the pine

"the pine" 59 x 55 tempera a uova

Shopping Bag

"vento tra le foglie" side 2

"vento tra le foglie" side 1

These are painting on a shopping bag for a show at he end of this month. The  object is to create a work of art on a shopping bag, reusing the bag and turning it into art. The brand must be visible and the theme for this year is the colors of the italian flag. Hence the green red and white.

Last day with Vatican "special permit"

cane e cucciolo

This is one of the two halls where we worked. You can see one of by fellow students in the back right corner.

The sculptor inlayed marble spots. Incredible!

I love this black marble wart hog.

The marble of this lion is fantastic. I wish I had another few months to draw every sculpture.

This is the final day of my permeso speciale that alows me into the Vatican Museums to study in the hall of animals. It is kind of sad having to give up this privalige, it makes me feel so special. Especialy because I don't have to pay to get in. Its like having a hall pass in grade school. You walk extra slowly down the hall, and you hope a teacher stops you just so you can show your hall pass. Permission to be where you are not normally suposed to be is a beautiful thing.

E l'ultimo giorno del mio permesso speciale, che mi permete di disegnare al Museo Vaticano, nella sala di animali. E triste che non ho piu il privileggio che mi fa sentire un po speciale. Anche perche non devo pagare. Mi fa ricordare i tempi di scuola elementare, quando potevi andare in bagno con il "hall pass". Caminavo ancora piu lento per poter godere l'esperienza di stare fiori classe con permesso. E speravo di essere fermato dal bidelo or maesta, per mostrare che avevo permesso. Permesso di stare dove di solito non devi stare e una cosa molto bella.