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
