Concertina sketchbooks
Concertina sketchbook from a two week artist residency in Farindola Italy. See the full book here https://youtu.be/vv47i3FXiaM
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Farindola – May 16 – Urban Sketchers on steps
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- First morning
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- Farindola
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- Then came the rain..
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- But we kept sketching..
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- Singing in the rain
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- There is always a wall to rest on
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- Italy
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- Debra sketching the view to Penne
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- Anne tackling perspective
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- Karen sketching towards Paul’s house
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- Lady Birgit 🙂
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- Karen happy with her sheltered spot
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- Carmen
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- My favorite step
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- Ivan..just before visiting the estate agent..
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- We love our concertina books
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- Carmen
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- Just 5 days sketching!
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- Val, Chris and Carmen
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- View towards the waterfall
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- Cheers!
What a fantastic five days of sketching we have just had in Farindola, Abruzzo, Italy.
Ten of us flew to Pescara and one came by train from Switzerland. After one hour’s transfer we arrived to a warm welcome from Thomas and Marco at the beautiful B&B Altrocanto www.altrocanto.it This is where half the guests stayed and where we dined for three nights on delicious locally sourced food. (Gnocchi with asparagus and Pecorino cheese cream, parpardella filled with ricotta and artichoke…..) Our evening meals were one of the highlights of this short stay!
Elayne’s family house was home for the rest of the group and we loved our home from home with amazing views over the valley.
The Spring came and went with in Farindola before we arrived but it continued to test us with sunshine and rain, quite a lot of rain, but Carmen, Chris, Glenda, Ivan, Karen, Klim, Anne, Debra, Val and Birgit came to sketch and so they did! They also climbed mountains, took tea with Maria, had a birthday party, cooked a fantastic meal, attended a private showing with the artist Paul Critchley and viewed properties for sale!!
Most sketched in concertina sketchbooks which really lend themselves to the winding streets and mountain panorama views. You can see some beautiful pages here.
Next sketching week is September 24th-29th. Coming? www.acy-holidays.com
The John Russell Gallery Ipswich
Thank you to Anthony Coe at The John Russell Gallery for framing and hanging my work so beautifully.
Framed!
I really love seeing all my work framed in this ‘gun metal’ grey. Anthony Coe at The John Russell Gallery has been working on these for the last month. They are beautifully done.
