Title : Summer Sketches, Starting in Italy
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Summer Sketches, Starting in Italy
[by Stephanie Bower, Seattle] For the fifth summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to teach a workshop in the amazing Italian hilltown of Civita di Bagnoregio. It is a speck of a town, you can walk it from end to end in about 5 minutes, and it is only accessible by a steep foot bridge and thus has no cars. You feel transported back to the Middle Ages, but for all the tourists. Civita is remarkably picturesque, Rick Steves says it is his favorite Italian hilltown.
This year, I taught two workshops back-to-back, and since it was roasting hot, we sketched inside the cool, dark chiesa and worked on really "Understanding Perspective"! I love the simplicity and scale of this church, and it is filled with interesting relics from the past. There was likely an Etruscan temple on this spot nearly 3000 years ago.
I kept this drawing and colors very simple, letting the openings in the arches recede by painting them a cool blue...painting like an architect to make sure the spaces read.
More sketches will follow, including a dozen or so from Italy, then Holland, then England...and of course, there was Chicago...
Thanks to everyone who participated in the workshops and to The Civita Institute for their support of this opportunity! Ciao, tutti!
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