Monday, June 13, 2011
Today started off bad. I woke up and my left eye was swollen shut! A stupid mosquito must have bit my eyelid and I had an allergic reaction. I took 3 benydril pills throughout the day, iced it and put benydril cream on it. Hopefully it goes down soon.
As a group we met around 10 and went to the Basilica S. Maria Gloriosa Dei Frari. There were some pretty amazing sculptures and relief work in there. I wish my eye wasn't as swollen as it was because I could hardly see any of the work. I took some pictures though and still enjoyed what I could see out of my right eye!
After that we went to the San Polo church and looked at the Domenico Tiepolo (think I spelled that right..) paintings. Those were absolutely incredible and I think they are the best classical works we have seen. He used colors like I have never seen to create light and depth, and he was a very young artist at the time. I wish we were allowed to take pictures because they were really incredible.
For lunch we went back the the same yummy pizza place as yesterday. We chilled out by the canal and ate our lunch and then began drawing around 12:30 or 1:00; I drew the Rialto bridge. It was a nice day to draw because it wasn't rainy but the sun wasn't beating down on us either. Of course at the beginning of the drawing, I was so frustrated. I felt like I couldn't get the angle of the bridge from where I was sitting. Matt came over and gave me his usual pep talk that he gives me, then after that I got into the zone. I don't mind people watching me draw, but some of the tourists would come out of their way, stand right by me, and look over my shoulder. They did it to all of us and I think we all felt a little bit annoyed by it. I think it was a successful drawing day. I learned a little bit about my style and what I am capable of.
Matt said something that kind of stuck with me about 'drawing inside my own lines.' I wasn't quite sure what he meant by that at first but then when he demonstrated to me how to search for a form using many lines, it eventually created the movement instead of just deciding where each line needs to be and never letting them move out of that zone. It's what I have always been told about searching out the form and to keep my arm moving, not to get stuck in one place, but today that idea was embedded just a little bit deeper in my art brain.
After the drawing we were free to do what we wanted. I stayed in the rest of the night and was really tired from all the benydril in me. I took a nap for a couple hours and then went to bed pretty early around 10 p.m.
Today started off bad. I woke up and my left eye was swollen shut! A stupid mosquito must have bit my eyelid and I had an allergic reaction. I took 3 benydril pills throughout the day, iced it and put benydril cream on it. Hopefully it goes down soon.
As a group we met around 10 and went to the Basilica S. Maria Gloriosa Dei Frari. There were some pretty amazing sculptures and relief work in there. I wish my eye wasn't as swollen as it was because I could hardly see any of the work. I took some pictures though and still enjoyed what I could see out of my right eye!
After that we went to the San Polo church and looked at the Domenico Tiepolo (think I spelled that right..) paintings. Those were absolutely incredible and I think they are the best classical works we have seen. He used colors like I have never seen to create light and depth, and he was a very young artist at the time. I wish we were allowed to take pictures because they were really incredible.
For lunch we went back the the same yummy pizza place as yesterday. We chilled out by the canal and ate our lunch and then began drawing around 12:30 or 1:00; I drew the Rialto bridge. It was a nice day to draw because it wasn't rainy but the sun wasn't beating down on us either. Of course at the beginning of the drawing, I was so frustrated. I felt like I couldn't get the angle of the bridge from where I was sitting. Matt came over and gave me his usual pep talk that he gives me, then after that I got into the zone. I don't mind people watching me draw, but some of the tourists would come out of their way, stand right by me, and look over my shoulder. They did it to all of us and I think we all felt a little bit annoyed by it. I think it was a successful drawing day. I learned a little bit about my style and what I am capable of.
After the drawing we were free to do what we wanted. I stayed in the rest of the night and was really tired from all the benydril in me. I took a nap for a couple hours and then went to bed pretty early around 10 p.m.
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