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Friday, February 18, 2011

#30 & #31 Venice, Italy- Sheryl Hawkins



Just as I was getting excited about Spring arriving soon- we have been having terrible rainy, cloudy days!  Back to the reference photo files.  This time, I went through the Italian vacation photos- always many painting possibilities in that file.  I tried to make these a little looser than my usual, but got pulled in by all the details on the carnival masks!  The produce boat on the canal gave me another chance at people and I mostly concentrated on scale and proportion.


watercolor on 140lb cold press

3 comments:

Kelly said...

Wow, Sheryl...the masks are really cool and your bricks are incredible! What a great way to document your trip.

Lorrie Klosterman said...

These are intriguing pictures, with such life going on even with the masks. Great diversity and colors and patterns for us to enjoy.

Claire M said...

I must admit that I had to do a double-take on these paintings. It is amazing what you have captured. Very appealing!