Illustrations from Italy

The following few posts contain drawings I did during my trip to Italy. That trip was one of the best experiences I have had my whole life. I have never, in such a short period of time, found myself so bombarded, so overwhelmed. Beautiful and frightening imagery, moving and romantic, delicate, decorative, silly . . . the art in Italy, the land scape, the social atmosphere hit me from so many different angles and just kept coming.

In addition to the great experience that was the place I traveled to were the people I traveled with. I had the privilege of traveling along with one of my best friends, and one of my favorite professors. Along with the people I was familiar with was an eclectic group of student artists who provided a vast range of perspectives and interpretations of our adventure. Weather we had everything or nothing in common we all shared in a fabulous experience, seeing Italy through our own and each other's eyes.

To my fellow travelers and artists: Thank you for being such good company.

We all went to Italy for different reasons but I am sure we all came back with something far more valuable then we bargained for.

Drawings from the Zoology museum in Florence

Drawings of people and places in Italy

Drawing from Venice.





















Drawing of a woman Pontevecchio Bridge.






















Drawing from the country side in Tuscany.






















Drawing from the country side in Tuscany.






















A portrait of Kelsey.























A Portrait of a woman in a food Florence market.






















Drawing on the Pontevecchio Bridge.




















Drawing of an alley way in Florence.

























A Portrait of a woman in a food Florence market.















Drawing of the Tuscany country side.



















Portraits of men in the market in Florence.

Drawings from Italy from Rome, Florence, and Venice of other artist's drawings, paintings, and sculptures.

These Drawings contain collections of faces and figures from paintings and sculptures from Rome, Florence, and Venice combined with my own additions of characters and decorative elements.




















Drawing from a portrait of Adam and Eve in Venice.


















Drawing of a sculpture by Umberto Baccioni from the
Guggenheim Gallery in Venice.

















A collection of faces from various pieces in Florence.




















Drawing of a Bernini sculpture titled "Antonio Coppola"


















Drawing of a sculpture in Florence


















Portraits of soccer fans in a pub combined with a face from a statue from Florence.
















Drawings from work by Michael Angelo including the statue of "David" and one of his unfinished slave sculptures.
















Drawing from a painting by Botticelli "Primavera"
















A collection of faces primarily from a painting by Leonardo da Vinci
"Adoration of the Magi" from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.

















Two drawings from pieces in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence including a painting of Jesus (left) and a sculpture by Bernini.
















Drawing of a sculpture of Mary Magdalene is on the left side of the page.
A small unfinished sample of a painting containing the image of a nun is on the right side of the page.



















Drawings of sculptures in Rome.














Drawings of sculptures from the side of a church in Florence. The one on the right was cut short. I finished it up later by merging it with a building I liked along with some occupants.