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Sunday 27 October 2013

LAKE GARDA & VERONA VIGNETTES (THE END)

Finally, here are the end of my memories of the art holiday with Hazel Soan to Italy. A peek into my personal sketches done at night using my camera as reference and sometimes from life.  When I go on these courses it is like someone switches me on, and I go crazy, painting every hour I can, then when I get home I am drained! Not even attempted a watercolour since I came home.  It's as if I burnt my watercolour self out!!!

Thank you for following my progress and for commenting too.  It has been quite an experience sharing this special holiday with you.  Has brought back recent memories and made me assess the work I have done. Here goes.  I am opening  my khadi pad (8" square) so you can peek inside ............................

Great care was taken in the making of this Ice Cream, it looked like a rose when it was finished. Bought in the market square in Verona, and very delicious it was too.

My little room in Lake Garda was a bit run down, which included this dirty light switch area.  They had even put a plastic panel around the switch but there were many old dirty marks underneath.  You might see this better if you enlarge the photograph. We christened the hotel, Hotel Faded Elegance (Hotel Laurin). While the main rooms were really elegant and stunning, most of our rooms were passed their sell by date!

Saw this bike in Verona with a polythene bag on the seat, to protect it from the rain.  Well it was red, so out came the pyrrol scarlet. However, this bike has ended up with square wheels, not a very comfortable ride!

View from my window in Verona, I just had to paint the terracotta pipe things and the old carvings under the gutter. Hotel Palazzo was a fabulous hotel inside, old building but modern furnishings and unusual works of art.

The painting I am most pleased with from the whole holiday.   I thought this metal key fob for my room in  Verona was so lovely that I felt compelled to get it down in paint.

And not to leave out the hotel in Lake Garda, decided to paint that key fob too.  This one weighed a ton!



Thank you again for bearing with me and taking the time to come on holiday with me, I hope you enjoyed my journey.

Now I will have to get back to painting with my watercolours before the inspiration disappears.

26 comments:

  1. I enjoyed your sketches Polly! Have a great week. See you!

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    1. Thanks Catharina, for taking the time to comment

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  2. These are fresh and fun. The ice cream cone looks yummy as does the key chain!

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  3. These are all beautiful, Polly! Thank you for sharing the story of your trip/course!

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  4. Thanks dear Polly! I loved both... your travel reportage and your brilliant watercolours!
    Your post on blog and on Fb made me so happy.Ciao!

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    1. You live in a beautiful country Rita, and thank you for following my course

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  5. another wonderful travelog....my favorite....the bicycle )

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  6. Love the little things you were attracted to. These are fun! I love the assorted room keys.

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  7. Son fantásticos Polly!
    Congratulations!

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  8. Polly - everything looks so beautiful...the intricacy of your key is amazing and that red bike is too cute. Ice cream looks good enough to eat. So glad you shared. Thank you and have a fabulous day.

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    1. You are so kind to call around. Glad you enjoyed the post. You have a great day too.

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  9. These travel sketches are beautiful keepsakes from you trip. I love the interesting room keys. Thank you for sharing them!

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  10. Let me start off by saying thank you for your kind words about my art. It meant allot to me that you left a comment. Thank you. I loved looking at your art that represented your travels. What treasures of life and thank you for sharing.

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    1. Pleasure your work is wonderful and glad you enjoyed looking at my memories

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  11. Love all the paintings here , you did some beautiful ones . The key 474 is indeed amazing, my favorite !

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  12. Hello Polly:) So lovely to share your holiday with us by letting us see the watercolor sketches you made during that holiday! My favorites are the ice-cream and both door keys. I really like the style you used in all the sketches. I loved to see them all!xx

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  13. precious sketches and beautiful details from you trip polly .....you absorbed so much bet you needed time to reflect .

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  14. Polly, I know how much you like gelato, so I am so glad you got to immortalize a cone in watercolor. You did a beautiful job on the cone painting and the other ones as well. Your work just keeps getting better and better.

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