EDinMay #16 2010

My Favorite bottle "Tool" - bone handles fascinate me.

Venice dream

I am so excited - a good friend and I have decided to 'Wait No More', and plan a trip to Italy this fall. Of course as we plan a 2 week itinerary my mind races to the journal and supplies I will need and all the fabulous sketching I will do - or try to do -

I purchased travel books and such and could not pass up a fabulous pictorial on Italy. I decided to practice from this book on the architectural challenges and colors etc, I live in rural NE and do not have such urban challenges.

This is my first attempt at a gorgeous Venice canal scene - not bad for a first attempt if I do say so myself - done in moleskine with pencil then ink (coward that I am) then wc added in layers as the paper would allow - (non WC paper and quite un-absorbent!)