Daily Sketch No.152 Looking up Via Borgo, Barga, Tuscany

This was one of the three entrances into medieval Barga Vecchia. No archway like the other two entrances, just a very steep hill and in the summer heat not easy, although the local elderly ladies seem to jog up with two bags of shopping no problem! Maybe that is why they live for so long.

Daily Sketch No.151 Church near Villetta, Garfagnana, Tuscany

This church near Villetta between Castelnuovo and San Romano blends perfectly into the surrounding landscape. Around the church are a few houses adding scale to this large building which must have been an important place of worship in the area centuries ago.

Daily Sketch No.150 Fosso Archway and Fiat Panda, Barga, Tuscany

This entrance into old Barga always has things going on, people being dropped off, deliveries, visitors starting their journey through the streets of Barga. You could sit on a bench here all day, there is something usually to watch and observe. Maybe you could set up a video camera for 24 hours and re-run the film compressed into 24 minutes.

Daily Sketch No.149 Original Fiat 500, Barga, Tuscany

The original Fiat 500 is as iconic as the Vespa. Built from 1957, it was a cheap small car for the masses, now a classic car that many people still want to drive including myself!

Daily Sketch No.148 Ran Romano Church, Tuscany

The church tower is always the focus of any village and a very useful addition for a landscape painter. They create not just a focal point in the picture but something vertical and the sharp lines give contrast to soft foliage as in this sketch of Ran Romano village, a half hour drive north of Barga.

Daily Sketch No.147 Mordimi Restaurant, Barga, Tuscany

This little piazza in Barga Vecchia has been transformed in recent years by the Gelateria and the Mordimi restaurant and wine bar, especially at night with people eating delicious ice cream and sampling lovely food and wine.

Daily Sketch No.146 View from Da Ricardos Terrace, Barga, Tuscany

This is the view from the terrace of Da Ricardos restaurant in Barga. Not a bad view while eating your pasta with a glass of vino!