tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78906770306012661322024-03-07T20:04:57.385-05:00A Passion for Small PaintingsDedicated to painting small daily or weekly plein air paintings of landscapes and still lifes in oils and watercolors.Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.comBlogger161125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-12574615475603400742011-10-10T21:00:00.001-04:002012-04-23T07:26:48.246-04:00Back to Tuscany Again and Again to Teach Painting Workshops!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Blue Fence - Oil on Canvas - Sold - © 2011 by Linda Warner Constantino</span><br />
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Great news! I am heading back to Italy in 2012 to teach two plein air painting workshops. Though more information will be coming, here are the dates, locations and times:<br />
Spannocchia - <b>Plein Air Painting in Oils</b> - <i>June 28 - July 6</i> - in Tuscany near Siena, Italy. $2500 per person single. $2300 per person double.<br />
<br /></div>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-80113779239960648722010-08-16T10:58:00.004-04:002010-12-22T22:18:32.016-05:00Blue Door<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue Door - 10 in. by 11.5 in. - Oil on linen. $400 Framed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">© 2010 Linda Warner Constantino.</span></div>
<br /><p>The opening to my show was a lot of fun and I saw a friends old and new and all the food got eaten. You never know how much you need when your show is open to the general public. I tried to go with an Italian theme with the food. I was rolling proscuitto around the asparagus right up to the last minute!<br />
<br /><div style="text-align: left;"></p><p>This painting above is in the exhibit. I loved the way the light was hitting the door with the grapevines and their cast shadows. This door leads to a covered outdoor eating area where dinner is served most nights during the summer. There is always lots of talk about the day and whatever people are interested in. You can have a bad day painting but it is hard to hang on to a sour mood once dinner begins at Spannocchia.</div>
<div style="text-align: left;"></p><p>I am heading down to the local television station WHHI this afternoon to talk about my <b>Chasing the Ligh</b>t exhibit. I think it will air on The Low Country Report on at 8 am, 6 pm and 8 pm each evening this week.</div></p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-75110863195876410172010-08-08T10:24:00.004-04:002010-08-08T10:50:07.117-04:00Chasing the Light Exhibit<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pPputzsaQaxA9FMjWvx4d50SDGFfepH0d0q_7zfe8L1mhLX_zjwDpPmvivBqMH5jG5-s8a0-k6iVoBA-9OD7eDyclW8g-6nv4ziYPLvZPKV3QVDCv4cQ4urEhCHzMRPOUXzmTQ5PUOpQ/s1600/grapevinedoorway.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4pPputzsaQaxA9FMjWvx4d50SDGFfepH0d0q_7zfe8L1mhLX_zjwDpPmvivBqMH5jG5-s8a0-k6iVoBA-9OD7eDyclW8g-6nv4ziYPLvZPKV3QVDCv4cQ4urEhCHzMRPOUXzmTQ5PUOpQ/s400/grapevinedoorway.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503045320448886434" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Spannocchia Doorway - 7 in. by 5 in. oil on linen. Framed 12 in. by 10 in. $400. © 2010 by Linda Warner Constantino.</span></p><p>My show of new work entitled <span style="font-style:italic;">Chasing the Light</span> opens tomorrow, August 9th at the Art League Gallery on Hilton Head. The opening reception is on Tuesday, August 10th from 5-7 pm. I invite you to stop by if you are in the area.</p><p>The paintings on exhibit are in oils and watercolors. Some were done en plein air and some in the studio. I work small in general with the largest painting being 11 in. by 14 in. My inspiration comes from my recent month long painting trip to Italy that was made possible by a presidential fellowship from <a href="http://www.scad.edu/">Savannah College of Art and Design</a> where I teach.</p><p>The painting above is a little doorway that always looks the same but is beautiful in its simplicity with the grapevine creating a natural awning. The sink is used to clean out the slop buckets for the pigs. So there are always some colorful buckets around it. I also loved the simple little pot of geraniums catching the light. This sun only hits it this way in the mid-afternoon and was painted en plein air.</p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-2935938749471877642010-08-06T19:04:00.004-04:002010-08-06T19:23:20.721-04:00Colle Val d'Elsa<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0f-cWIbBYomK40rrApcWbQY7FEInfKJHlu5NdhuY3WQopFrJGIoh-IuXd_n97Lsx6eCA1WPu-pXlOGCRdjbcrpjENRruQeZyC8zknJQZAjISBuGJo46fOj224J5TaV1HAGu7iT5xdLf73/s1600/italysketch017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0f-cWIbBYomK40rrApcWbQY7FEInfKJHlu5NdhuY3WQopFrJGIoh-IuXd_n97Lsx6eCA1WPu-pXlOGCRdjbcrpjENRruQeZyC8zknJQZAjISBuGJo46fOj224J5TaV1HAGu7iT5xdLf73/s400/italysketch017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502436927431786498" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Colle Val D'Elsa - 4 by 5". Watercolor on Khadi - Sketchbook. © 2010 by Linda Warner Constantino.</span></p><p>I had just finished a larger painting and I was still wanting to paint. So I decided to paint whatever was in front of me. I do this once in a while as a challenge - to try and make something ordinary interesting. I was taken by the light and shade. It was a little outdoor cafe in a town about a half an hour north of Spannocchia. I think I got the feeling of light and shade. Some details are a bit wonky because I went back into it after I was done. For me watercolors are a constant reminder of the imperfections of life. There is a certain beauty to how the watercolor tends to wander around the page and do its own thing. I keep trying to remember to let it be. <span style="font-style: italic;">Don't over mother it, should be my mantra.</span> :)
</p><p>On another note - I went to see the botanical exhibit of the works of <a href="http://www.pakessler.com/">PA Kessler</a> at the Art Center here on Hilton Head. The paintings are mostly of orchids and they are simply unbelievable! She is a true botanical artist whose dedication to detail is beyond impressive. Her work reveals knowlege, sensitivity, creativity and craft at the highest level. You will be impressed if you go see it.Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-34211756451177097982010-07-28T18:22:00.003-04:002010-07-28T18:51:34.438-04:00Lavender in Tuscsny<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi9jqO98TUP9i3RZ1NHl1B5iIgcXnIaYoxliyzE7yAJ7zSv1x0MnYz0rv5emzBIWhIRRjD-XZx-0nuC4p_Rn6OZGogQnVWuAc7m6zAhzIgEOOw-HTDSo6xQJ7AkBzq6mhrod_NQ06KH5g/s1600/sketchbook051.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqi9jqO98TUP9i3RZ1NHl1B5iIgcXnIaYoxliyzE7yAJ7zSv1x0MnYz0rv5emzBIWhIRRjD-XZx-0nuC4p_Rn6OZGogQnVWuAc7m6zAhzIgEOOw-HTDSo6xQJ7AkBzq6mhrod_NQ06KH5g/s400/sketchbook051.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499086253376505570" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Lavender 4 by 5 in. Watercolor Sketchbook. © 2010 by Linda Warner Constantino.</span></p><p>Above is my first attempt at lavender that grows among the vegetables at the terraced gardens at Spannocchia. The color is so elusive - it is not really blue and not really purple. I did have to add some white goauche to paint the lavender over the stems. I find lavender to be not only aromatic but dreamy and relaxing. Every time you see it, the color is just so perfect and it kind of takes your breath away.</p><p>I have few more sketches to post and then I will start posting the work for my show. I would like to take a moment to express my deep gratitude to Paula Wallace, president of Savannah College of Art and Design for believing in my project and allowing me the opportunity to immerse myself in my painting for almost a month in Italy by granting me a fellowship. I won't deny that the school year is busy with a very divided focus and never have I had such time to myself to create. I cherish it. It was not only being in Italy but it was about being alone and having the time to work without any other demands on my time. It was also about being in the moment and gently directing but also going with the flow of what was happening around me. This is very necessary for an artist. I will never forget this experience. I am so charged and elated about painting. I know my enthusiasm will inspire my students.</p><p> One other thing. I have never been much for boredom but I think it is really banished from my vocabulary. There is so much that I want to do and express creatively. Not enough hours in the day.</p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-2151897132283840032010-07-26T22:37:00.004-04:002010-07-26T22:56:10.879-04:00Sketchbook - Even More Italy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrrnq2vrmw08rMWWfYTRTSovrhVr_giFE9ey9I9OtKtfFSdbwHX94F8T-k_Cu0GSEbhQDywsqETfSxRSvtDLNWCvYw-351Q9FpKgKPwkc7kGCy1HeKZmSSxtkFGtRXjqiUFarnbAAWh34/s1600/italysketch025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrrnq2vrmw08rMWWfYTRTSovrhVr_giFE9ey9I9OtKtfFSdbwHX94F8T-k_Cu0GSEbhQDywsqETfSxRSvtDLNWCvYw-351Q9FpKgKPwkc7kGCy1HeKZmSSxtkFGtRXjqiUFarnbAAWh34/s400/italysketch025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498409834612522306" border="0" /></a><p></p><p style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Scorigano - 4 by 5 in. Watercolor Sketchbook © 2010 by Linda Warner Constantino</span></p><p>This view is of a farm in Scorigano, a small village in Tuscany. My friend Liz and I spent our last afternoon in Tuscany riding around taking pictures and we found a small restaurant with a great view so we could eat and paint. It was very hot out but we were outside in the shade. It was delightful to have a great view and a great meal. The roads in the area are narrow and it is very rural but rolling hills and vineyards are everywhere. So peaceful.</p><p>Below is a quick (because they were really moving) cloudy study done at Spannocchia.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SBDTlQ4jAhPFEIGEYKvqw91oNIKQtV0Etg4iQJkUFDhczyNAPW4WjOiS-Vq6iX6oPrebWW3YNKE9j9mDkSbBlUEMIVkxsdBTG7EOShDJe_dgbu3QCHOon8hWb12NbgGIY3qnnowh-UNE/s1600/italysketch011.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SBDTlQ4jAhPFEIGEYKvqw91oNIKQtV0Etg4iQJkUFDhczyNAPW4WjOiS-Vq6iX6oPrebWW3YNKE9j9mDkSbBlUEMIVkxsdBTG7EOShDJe_dgbu3QCHOon8hWb12NbgGIY3qnnowh-UNE/s400/italysketch011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498412879075943186" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Spannocchia Cloud Study - 4 by 5 in. - Watercolor on Khadi paper - @ 2010 Linda Warner Constantino </span></p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-36407558031678230982010-07-24T19:52:00.004-04:002010-07-24T20:07:16.841-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXvSpWO-RNt0bPZG5Zcm98h5mFbXDlGBXfAZTBUEN6k5jdilF0wERbUxfgEqdrr7DQnNIrmVGuB1QFMeuYQf22E5IPXazG_uHd5wubfnKK0kYA6t6FDXcf26N2myG9FvuAkzZFz1WDA1D/s1600/italysketch012.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXvSpWO-RNt0bPZG5Zcm98h5mFbXDlGBXfAZTBUEN6k5jdilF0wERbUxfgEqdrr7DQnNIrmVGuB1QFMeuYQf22E5IPXazG_uHd5wubfnKK0kYA6t6FDXcf26N2myG9FvuAkzZFz1WDA1D/s400/italysketch012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497625102025832338" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Pig Barn at Spannocchia - 4 by 5 in. - Watercolor Sketchbook.
© 2010 by Linda Warner Constantino</span></p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTLU8-QO5DtETOJGtB8B0lSuDVYyca2qQNhYNs2PTBgle1qOJFgtzJzY-Zt1LD_YVKxpClUy7yd72sZflOEUYQS_YdxTGHfNK17nqoME7XkdX1oD-lgeZgnTVLBRKhXH21ysfbtRBLw9h/s1600/italysketch013a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiTLU8-QO5DtETOJGtB8B0lSuDVYyca2qQNhYNs2PTBgle1qOJFgtzJzY-Zt1LD_YVKxpClUy7yd72sZflOEUYQS_YdxTGHfNK17nqoME7XkdX1oD-lgeZgnTVLBRKhXH21ysfbtRBLw9h/s200/italysketch013a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497625710850739938" border="0" /></a><p>The larger sketch is of a building known as the Pig Barn but it no longer houses the pigs. It is currently used for for pottery classes. A pottery workshop class was there a week before my group. They constructed an authentic Etruscan kiln and it worked! Everyone was so excited.</p><p>I liked painting this building because it is so rustic and unusual looking and has tall cypress trees behind it. The little wheelbarrow that is a familiar site to the interns who work there and use it frequently.</p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-61153119637851668622010-07-23T17:01:00.005-04:002010-07-23T17:18:51.754-04:00Sketchbook - Carmen's House<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvImdGURC_C7GWNbSL7WKuICrO5EGAsFFGiSjq_cXl038VXCKwWczToQt6OxX5fZJsvHc63kEq5P3I4Tv-HWPn_LxAb-2ziQaB1-2nwDtcPw3fQHS2q2P6nzZA-pRTRh3i_e3rMf1WOj-/s1600/italysketch020.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvImdGURC_C7GWNbSL7WKuICrO5EGAsFFGiSjq_cXl038VXCKwWczToQt6OxX5fZJsvHc63kEq5P3I4Tv-HWPn_LxAb-2ziQaB1-2nwDtcPw3fQHS2q2P6nzZA-pRTRh3i_e3rMf1WOj-/s400/italysketch020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497210831428488914" border="0" /></a><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Car</span><span style="font-size:85%;">men's House - 4 by 5 in. - Watercolor Sketchbook - © 2010 by Linda Warner Constantino</span></p><p>Seems only natural that Carmen the gardener would have such a nice array of plants blooming around her house. I have painted this scene in oils and watercolors and it is always hard to do justice to it. People who love things that grow seem to encourage it all around them. My mother, my sister Patti and my sister Dona are all blessed with that kind of nurturing talent. They are the kind of people who can just seem to stick something in the ground and it will grow like crazy.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOq4yazANdvn_-AF-FNi1oMrMlw1h7udJpjGFpn5vHfRpBY8dV1Q5Fm8eE0evexE3P65WzFEUBu5Nfl1PMbHrHnLZ4vc4ze_zQJP3uCVdJwQgCnrF5J3-Gb1KRdo24bI1qHw_5SZIj4VO/s1600/italysketch021.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmOq4yazANdvn_-AF-FNi1oMrMlw1h7udJpjGFpn5vHfRpBY8dV1Q5Fm8eE0evexE3P65WzFEUBu5Nfl1PMbHrHnLZ4vc4ze_zQJP3uCVdJwQgCnrF5J3-Gb1KRdo24bI1qHw_5SZIj4VO/s400/italysketch021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497212492758801090" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Garden Gate - 4 by 5 in. Watercolor Sketchbook - © 2020 Linda Warner Constantino</span></p><p>I love this little garden gate that someone took the trouble to paint such a lovely shade of almost turquoise. This is another one of Carmen's many gardens. She has asparagus growing on the right. I loved the way the morning sun was basically backlighting the gate.</p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-74599388154346022532010-07-22T18:52:00.004-04:002010-07-22T22:33:43.832-04:00Sketchbook - Gardens at Spannocchia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVEAojNEHGvVrk6vmj5pVE8SInSq2Z1xF5u4eA2WkCknnwexHoapIL6znmMbvPbl91NHjR8Aekc4o2GmIdIKNbT6kpO18QgO0MEpj1yAEdu5G5cRfzwoO0jpHWis6OPuGgo-UX1QB-Eeg/s1600/italysketch016.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVEAojNEHGvVrk6vmj5pVE8SInSq2Z1xF5u4eA2WkCknnwexHoapIL6znmMbvPbl91NHjR8Aekc4o2GmIdIKNbT6kpO18QgO0MEpj1yAEdu5G5cRfzwoO0jpHWis6OPuGgo-UX1QB-Eeg/s400/italysketch016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496867712623597394" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Carmen's Gardens - 4 by 5 in.- Watercolor Sketchbook</span></p><p>I cannot say enough about the vegetable gardens at <a href="http://www.spannocchia.com">Spannocchia</a>. Carmen is the gardener and you just know she loves what she does. She knows the terraced beds like they were her own children. She can tell you what has been planted there in the past and what will go in next. She really has a roll going because the vegetables are used in cooking the meals at Spannocchia and they utilize as much as they can from the gardens.</p><p>When you take a cooking class at Spannocchia they start with a garden tour conducted by Carmen and you can tell she is so knowledgeable just by the way she talks about the plants. I find myself gravitating to the garden at least once a day while I am there. This view is from the bottom of the hill looking up the terraced gardens. The two little dark doorways lead to Carmen's <span style="font-style: italic;">office</span>. I painted this as a demo for my students on how to simplify because there is a lot to see from this view. By they way, if you want to know if it is going to rain, just ask Carmen.</p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-62273414847684444182010-07-21T22:46:00.005-04:002010-07-21T23:14:46.969-04:00More Sketchbook - Spannocchia<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZqdniWdX1kBqCTSc87jdbimTamM17HcqY6xkttQuyAY0VLFfQfs7Iw9oQYNRcV9uYvJnYv_32NEHxPO6OyIpIpt9AAWFiPMoYvk8Wj_aVZki6WqK_hLfJRN0xgOV9SzHKNP_S6gRqrCx/s1600/italysketch009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1ZqdniWdX1kBqCTSc87jdbimTamM17HcqY6xkttQuyAY0VLFfQfs7Iw9oQYNRcV9uYvJnYv_32NEHxPO6OyIpIpt9AAWFiPMoYvk8Wj_aVZki6WqK_hLfJRN0xgOV9SzHKNP_S6gRqrCx/s400/italysketch009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496556768997204642" border="0" /></a><p style="font-family: trebuchet ms; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Spannocchia Doorway - 4 by 5 in. - Watercolor Sketchbook.</span></p><p> This doorway is always the same when I pull up to Spannocchia. I love the way the grape vines shade the doorway and the geraniums sit on the window sill over the sink. I did this sketch before my workshop students arrived to warm up.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpK0C77WhIKs4Qc9Foks6q7AcNcNPox19dlWPn7tJVjh6xc3y-qpWe3wmtnpikULYqB7FCsdLnrAta2tEMKycHqgV4LRJ2O1uVdYA8EmO7OcBjtBCke190H9I6BZKlbXIkHMqBTNMNX45/s1600/italysketch010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfpK0C77WhIKs4Qc9Foks6q7AcNcNPox19dlWPn7tJVjh6xc3y-qpWe3wmtnpikULYqB7FCsdLnrAta2tEMKycHqgV4LRJ2O1uVdYA8EmO7OcBjtBCke190H9I6BZKlbXIkHMqBTNMNX45/s400/italysketch010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496556948631330258" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Road from Casseta al Leccia - 2 by 5 in.- Watercolor Sketchbook.</span></p><p>I am a sucker for greens. I liked the way this little road was surrounded by different shades of green. It is really almost nearly abstract. Sometimes I just like to take an ordinary view and paint it with a little inspiration. I think it was John Singer Sargent who claimed you should be able to walk out the door and paint whatever you see. However, I must say it is hard to find a view in Tuscany that is not already stunning. One day, while walking back to Spannocchia on this road, I picked wildflowers and did not pick the same kind twice. I wish I had had the time to paint them. Next year...</p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-29103513031453210392010-07-21T09:10:00.004-04:002010-07-21T09:36:43.506-04:00More Sketchbook - Rome<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fobkOAEEW54QxOSJJarLuzvX_H8u2wOVZot5tUAH0C0H2r_-rilGoJkZoxuT9fxXAgvKUmrX-X66T75sylVzH1Y36j1ZcIm_iKWcXR1PMKhb97q0WUyPRoRJV__WPB6oam8-C5QJKEwF/s1600/italysketch006.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fobkOAEEW54QxOSJJarLuzvX_H8u2wOVZot5tUAH0C0H2r_-rilGoJkZoxuT9fxXAgvKUmrX-X66T75sylVzH1Y36j1ZcIm_iKWcXR1PMKhb97q0WUyPRoRJV__WPB6oam8-C5QJKEwF/s400/italysketch006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496348222706387634" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Pulcino della Minevera in the Piazza della Minerva - Rome - Watercolor - 4 by 5 In. - Sketchbook</span></p><p>If I did not have my umbrella my decision on what to paint was determined to some extent by where I could find shade. I sat in front of the Basilica of Saint Mary which is considered the only Gothic church in Rome. I could see this unusual obelisk statue designed by Bernini. I used a water-soluable sepia pen to draw it and then hit it with a little water and finally adding some color.</p><p></p><p>The other inescapable view across the piazza was the bulging Pantheon. It is just so massive. It looked sandwiched between the two younger buildings on either side of it. I was trying to capture its breadth in my little 4 by 5 in format.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDHWMyCzQhc-mFicfBiDL1J6Z2j-HsgUTHqndSLgWITDqtcwi-zeezBybKEVHtkuW5-5fb7X57W4pqdtqk_sZd2Qxwsa0r6mDreL4IWKSKyVEkBxEzf8JtGiXDXfY73rO6Q3Xn5fTL577/s1600/italysketch007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSDHWMyCzQhc-mFicfBiDL1J6Z2j-HsgUTHqndSLgWITDqtcwi-zeezBybKEVHtkuW5-5fb7X57W4pqdtqk_sZd2Qxwsa0r6mDreL4IWKSKyVEkBxEzf8JtGiXDXfY73rO6Q3Xn5fTL577/s400/italysketch007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496351600231338386" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size:85%;">View of the Back of the Pantheon - 4 by 5 in. - Watercolor - Sketchbook.</span></p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-39813465864711817122010-07-19T19:50:00.006-04:002010-07-19T20:16:47.126-04:00More Sketchbook<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUh2z7YEzHvoMXaCLvpcjq0BwTcjN60AunJBYHqN_W66YVH-SSSNvV39K7nr0ie6LZT-8U67pBMK98oS3KJJav8eyNQs2bk_WKmaHgy_yTaDZIhkhoEOGaBB7I3AcVBB_W1GENzr197tEb/s1600/italysketch004.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUh2z7YEzHvoMXaCLvpcjq0BwTcjN60AunJBYHqN_W66YVH-SSSNvV39K7nr0ie6LZT-8U67pBMK98oS3KJJav8eyNQs2bk_WKmaHgy_yTaDZIhkhoEOGaBB7I3AcVBB_W1GENzr197tEb/s400/italysketch004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495772460326964530" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rooftop view from the Albergo Cesari in Rome - Watercolor - 4 by 5 in. - Sketchbook</span></p><p>This little sketch is just one of the many little architectural ornaments that adorn the rooftops of Rome. Like I said in an earlier post I loved having breakfast on the rooftop of my hotel the Albergo Cesari in Rome - a different perspective. The old, the new, the casual, the formal all co-exist up there. Below are some rooftops viewed from the Pantheon Piazza which was always swarming with people.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9p7qBlg3X5C6vpRiH2ZlwFdwhaHhpuA9RsmSfMZKr2aKp2Vw0jUhomgGNHoiofHpQueLmNWZL5wl8FZ0dHyXo8LGD3K-d9wwrlqwbvirfBXR1qlHuTm839iKwV-TFfifHYGl6rCjjjCcl/s1600/italysketch008.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9p7qBlg3X5C6vpRiH2ZlwFdwhaHhpuA9RsmSfMZKr2aKp2Vw0jUhomgGNHoiofHpQueLmNWZL5wl8FZ0dHyXo8LGD3K-d9wwrlqwbvirfBXR1qlHuTm839iKwV-TFfifHYGl6rCjjjCcl/s400/italysketch008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495774491834313394" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Rooftops Near the Pantheon - Watercolor - 4 by 5in. Sketchbook</span></p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-78827662166772222472010-07-18T16:52:00.008-04:002010-07-18T21:29:08.828-04:00Small Sketchbook from Italy Trip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2Agiwh7xNYtwXzgLfz6Bq0hsGRgjOMoG-P7S8YJCGTG4monh9-grwFSjw7n64ZoRqap08KNTQj8endjkGdfBHIcJUWmWO4d9oUwPFmmITf87COW4VEnkM4mPKQhPf3-Isw4MdL6Pdadm/s1600/italysketch024.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 396px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2Agiwh7xNYtwXzgLfz6Bq0hsGRgjOMoG-P7S8YJCGTG4monh9-grwFSjw7n64ZoRqap08KNTQj8endjkGdfBHIcJUWmWO4d9oUwPFmmITf87COW4VEnkM4mPKQhPf3-Isw4MdL6Pdadm/s400/italysketch024.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495413262706258674" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:85%;">View of Vineyards at Spannocchia in Tuscany</span></p><p>Now that I am home from my month of painting in Italy, I am madly painting and getting organized for my upcoming show at the <a href="http://hhal.org/">Art League of Hilton Head</a> from August 9 - September 10. The opening reception is on <span style="font-weight:bold;">Tuesday August 10 from 5-7 pm</span>.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaEq8nGFmOI0Tmbi7WaUebxPcX5Byo8aiIqGCOC5NxZUJYPrb_EEnhussSCsPy10Mk5Wwg36axhKfmbYZ1EnhEObCbbBHQwVRqhRge9kMuLAk0JXv6Tk-dF4zpHrpyT56qru-hDnTPYF0/s1600/italysketch002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaEq8nGFmOI0Tmbi7WaUebxPcX5Byo8aiIqGCOC5NxZUJYPrb_EEnhussSCsPy10Mk5Wwg36axhKfmbYZ1EnhEObCbbBHQwVRqhRge9kMuLAk0JXv6Tk-dF4zpHrpyT56qru-hDnTPYF0/s200/italysketch002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495414443685068802" border="0" /></a><p>Since I was not able to really document my trip via the blog as I had hoped due to the slow internet in Tuscany, I am back-tracking a bit now. I want to start with my small sketchbook that I bought at my favorite art supply store <a href="http://www.poggi1825.it/">Ditta G. Poggi</a> in Rome. The sketchbook is made of <a href="http://www.khadi.com/">Khadi paper</a> and is 5 by 6 in. I wrote Italy on the cover in a font I thought was appropriate and this little sketchbook turned out to be one of the most satisfying forms of painting and sketching that I did the entire trip. I also bought this small<a href="http://www.winsornewton.com/products/water-colours/artists-water-colour/sets/heavyweight-enamelled-box-12-half-pans-with-bottle/"> Winsor Newton travel watercolor set</a> there that came in a black enamel box and was no bigger than my camera. The lid on the left holds the water that is kept in a flask like compartment that runs the body of the the set. I changed out a few of the colors and was good to go. I just love it! I am just obsessed with small things like this. It is so portable but functional and I used it constantly while there. I guess it is in keeping with my passion for small paintings.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3LN5kV7zDq-xxCPj-rHdgxCtyRi9pQunOc3HRZh66Qc2tErsaASugPqSuw_NuoEakT8ACZVlO0uYjoHJpxpa29tlf4ozC6vkn5ZeTtnBbb4zhtFDnUE59j22TnhL2jTJMbTNWTXS5Yu_I/s1600/smallpalette.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 392px; height: 345px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3LN5kV7zDq-xxCPj-rHdgxCtyRi9pQunOc3HRZh66Qc2tErsaASugPqSuw_NuoEakT8ACZVlO0uYjoHJpxpa29tlf4ozC6vkn5ZeTtnBbb4zhtFDnUE59j22TnhL2jTJMbTNWTXS5Yu_I/s400/smallpalette.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495410712770556866" border="0" /></a><p> I also found some skinny tape to tape off the borders. I kind of like the <span style="font-style: italic;">tah-dah</span> moment when you peel off the tape to see what your painting really looks like with a nice clean edge. I developed this habit from <a href="http://jzbukvic.com/">Joseph Zbukvic</a> after taking a workshop with him last year. I like the way it looks in the sketchbook.</p><p>I have some other thoughts about working small. I do not consider my work to be <span style="font-style:italic;">miniatures</span>. I just do not think that that is what they are. Not a value judgement. I think it is because my work is not detailed. I am think of them more as a visual response to a compelling view - more like a poem than a paragraph so to speak. I try to be essential without a lot of detail. I could and I can work that way. I do botanical illustration too but my landscapes are about something different. Being on location is being in the moment and very present in my life. Painting is a way of capturing and savoring that experience.</p><p>I will be posting more sketches from this sketchbook over the next two weeks.When I have documented all the paintings for my show I will post them as well. I just got a new Espon scanner and I am loving it.</p><p>Finally, the painting above was done during one of the last days at Spannocchia. It was a view that I had not noticed before. I took a new found friend Liz Cellucci out to paint with me. We had a stellar day painting around Tuscany.</p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-4647767401943258262010-06-29T05:47:00.002-04:002010-06-29T05:50:20.983-04:00Lots of PaintingsI am at Spannocchia in Tuscany painting like crazy. The watercolor class was great fun.The internet is very slow so I have not been able to post. I will be having a show entitled "Chasing the Light - New Work by Linda Warner Constantino" opening August 10, 2010. It will include oils and watercolors. Stay tuned!Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-21388566091246440062010-06-17T16:48:00.003-04:002010-06-17T17:00:55.428-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kJle_IzGJbPQCsuXEHvQ4cin9Qy06njoqR_D5L6m8TIJpOOxPoo2tTdTZT9CrjldAcqLq8JbbxvyDjr0WI0qNCVfkY3fSkPZgDEc3r_eDBqI1Bu5OMylQnY_lTzXFm8vmCAYDAUb_Z41/s1600/rome_day12_39jean.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kJle_IzGJbPQCsuXEHvQ4cin9Qy06njoqR_D5L6m8TIJpOOxPoo2tTdTZT9CrjldAcqLq8JbbxvyDjr0WI0qNCVfkY3fSkPZgDEc3r_eDBqI1Bu5OMylQnY_lTzXFm8vmCAYDAUb_Z41/s400/rome_day12_39jean.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483847613450384962" /></a><p>This is Jean Cauthern who is also a college art professor located in Charlotte and teaching a plein air painting workshop in oils at the same time I will be there. She found me online and we discovered we would both be in Rome at the same time so we got together to paint.(I think I mentioned this earlier). We painted in Trastevere again. She did a nice little painting. We kept having to move our stuff when and car came through even though we were on the side of the street it is very snug.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgan9zJTVf1QCo5MiW_GLgWYhyQEq8AJuPq9E8ufrg6eseNfkuZCCDq4FyoiJSvemWGVSr_RMU_wQfalOknJkSpO9jP1oGTfVGm8lCRu3ko2hgIZzVUEpNb-KAlbug-5Ud8VqC86Ei8hpLs/s1600/rome_day12_40linda2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgan9zJTVf1QCo5MiW_GLgWYhyQEq8AJuPq9E8ufrg6eseNfkuZCCDq4FyoiJSvemWGVSr_RMU_wQfalOknJkSpO9jP1oGTfVGm8lCRu3ko2hgIZzVUEpNb-KAlbug-5Ud8VqC86Ei8hpLs/s400/rome_day12_40linda2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483849131530829746" /></a><p> Here I am with my painting. I love how the apron makes me look like a kangaroo:)</p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-47139640806692282332010-06-17T15:57:00.007-04:002010-07-27T19:59:17.677-04:00Rome: Tuesday June 15<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsbL4pBlY7YqxGwWpeJRUR72vyAZWoj0CjTAW8bwvVoj3QhC0wdQo-elTyMp6R4Nt0X2_TUOIupa8KEOC2AdFJC-W6C7ifjh6AzqmCSZCB5bJ-8iXPyZRWVo9W1DIjNIIN9NNPokufmNd/s1600/breadbasket.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 386px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCsbL4pBlY7YqxGwWpeJRUR72vyAZWoj0CjTAW8bwvVoj3QhC0wdQo-elTyMp6R4Nt0X2_TUOIupa8KEOC2AdFJC-W6C7ifjh6AzqmCSZCB5bJ-8iXPyZRWVo9W1DIjNIIN9NNPokufmNd/s400/breadbasket.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483835034252302610" /></a><p>The first rain day in Rome!! I decided to take this opportunity to shop for presents for my family. I would have no problem if they wanted art supplies. I walked all over Trastevere in the rain and then up the via del Corso(totally impacted with tourists) trying to find stuff. Very little luck. I try to buy things MADE IN ITALY but so much is made in India. The aesthetic is lost. Maybe I will have better luck in Florence later in the month.</p><p>In order to get my painting in for the day I did little sketches in my room while listening to Itunes. The image above is a basket of bread. I loved the colors. The dark one looked like it was made with india ink. Down right blue black.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGe8gaBVztyUA-J0UkKJhe0-MYqnzcpTsgH8wj3DRxQM1Hj2v6m9gAV0wlXyn66F5kXwdbGFmJxWt_GVWaUatliXMbW-aYne6-Vp6Eh5k8MMGtzZKJ0R4BfSG4XLLFNa_Ybb9ogTu9KTv9/s1600/lwctravestscooter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGe8gaBVztyUA-J0UkKJhe0-MYqnzcpTsgH8wj3DRxQM1Hj2v6m9gAV0wlXyn66F5kXwdbGFmJxWt_GVWaUatliXMbW-aYne6-Vp6Eh5k8MMGtzZKJ0R4BfSG4XLLFNa_Ybb9ogTu9KTv9/s400/lwctravestscooter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498739658290930146" /></a><p>Here is a watercolor of the place I painted the day before with scooter.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHLV1NtJjOrvupPIO7Bq_KA8LzLdkAfL1ggB0s-0fGNAuO1Z6MZn5odN19DLtFmcEXIMF82-pk_Tw49b30nbNmrFI9zcAbHglz5LFNXC_vulbkiLySyS7pS73Wc9YkkmFKiMi9CgYjySV/s1600/rome_day13_61bouganvilia.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHLV1NtJjOrvupPIO7Bq_KA8LzLdkAfL1ggB0s-0fGNAuO1Z6MZn5odN19DLtFmcEXIMF82-pk_Tw49b30nbNmrFI9zcAbHglz5LFNXC_vulbkiLySyS7pS73Wc9YkkmFKiMi9CgYjySV/s400/rome_day13_61bouganvilia.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483839761840050706" /></a><p>I just could not walk past this bouganvilia.The color is like lipstick. I liked the simplicity of the shapes around it.</p><p>I have been thinking that I should have done a food blog too because I did not have a bad meal here. My favorite places are the Paris Ristorante in Trastevere and the Armando de Pantheon (slow food)right by the Pantheonon. My favorite dessert was fried riccotta cheese from the Paris Ristorante.</p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-7252892370752046222010-06-17T01:32:00.006-04:002010-06-17T02:54:56.188-04:00Rome: Monday June 14<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9xdUfJtco4gFdQxEGIah8pyzta1AkrDeRvFAwKbfU0zSduV0lVslaxjrfEk8eC81wJFkDkjYU-t9gaeY9UsT5gZZWk2UWncTHwiYdSBbbr2T5MjvENEoAVM0xl1zEW-HWg4BHhnOZgQp/s1600/rome_day10am_08trastevshade.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9xdUfJtco4gFdQxEGIah8pyzta1AkrDeRvFAwKbfU0zSduV0lVslaxjrfEk8eC81wJFkDkjYU-t9gaeY9UsT5gZZWk2UWncTHwiYdSBbbr2T5MjvENEoAVM0xl1zEW-HWg4BHhnOZgQp/s400/rome_day10am_08trastevshade.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483632361022630482" /></a><p>My newly found painting friend Jean Cauthern who is also teaching a workshop in Tuscany and I went to the Trastevere area to paint in oils. So I shifted mediums for while we are painting. It is nice to have someone to paint with and talk "tech" with because everyone has their on unique ways of painting and she is a seasoned plein air painter.</p><p> I started off very small 6 by 8 inches. I liked the way this little corner was lit. There was a moped parked under the fresco but it soon left and i knew it would be paint it so small.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8tzu3DLPamhjUkSBO1UaxnKZ2s8JnRd5aw2_pncaO_bOfXYhrdTJHz7WVJZMqj4hzyJSl3Zal7g-Gj-3sCBKGX2yiIbvlI2txo0_u7kCfCJdYzpKoM7U2ddebU7dc7dWajs8nNcrgf8F/s1600/rome_day10am_10me.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8tzu3DLPamhjUkSBO1UaxnKZ2s8JnRd5aw2_pncaO_bOfXYhrdTJHz7WVJZMqj4hzyJSl3Zal7g-Gj-3sCBKGX2yiIbvlI2txo0_u7kCfCJdYzpKoM7U2ddebU7dc7dWajs8nNcrgf8F/s400/rome_day10am_10me.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483616307175555298" /></a><p>Here is a picture of me painting. My eyes kind of look closed. Of course we received lots of comments from the locals. They seem proud they we came all the way from America to paint their streets. Below is a view of the Pantheon Piazza. It is usually swarming with people and is near my hotel.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifjVhJABYyzOliMly7NX4K0BzsoUBxI_Ue1nFOWCSUI-PILNk2-KOpEnDbYzY45yLKp9ZHBoIgaMk6xxpihRdNcuxgCbsgaw9JqoFRA8zMixzRu5bJmqmDJ1FZvKTJWEPk-0neo-m8A2_/s1600/rome_day11_14.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjifjVhJABYyzOliMly7NX4K0BzsoUBxI_Ue1nFOWCSUI-PILNk2-KOpEnDbYzY45yLKp9ZHBoIgaMk6xxpihRdNcuxgCbsgaw9JqoFRA8zMixzRu5bJmqmDJ1FZvKTJWEPk-0neo-m8A2_/s400/rome_day11_14.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483615599428295634" /></a>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-62211503019405972602010-06-15T18:44:00.005-04:002010-06-15T19:26:37.488-04:00Rome: Sunday - June 12<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbuhZV2xOTOadbEt-bKQgHxHcapSGnsPE43DtzTwzwRKUtb1cLGkscd46qBtaCvky_Of1ioxJLypYdtLeUhyphenhyphenTYWK5zDvxbjdvGumu4onSCaw0MtvzRZShv1ttWlIoAtwuTIo0I8U3vce_/s1600/rome_day9_83buildings.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrbuhZV2xOTOadbEt-bKQgHxHcapSGnsPE43DtzTwzwRKUtb1cLGkscd46qBtaCvky_Of1ioxJLypYdtLeUhyphenhyphenTYWK5zDvxbjdvGumu4onSCaw0MtvzRZShv1ttWlIoAtwuTIo0I8U3vce_/s400/rome_day9_83buildings.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483143185129379890" /></a><p>Another hot day in Rome! Yesterday I was back at the art supply store Ditto G. Poggi. I love this little shop. I bought a great little squirrel mop brush which is ideal for doing a kind of calligraphic brushwork with watercolors. I also got another little travel watercolor paintbox. It is tiny and so compact. I like the idea of small gear for small paintings. It is like camping gear but for painting.</p><p> I decided I had enough of painting restaurants and headed for the Palatine. On the way there I discovered and exhibit of Corot, Sislely, Monet and some other Impressionist painters. How timely because they were plein air painters. It is always a treat to see the original art. In fact the first time I came to Italy was a year after graduating from college with my degree in Art History. I spent 8 weeks going to Paris, Rome, Florence, Siena, Venice, Pisa, and Munich studying art history. To see the original art after studying it mostly from books was a real treat.</p><p> Anyway, after that delightful detour I set off to paint in the Palatine area near the Coloseum. I had my small little Khadi(Nepalise watercolor paper that is more of an eggshell color with a lot of texture to it.) sketchbook and my small paintbox and just walked around and painted.It was nice not to be dragging so much gear around for a change. I will take a picture of the paint box and post in a forthcoming blog entry.</p><p>On the way back to the hotel I passed another museum with an Edward Hopper show. I passed it numerous times but there was always a line. Today was the last day and as I passed it there was no line so I decided to go in. The quote as you walked into the exhibit was this "All I ever wanted to do was paint light on the side of a building." by Edward Hopper. I love the quote and the show was fabulous because it showed the range of his career of work from art student to printmaker and illustrator and finally a painter. Very inspiring.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5hpCUkYekzNpahA3CfofPgM2LztLyOiT0vMFaMbo2YD5JZ8xNga9zmRbeznD46eSWanuFzF4QLSKdFhvMyhDwgz1I8KiZl8d-LHnK6IjH3dfpBdmzk202qnQ9T06rPJrJQBTxIBwAbTv/s1600/rome_day9_81hedge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5hpCUkYekzNpahA3CfofPgM2LztLyOiT0vMFaMbo2YD5JZ8xNga9zmRbeznD46eSWanuFzF4QLSKdFhvMyhDwgz1I8KiZl8d-LHnK6IjH3dfpBdmzk202qnQ9T06rPJrJQBTxIBwAbTv/s400/rome_day9_81hedge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483145218285761762" /></a>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-61527825809815623242010-06-15T18:11:00.003-04:002010-06-15T18:43:26.099-04:00Rome: Saturday - June 12<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1et5nAvtLbCq5m_qm70TgQbxOk_QzS5ojkCwq-I4J2fOkAaTrqcdzhAATwawNUZlIGo85bdJhG215JXYiSuVLo-ATCUUJv_tT1m0Bzul0sipvgHUoxwrAt2leVQpiGS3a0IBpcvOIZp5/s1600/bar.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1et5nAvtLbCq5m_qm70TgQbxOk_QzS5ojkCwq-I4J2fOkAaTrqcdzhAATwawNUZlIGo85bdJhG215JXYiSuVLo-ATCUUJv_tT1m0Bzul0sipvgHUoxwrAt2leVQpiGS3a0IBpcvOIZp5/s400/bar.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483133523767222498" /></a><p>
I got up and headed down to the Trastevere area across the Tiber river. It is about a 30 minute walk. Believe me I am walking all over the place. Not only do you see more but it helps keep the pasta weight off. I just love the sense of discovery of walking around and seeing a scene that nearly knocks you over and you have to paint it. It was a bit hazy so the light was not real strong so I tried to go more for shapes and values. There was a corner bar with a big sign that said BAR. It looked so graphic, I decided to paint it. Once again, an Italian lady came up to me a told me I was painting the window of her apartment. She seemed very proud.</p><p>Here is a photo of my painting setup in the Botancial Gardens.This is what I have been schlepping around.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU55Thoqdi4ZFaTX30is37F4Xn0pIUkvjYcEqYJzAYiUBtAlZ6e0xXoDZW9oYY4qO0LE29EiY6gAwA_9wLogArc4U0WGcjf0FFAYw2uDi9DYKdteTWL9BGfHQmQ3j1l5YlXIhm7e9-AS_B/s1600/rome_day8_46setup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU55Thoqdi4ZFaTX30is37F4Xn0pIUkvjYcEqYJzAYiUBtAlZ6e0xXoDZW9oYY4qO0LE29EiY6gAwA_9wLogArc4U0WGcjf0FFAYw2uDi9DYKdteTWL9BGfHQmQ3j1l5YlXIhm7e9-AS_B/s400/rome_day8_46setup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483134351967278546" /></a>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-18228380953640472762010-06-13T16:56:00.007-04:002010-06-13T17:34:40.078-04:00Rome: Friday - June 11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMbYBE9b4UfZktTtx_GmfOVVFWfpXtU8M9u8-P36srYnEVk-a8LGNog60jo308WtygUrlOr9R9eJU-KQW-62qiobaIhFwwU9vr13WW2iyi6ggVgRc1qRYUpz55HOlAzqEwghFC-BQnRIg/s1600/rome_day7_21maccheroni.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 389px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMbYBE9b4UfZktTtx_GmfOVVFWfpXtU8M9u8-P36srYnEVk-a8LGNog60jo308WtygUrlOr9R9eJU-KQW-62qiobaIhFwwU9vr13WW2iyi6ggVgRc1qRYUpz55HOlAzqEwghFC-BQnRIg/s400/rome_day7_21maccheroni.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482371889591000802" /></a><p>I went back to near where the market was located from the day before an planted myself across from a restaurant called Maccheronis.I ate there the night before - a very busy place with lots of energy in the air. As I was painting a man came over and showed me the window a few floors above was where he lived. He was so excited that I was painting his building.</p><p>I have to say I feel a little like a bag lady with all my gear in my wheeled backpack with my folding chair and easel and sometimes an umbrella. I paint standing up with oils but for some reason I prefer to sit down when painting in watercolors. Oh well either way it always feelslike I am shlepping too much stuff.</p><p> Afterwards I headed over by the Pantheon to paint. I got all set up and the police told me I had to move. That was it, it was so hot that I just headed back to the room to re-group and wound up painting some little studies there. Later I moved up to the roof top of the hotel which i may have mentioned is my favorite spot, and did some little vegetables studies. I will post one of the squash blossom later because I forgot to photograph it.Meanwhile,here is another little restaurant study.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0gXHyFZ-JWDPiNgFCazgvTG8q1WfqKnobIu-jwJCRv5lblbzarSNBTRSuCyNMy-84sIaPqjATW8To6E5Tat2E7lQqm-B2bBYAdwsW7VO9fYFPGlWmRnTXwk4yARNfF3maMbMGy0QGrTQP/s1600/rome_dayantonios9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0gXHyFZ-JWDPiNgFCazgvTG8q1WfqKnobIu-jwJCRv5lblbzarSNBTRSuCyNMy-84sIaPqjATW8To6E5Tat2E7lQqm-B2bBYAdwsW7VO9fYFPGlWmRnTXwk4yARNfF3maMbMGy0QGrTQP/s400/rome_dayantonios9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482373698294191042" /></a>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-59759822313295781272010-06-11T17:18:00.005-04:002010-06-11T17:56:54.815-04:00Rome: Thursday, June 10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLJOiVOGL9uP6_SdCrsVHzhKrgtHbHZiA1PLVcsgPI1eDi7nNrVymWaG_V3-OwrqQFZMn3h2-DrErjG75LF_-IJeBdwr-HKJqePInDwKRXO5KlaCnOABgSwEBmzxtKhFxZOwspHp3ah6C/s1600/marketday6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLJOiVOGL9uP6_SdCrsVHzhKrgtHbHZiA1PLVcsgPI1eDi7nNrVymWaG_V3-OwrqQFZMn3h2-DrErjG75LF_-IJeBdwr-HKJqePInDwKRXO5KlaCnOABgSwEBmzxtKhFxZOwspHp3ah6C/s400/marketday6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481634899064596498" /></a><p>Today I got up and went to a nearby open market in Piazza della Coppella. It was a small neighborly space unlike the Campo dei Fiori. I got all set up to paint and then I was asked to move because the nearby restaurant was starting to set up their outdoor tables. I hate packing up once I get situated but it turns out my new spot was really a better composition. Italians are endlessly curious about art. They will come up and stand behind you and just watch. A little old lady came up and wanted to buy my painting. Perhaps I could make a living here! It is always flattering by you never know what price they have in mind. I told her needed it for a show but directed her to my website and got her email. So I guess we could be "pen pals" now.</p><p> After I finished my painting I bought some fruit and veggies and brought them back to the hotel. The fruit I painted below is some fruit I never heard of before but a lady vendor insisted I try it. You peel the thin skin and there are one or two slippery beans(seeds) inside it. They tasted delicious. I ate the whole bunch. I will have to go back and check out the name.</p><p> By this time of day it was so hot out. I coul not take it anymore and I went up on the roof of the hotel and painted some of the produce in my botanical sketchbook but it was still so hot. I finally quit and went a got some gelato while trying to get into the Academy di San Luca to see if I could see the work of Italian still life painter Giovanna Garzoni(from 1670s) but unfortunately the gallery is closed right now. Perhaps I can see some in Florence.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjA0dH50dAC1BwfDmas6uGRqReGwW4QsgWGPbpb0C2ok1sFulYf_Qw6I09Sv-560QLb2DDz0wTy0xP0fq9YOtLUMzOaK-t0H8TojtJXldUI5GVXCskaorDIYiuxu-qCo1Wp3mgqvcd0GrE/s1600/italianfruit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjA0dH50dAC1BwfDmas6uGRqReGwW4QsgWGPbpb0C2ok1sFulYf_Qw6I09Sv-560QLb2DDz0wTy0xP0fq9YOtLUMzOaK-t0H8TojtJXldUI5GVXCskaorDIYiuxu-qCo1Wp3mgqvcd0GrE/s400/italianfruit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481635461446330434" /></a>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-50570245364076644252010-06-10T16:00:00.006-04:002010-06-10T16:26:34.878-04:00Rome: Wednesday, June 9<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZASKZ4mN9B4wb7iE14i3-AP2QoPBbHcpFeFskliAk5xecTn8X8qByL69PJ-EG1bbIhRm-K6lQtFzgDunnRAllbsnhb0AovUwbM9_NEgk9pcQ-uZSypUYaG88hYG4mgiIm8e4iRHGbUzMc/s1600/pizza+di+scala.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZASKZ4mN9B4wb7iE14i3-AP2QoPBbHcpFeFskliAk5xecTn8X8qByL69PJ-EG1bbIhRm-K6lQtFzgDunnRAllbsnhb0AovUwbM9_NEgk9pcQ-uZSypUYaG88hYG4mgiIm8e4iRHGbUzMc/s400/pizza+di+scala.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481239922035305330" /></a><p>I was forced to spend the morning writing my quarterly report for school. With all the hoopla before I left it totally slipped my mind.</p><p>In the afternoon I headed to the area known as Trastevere across the river. It has lots of little winding streets and shops.Shoes for sale everywhere! Hard to resist. I was trying to find the Rome Botanical Gardens and the walk should have only taken 30 minutes but for me it got to be an hour before I finally asked someone. Since I was standing in front of the Spanish Embassy it is only natural that I picked someone who was Spanish speaking to ask directions. Fortunately, she had a friend who spoke English and redirected me and I was at the garden in no time. Since it was now early afternoon it was brutally hot. I left the gardens to eat and get something to drink. I sat in a little outdoor cafe and an painted this little painting while eating my mushroom pizza. Afterwords I headed back to the gardens. I took lots of pictures and did another small study. Below is the view of the greenhouse that wish I had had time to paint.</P><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYRu_LsDmAFB7XP5-6fUdqpxeuS_kks5qDuA0J1Kt7mCDw-XM7NO8XYWMMqyKjt57oblcpMWxM8BiQYxhyphenhyphen-g-0MqcY-mDHSJy78uvUjeRPEGvKPYpbW4mhFDt1d7HEcl3S-UuzsL9q3m0/s1600/greenhousebotgard.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijYRu_LsDmAFB7XP5-6fUdqpxeuS_kks5qDuA0J1Kt7mCDw-XM7NO8XYWMMqyKjt57oblcpMWxM8BiQYxhyphenhyphen-g-0MqcY-mDHSJy78uvUjeRPEGvKPYpbW4mhFDt1d7HEcl3S-UuzsL9q3m0/s400/greenhousebotgard.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481243397531200946" /></a></p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-44368740812335596342010-06-09T16:25:00.007-04:002010-06-09T17:09:33.202-04:00Rome: Day 4 - Tuesday - June 8<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HgkqtftInNzJ4pJzF_hzBGKclGo0wVlyID0c-nk65Z4l14uQZ1IxqHJlvpyxqiZXSVm2NillKupDBAgfR0ZpgN-mExEoR1QzJBoQC9c311CO9izcbtyEOkEyjpeTsyeklhRuoqUVq78R/s1600/gardenercottage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HgkqtftInNzJ4pJzF_hzBGKclGo0wVlyID0c-nk65Z4l14uQZ1IxqHJlvpyxqiZXSVm2NillKupDBAgfR0ZpgN-mExEoR1QzJBoQC9c311CO9izcbtyEOkEyjpeTsyeklhRuoqUVq78R/s400/gardenercottage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480881694276094530" border="0" /></a><p>I am trying some different approaches to watercolors to get back in the groove of how I like to work. I guess I am a bit rustier than I thought and there is so much to paint that it is overwhelming.</p><p>Tuesday was my day to paint at the garden at the American Academy in Rome.The grounds are simply stunning! I painted in the sustainable garden. I was totally taken with the artichokes that were going to seed. Just gorgeous! Director Martin Broday invited me to lunch with the fellows and other attendees. I sat with some young aspiring archaeologists who were there for a summer program. They had just arrived and were excited for a summer of digging.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9Zc90kQGZYW_JZADUUPxjh3r_g_K9QQnCitnpqXBV4LhtxCp9gI_QXnaXccEGHsiw1P1Cbi4HaIipJuDZKgzlLRs6GqnmnhMfpt5kDkePYehIEPlahfWP9qOYy4Bvs88lWuFMu54dwyq/s1600/bigchoke.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy9Zc90kQGZYW_JZADUUPxjh3r_g_K9QQnCitnpqXBV4LhtxCp9gI_QXnaXccEGHsiw1P1Cbi4HaIipJuDZKgzlLRs6GqnmnhMfpt5kDkePYehIEPlahfWP9qOYy4Bvs88lWuFMu54dwyq/s400/bigchoke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480882523702593458" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">This is a large artichoke going to seed. I love the color of the inside of it.</span></div><p>In the afternoon I painted the gardens cottage with a fruit trees in the foreground.(I would post more paintings and photos but the internet is so slow that that is what I would be spending all my time doing.)By the time I got back to the hotel I was roasted from a day in the sun. I had a delightful dinner of lamb and spinach at Armando al Pantheon which is a slow food restaurant recommended by David Downie's "Food, Wine, Rome" book and chef Alice Waters.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXShrlY56fuClJpYmuPk9ZjNAV6operABLQ41RMrJdyVZmAMW1tCVM8Vn_QSGiFJmgdhrcfMcWYqPWxMUOEgIk-gXdAyyt-g2643C8u94krmu4i2zwsH_2mmeNK5gN8LEv48wARHAVYc8/s1600/feedingtimeforscooters.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXShrlY56fuClJpYmuPk9ZjNAV6operABLQ41RMrJdyVZmAMW1tCVM8Vn_QSGiFJmgdhrcfMcWYqPWxMUOEgIk-gXdAyyt-g2643C8u94krmu4i2zwsH_2mmeNK5gN8LEv48wARHAVYc8/s400/feedingtimeforscooters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480882124855425586" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I thought this shot of the scooters was funny because they look like piglets feeding off of the restaurant.</span></p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-8485366965375199692010-06-07T16:35:00.005-04:002010-06-07T17:00:37.460-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIDGHo4lCc1oFAse4ABnc57WmEf3unjTjKVmv0qEEt_igI6oCw0ujixOvccRuSgsHxXOwCLnZYAB1uLulPkWI7AeaZrufg6AQKtqvMgqdASGGGMV1mTQ8tgyw14T3K4C2iFmPwyqET0km/s1600/chokes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIDGHo4lCc1oFAse4ABnc57WmEf3unjTjKVmv0qEEt_igI6oCw0ujixOvccRuSgsHxXOwCLnZYAB1uLulPkWI7AeaZrufg6AQKtqvMgqdASGGGMV1mTQ8tgyw14T3K4C2iFmPwyqET0km/s400/chokes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480136430295884098" border="0" /></a><p>I got up and went to the fresh market at Campo dei Fiori. Lots of luscious vegetables and fruit. I decided to buy some and head up to the roof of my hotel and paint. I just love it up there. It must be 5-10 degrees cooler and there is always a breeze. I was in more of a still life mode for this.I could not resist the artichokes with the long stalks on them. You never see them like this at home.The purple in them was incredible.</p><p> Since I am working on botanical illustrations for a course I am taking through the <a href="-botanical-artists.org/index.php">Society of Botanical Artists in London</a>, I thought I would do a tighter study than I might normally do of these artichokes.I worked on cold press Fabriano paper and I have to say it is a lot easier for me to handle than the hot press required for my course.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsNW2zfcAihRUo8vXnZKXGROvLDMq7dA_Zf2leJTxLihuCBmgQBH446xPt41pS8N15Lmpc9h1ltmO1mYnnqIMTmKed0k8oc2nsVbZDLnI4iWgkXZebzAnU1ZgdfeF4t9X5_61yB8sperX/s1600/chokesinprogress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsNW2zfcAihRUo8vXnZKXGROvLDMq7dA_Zf2leJTxLihuCBmgQBH446xPt41pS8N15Lmpc9h1ltmO1mYnnqIMTmKed0k8oc2nsVbZDLnI4iWgkXZebzAnU1ZgdfeF4t9X5_61yB8sperX/s400/chokesinprogress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480136621380790194" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Work in progress on the roof.</span></p>
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4FT69u-tKQC8IdLoVq09i0LbUUNFu4oDI5a9TmnhKSrpIIXZ2QHkCXEPPkfTMkxh4xZHJ72RKjJ2kp9jwWj8j1AjsSw6dAycLpl57rR8HObrYNzUVFZ38WWgptVEVRfKcyK8WclF2PgZ/s1600/twochokeslr.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz4FT69u-tKQC8IdLoVq09i0LbUUNFu4oDI5a9TmnhKSrpIIXZ2QHkCXEPPkfTMkxh4xZHJ72RKjJ2kp9jwWj8j1AjsSw6dAycLpl57rR8HObrYNzUVFZ38WWgptVEVRfKcyK8WclF2PgZ/s400/twochokeslr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480137582261798962" border="0" /></a><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Finished Artichokes</span></p>Linda Warner Constantinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890677030601266132.post-22432193342333076232010-06-06T17:03:00.006-04:002010-06-07T16:34:48.162-04:00A Day of Painting in Rome - Sunday June 6<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQE02_XakIiZ3QS-qQBnsllWa0UUZceNCbFS-WOD7T2J4wWumEps5wGdBb1RaMxB10rP0_YTG0qP5Nre1bA-6-XCi_N3je6I1pwezfppaJebeLl2j7boS3-WMe0rX_AWStRuBh6C7DvH3w/s1600/clementeristorante.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQE02_XakIiZ3QS-qQBnsllWa0UUZceNCbFS-WOD7T2J4wWumEps5wGdBb1RaMxB10rP0_YTG0qP5Nre1bA-6-XCi_N3je6I1pwezfppaJebeLl2j7boS3-WMe0rX_AWStRuBh6C7DvH3w/s400/clementeristorante.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479769725209820210" border="0" /></a><p>For some reason deciding what to paint has always been tougher than doing the actual painting. I decided to just go with my instincts since almost everything is worth painting in Rome. I think I look for the light, color and shapes. I am trying to focus more on food related themes since that is what my fellowship is about. The painting above is in the Piazza de Maddelena and the restaurant in Clemente's.</p><p>I am a little rusty so today has been getting back into the feel of painting. I have found if I leave watercolors for long it takes a few tries to get back up to speed with such things as getting first washes dark enough and thinking about what I want to emphasize. I love the luminosity of watercolors and the calligraphic quality that can be achieved with brushwork. Watercolors always has seemed more connected to drawing because of this. I am just destined to always be a student of this medium.</p><p>In the afternoon I headed up to the Piazza del Popolo and stopped at Gusto for lunch. It is a restaurant and kitchen store. I so wanted to sit and paint in the kitchen store filled with tea pots and all kinds of kitchen gadgetry. I may go back. Lunch was the most delicious green spaghetti with black truffle oil, spinach and tomoatoes.I did some little studies while eating lunch. I will try to post later.</p><p>I went to the Piazza Navonna and had a pizza. It seems very commercial there and very tourist oriented.
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