Just in case you'd like to paint along with us, here is a drawing and photo for you to paint.
We Visit the Island of Burano
Since rain is forcast for tomorrow we hurried out visit the island of Burano.
We took a class photo.
Students Arrive to Study Travel Painting With Me in Venice
Learning to paint away from home in a foreign country is serious work. It requires a lot of attention and we are trying very hard.
Venice Doesn't Disappoint
We zoomed through the lagoon in a speed boat, called a water taxi, from the airport to the island of Venice.
Wonderful, paintable scenery is everywhere.
New York
We were up before dawn to get to the airport for a 6:45 flight. We have a 5 hour lay over in New York, not enough time to go see the Statue of Liberty so we stuck around the airport's Sky lounge.
Quck sketch of Rick
I fell in love with this coffee machine, I am going to buy one the minute I get home.
a New York salad
Welcome to My New Blog
Michelangelo's Moses, Rome, Italy Photo by Eileen Condon
Now, I sort of understand how Michelangelo felt when he finished carving his epic marble statue of Moses. His first thought upon putting down his chisel was probably very similar to mine, "Boy, that was a heck of a lot more work then I thought it was going to be." Of course he said it in Italian. Then he probably turned to his apprentice and said, "Let's go get some gelato to celebrate finishing up Moses." Of course, he said that in Italian also.
With this new website and blog it will be so easy for me to update my class page, add new paintings and remove old ones. It should also be much easier for you to leave me a comment on my posts. I appreciate hearing your thoughts on the artwork, ideas and ruminations I post on my blog.
To give you just a little bit of motivation to leave me comments on my posts, I am going to give one Anywhere Art tote bag (with some useful art supplies inside) per week to a person who has left a comment on my blog. I am going to put your name into a hat every time you leave a comment and have one of the beagles pull out the lucky winner each week. I have 4 goodie tote bags for you to win over the next 4 weeks starting right now!
Since the website is new, its going to be added to and embellished. It would help me a lot if when you comment you told me what you would like to see on my website and what would be helpful posts for you to read on my blog.
Now I am off to get a gelato.