Let me show you some of my watercolors painted in Rome, Italy in 2006. They are now showing at the Pastelaria Gojo in Ichigaya, Tokyo.
(http://www.ryokucha.co.jp/pastelaria/)
Rome is one of my favorite cities in Italy, besides the city is always the starting point of my trip in the country. There are too many things to see, to eat and to paint in the treasure box-like historical city.
I asked local people about their favorite monuments. Luca, a front desk clerk of my regular hotel near the Termini, recommended me to go to see the Piazza of Vittorio Emanuele II, top. Looking at the beautiful, but huge monument, my first impression was "Can I hit everything in one piece?" It took about one hour to finish cram everything into my sketch book and another 10-15 minutes to finish coloring on the site.
As soon as I finished the first piece, I recognized that there was a unique shaped building right behind me, middle. Not knowing the name of the structure, I just kept drawing the outlines. When I finished about two-thirds of this painting, a girl came up to me and asked to take a picture together -- me, my painting and the girl. Her name is Maria from Russia. As she is taking English lessens at home, she wanted talk to me in English, according to her mother.
The last piece was painted near the Sant' Angelo. As I worked on the object before from the front angle, across the bridge, I decided to change sites to place both Sant' Angelo and San Pietro next to each other= bottom. The sunset became the perfect lighting to outline the divine beauty of the world center of Catholicism.
(http://www.ryokucha.co.jp/pastelaria/)
Rome is one of my favorite cities in Italy, besides the city is always the starting point of my trip in the country. There are too many things to see, to eat and to paint in the treasure box-like historical city.
I asked local people about their favorite monuments. Luca, a front desk clerk of my regular hotel near the Termini, recommended me to go to see the Piazza of Vittorio Emanuele II, top. Looking at the beautiful, but huge monument, my first impression was "Can I hit everything in one piece?" It took about one hour to finish cram everything into my sketch book and another 10-15 minutes to finish coloring on the site.
As soon as I finished the first piece, I recognized that there was a unique shaped building right behind me, middle. Not knowing the name of the structure, I just kept drawing the outlines. When I finished about two-thirds of this painting, a girl came up to me and asked to take a picture together -- me, my painting and the girl. Her name is Maria from Russia. As she is taking English lessens at home, she wanted talk to me in English, according to her mother.
The last piece was painted near the Sant' Angelo. As I worked on the object before from the front angle, across the bridge, I decided to change sites to place both Sant' Angelo and San Pietro next to each other= bottom. The sunset became the perfect lighting to outline the divine beauty of the world center of Catholicism.
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