This is the main entrance into Barga Vecchia and there is always lots going on - deliveries, cars driving into the old town, people hanging around chatting etc. It was lovely to do a sketch with the warm sun on my back as the weather is very changeable at the moment.
After the heavy rain yesterday, the welcome sunshine arrived this afternoon and I went up to Tiglio village. There are lots of sketching potential around the village despite its small size and I will probably do a series of sketches later in the project as I like the village so much. The large Italian flag in the centre looks like it is from the local agriturismo.
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.
