Last September I had the delightful experience of touring Tuscany, Italy for three weeks with an art group from the Beverly Street Studio School in Staunton, Virginia. I decided to try a new medium, gouache, because of its portability and strong, opaque qualities. We were advised to do quick, small 5"x7" pieces in primed, heavy paper. Before the trip, I filled a purse sized notebook of gessoed pages with various undercoat colors of acrylics. After the first few days touring Rome, I painted my first pieces in the nearby village of Arezzo where our group enjoyed walking to a beautiful overlook. A day trip from there was to a lovely vineyard which I couldn't resist painting, since it reminded me of my home in Virginia. Another fun day was had painting an overlook of Sienna: there I sat on a stone wall and pulled out my tiny palette to quickly paint a hillside view. Most of the others came from a breathtaking tiny village called Poppi which was an artist's dream. The trip ended in Florence where I was taken with the
loveliness of the famous Duomo and Ponte Vecchio. And lastly, I painted some "Italian onions" just for fun!
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