The last few days have been crazy, so just getting round to uploading my daily sketches, two days behind schedule! Here is Fridays sketch, a lovely piazza just below the duomo, one of my favourite places in Barga Vecchia. The sun is relentless, would be nice for a few days of rain!
Tonight we fancied a bit of cowboy food so headed down to La Luna Del West, steakhouse and saloon restaurant. This was the view from our table with the village of Cascio just visible below the skyline of the mountains.
Last night we went to a friend’s house to celebrate the 4th July, American Independence Day. High up in the hills, the views stunning and the setting idyllic. I managed to quickly produce my daily sketch before the sun set behind the distant mountains. A few years ago the house was a rundown chestnut farm, now a beautiful home and complete with swimming pool!
Another very atmospheric night where the moon was even bigger than last evening. Tiglio village is on the skyline so they must have a view of the huge moon over Coreglia, the village across the valley from Tiglio. Brings to mind the famous visual of Elliott and ET cycling in front of the moon!
Sometimes atmosphere can be more important in a sketch. For example, there was a full moon, a light from an open window and roofs silhouetted against the clear night sky. Cars parked in the foreground give a sense of scale. This scene is the day would be mundane but tonight it became the subject of the Daily Sketch.
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 is an ever changing City. For example I did a painting of this same view about three years ago. This huge complex, opposite Victoria Station was hardly started, several cranes on the skyline. Now it is a thriving metropolis houseing thousands of people.
