No celebrations in Barga tonight!
Manchester Town Hall is a Victorian Gothic masterpiece in the heart of Manchester. The building is very complicated and I would have had to spend a few hours to sketch all the details. My time was limited so I created an impression of the form in pen and particularly as the town hall is just an iconic building a quick sketch was possible.
Too knackered with this heatwave to talk about this building in Barga except it is called Villa Buenos Aires as it looks like a building that should be in Buenos Aires, not Tuscany! Again, simple line drawing works well. Off to the England tomorrow for several days so expect half the temperature and grey sky. Goodnight, now off to pack and bed!
Many people in this area keep vines, making wine mainly for personal use. You have to go to the central region of Tuscany where wine is produced on a grand scale. I liked this building on a terrace nestled within vines.
All the sketches so far have generally been in glorious colour. Today, as I completed the linework on the sketch I felt that no colour was required. This view is looking down from the top of the municipal museum in the centre of Barga. I liked the old lamp and the exposed wires. Telecom engineers in the UK would have a health and safety issue, in Italy no problem. Haven’t seen a builder yet wearing a hard hat!
Nestled within a valley near Barga are some lovely old buildings. The withered vine posts in the foreground create vertical interest and frame the buildings. I also liked the ploughed field breaking up the large amount of foliage.
