Scupture class

Hello!! Today I want to share with you this great new: this year I also took classes in sculpting natural clay! That was fantastic, it's a fantastic experience, I advise everyone to try this field of expression. First lessons were about drawing from life, trying to keep proportion with the object. We made the final bas relief from life, but we also made a study in charcoal in advance.

Charcoal, 297 x 420 mm

And the final work, after months of drying..

Dry clay, about 300 x 400 mm

The installation was a little different because we coundn't keep the objects in the same position throug time.

Sketching nature in October

Here they are some recent sketches done on location. October has been warm and temperate, and also November seems to be the same. These are all from the surroundings of where I live:


A study of a tree, the way to render foliage with fineliner, and some zoom-in of the leaves and seeds (some sort of maple).

June Sketches

An eucalyptus in Empoli:

Watercoulor, waterbrush and watercoulor pencils.

REFLECTIONS & Some sketches in the field

Here are some sketches of 2014. I'm not particularly proud of them, perhaps I shouldn't post this (and the photos are horrible too), I could make an effort on it); but I think that this can be tought and said for every post. So I will tell the world this sketches, but mostly as a "backup" sketchbook. Maybe is  cushier to collect picture here, I can see what are the worst part and think about correction, and also I can contextualize the picture, and evoke a particular mood without having the need of looking up the originals spread out somewhere in some drawers. I hope this will help me keeping motivated. If you have any comment or critics... feel free to post!!

Life drawing at Florence art academy

Oggi sono tornato a disegnare un modello dal vero; erano un paio d'anni che non disegnavo una posa tanto lunga: due ora con pause ogni venti minuti. Ecco gli avanzamenti:

Non escludo di portarla una altro po' avanti. Di sicuro cercherò di tornare al figure life drawing!