Managed to find some shelter to produce this sketch of wet and misty Barga Vecchia, and watercolour is a perfect medium for this kind of weather. The forecast is rain and showers all this week. Heading toward June and no sign of a hot Tuscan summer yet!
Just above our house is a cute cottage looking house on the old Renaio road which has dozens of vines and their posts. These give a vertical rhythm to the composition and a portrait format rather than landscape format heighten the vertical aspect even more.
Today I visited a friend’s apartment in Barga Vecchia and I just had to take advantage of the magnificent view from the bathroom and produce my daily sketch. By just adding the toilet roll holder tells you its a bathroom, no need to add the toilet, bath and shower etc....
A cool day today, despite sunshine and a blue sky. This piazza just below the duomo wall is always a calm place to relax, just the bells of the duomo chiming every 15 minutes. I liked the cool shadows, emphasising them even more by using pure ultramarine to suggest that cool temperature.
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.
Right in the heart of Barga Vecchia is the theatre which has a modernist style of architecture. What caught my attention was not the building but the huge Italian flag on the outside, and adding a bit of colour in the late afternoon sun.
I bought some water soluble wax crayons on Saturday so this is my first effort. They have lots of potential to produce a more impressionistic sketch than watercolour and the colours are really vibrant which suits my style.
