Italy Sketchbook – November 2016

Brunelleschi Dome, Duomo, Florence, 1420 – 1436, as seen from the Biblioteca Delle Oblate Cafe

8″ x 8″ Caran D’Ache Neocolor II water soluble pastel, ink and pencil on cold press acid free 140 lb watercolor paper

On this page I share a sampling of the sketches created in a variety of media, both traditional and digital, while in Sicily and Florence. Every sketch is drawn directly from life, en plein air.
~ Jeremy

Duomo dome seen from rooftop, Florence

8″ x 8″ Copic sketch marker on cold press acid free 140 lb watercolor paper

Michelangelo’s Polyhedron, Medici Crypt, Florence

8″ x 8″ pencil on cold press acid free 140 lb watercolor paper

after Titian, Florence

8″ x 8″ graphite on cold press acid free 140 lb watercolor paper

Leaning sculpture in hotel lobby, Florence

8″ x 8″ pencil on cold press acid free 140 lb watercolor paper

Mandarins, Florence

8″ x 8″ Caran D’Ache Neocolor II water soluble pastel on cold press acid free 140 lb watercolor paper

Osteria Santa Spirito, Florence

8″ x 8″ pencil on cold press acid free 140 lb watercolor paper

Castello Maniace, Ortigia, Sicily

iPad Pro 12.9″, Apple Pencil, Procreate

Caffe Minerva, Ortigia, Sicily

iPad Pro 12.9″, Apple Pencil, Procreate

Drawing of the owner of Hotel Maniace, Ortigia, Sicily

pencil on paper