Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Travels from Rome to Paris 2106


My wife, Barbara, and I traveled to Italy in September of 2016. Fortunately, I decided to take my sketchbooks with me and record the trip in pen, ink and watercolor. This was a trip that we had planned for several years, and had postponed once in 2015 because of medical issues. I had another motive in doing this trip, as well, since I've been asked to send my sketchbooks to a gallery in Folsom, CA for an exhibit there. So, it was my goal to make at least one sketch a day for the 27 days that we were traveling. This might not sound like much, but was a lot for me, as I fill up a sketchbook in about 3-4 months, if I'm lucky. Anyway, enjoy these sketches from our trip to Rome, Cinque Terre, Sienna, Florence, Venice and finally Paris, France. These are not all in order so just have fun jumping around, because I'm too chaotic (and lazy) to put everything into a nice orderly progression.

The Piazza del Rotundo, Rome, Italy

Casa di Dante, Florence, Italy

On the Ferry to Porto Venere, Cinque Terre, Italy

Rooftop view #1, Florence, Italy

Rooftop view #2, Florence, Italy

Church spire and the Duomo, Florence, Italy

Mercado Centrale, Florence, Italy

Rooftop view #3, Florence, Italy

Church of Santa Croce, Florence, Italy

The Piazza del Rotundo, Rome, Italy

La Mason Rose restaurant, Paris, France
Where Maurice Utrillo's mother lived and he painted many times

Lions on the Fountain in front the Cathedral of St. Sulpice, Paris, France

Manarola, Cinque Terre, Italy

The Pantheon, Rome, Italy (built in 127AD)

Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Italy

The Church of the Sacre Coeur, Paris, France

Marble statue in the Medici Chapel, Florence, Italy

View of the Il Campo, Siena, Italy

View-2 of the Il Campo, Siena Italy

15th Century fireplace, Siena, Italy (in our hotel room)

St. Sulpice Cathedral, Paris, France

Tickets to various museums/trains, Italy

Tickets/cards to various Museums, restaurants

vignettes of Venice

Canal - Venice

Vernazza - main piazza, Cinque Terre, Italy

Convent or Monastery on the hill overlooking Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy


Barbara sleeping on the sofa in our rented house in Vernazza, Cinque Terre, Italy

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