Giovanni Bellini, Jacquemart-André

 

So many exhibits to see in Paris, but one procrastinates. 

And then one never get around to it. Or waits till big warning posters go up in the Metro. Then the masses descend. 

Being an uber-ADHDer who rarely plans ahead, does not help.

More Summer in Paris

 

For Summertime they have freshly-churned ice cream outside Galeries Lafayette Champs-Elysées. But no one was serving 😳

Still I studied the flavors carefully…as always

Volterra Workshop

I loved my Urban Sketchers sketching workshop in Volterra..

A shot from the bus into Volterra (about 2 hours ride from Florence)

One of our painting sites near the Dolciolo archway.

Painting in the park.

My pool at Hotel San Lino. The water is 🧊 cube-cold. Perfect dip 🏊 for a hot day.

Volterra must be

A town with a thousand archways.

Easy to get away from the tourists.

To quiet beautiful spots. Quite hilly by the way. 

Must paint this

The Villa Guadalupe outside town (and Volterra's thick medieval city walls which made wifi and posting impossible).

Everything is exquisite in this villa.

Amazing frescos to come.

First painting session was with Majid Modir of IL PUNTO in the studio with watermelon from his garden. Which we ate to get the full essence…yum yum

Italian for watermelon is melone.

Is 'cocomero' not melone I learned from the Italian participants.

A watermelon/Tuscany watercolor sale coming soon to my Etsy shop! 

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