Montalbano con pioppi e argine

Sketch in un assolato giorno di settembre 2013, matite polychromos

Another sketch of Monte Albano. You can see a bit of Arno bank on the left and a man made building on the right. Colured pencil, about 20x15 cm.

 

Montalbano

Studio del caro Montalbano con sanguigna e seppia (luglio 2013).

Another sketch of the Monte Albano done with sepia, charcoaland sanguigne by cretacolor (two pages of a A4 sketbook). I tried to render near - medium - far distance with these colors, also dosing the pressure (july 2013).

Illustrazione per una raccolta di poesie di Franca Bellucci

Per una raccolta di poesie di Franca Bellucci. Il tema dei due cipressi a guardia del colle (Montalbano  ritorna :-). Con l'aggiunta dell'aquilone suggerito da Franca. (Originale in china circa 20x10)

Here is an illustration for a collection of poems by Franca Bellucci, my mother. The kite was suggested by her, while the hill is the familiar Montalbano ;). Some critique watching the picture now (couple of year later)... maybe I would work differently the clouds, and also the border of the Montalbano: it's to thick and defined. And also the hatching of the hill is too regular..

Cipressi

Una tradizione passare a giugno da queste parti con un taccuino.. matita rinforzata da pennarellino indelebile.

It's a tradition for me to enjoy the nature and the peace of this little hill. I can see the Montalbano in a relative isolation, enjoing also the shadow of the cypresses. In pencil reinforced with fineliner.