These sketches and paintings were done during a three-week tour of Southern Italy. Many are quick sketches and most are incomplete, Each day's work was photographed with my iPad, then emailed home. A great way to remember a trip!
towards Piazza Pretoria Merman
Contrasts of sunlit walls and dark lanes. Piazza Pretoria is in the centre of Palermo,
The picturesque "beggar woman" featured Its grand fountain provided lots
in many tourist photos. * of sketching opportunities. *
Palermo Rooftop
The hotel featured a restaurant here, and made a comfortable sketching location. *
Cefalu
The old part of the town nestles beneath a ruined fortress - La Rocca *
Norman Cathedral, Cefalu
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Salt Works, Mozia
The wind-driven pumps used to transfer the brine from one area to another. *
Farm Building near Mozia
(incomplete) *
Mozia Windmill remnants
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Terracotta downpipe, Mozia
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San Giovanni degli Eremiti Agrigento 6th Century BC Temple
Moorish domes, a remnant of the 10th Century * (incomplete) *
Cloister, San Giovanni degli Eremiti
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A Palermo Market
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Temple of Concord
architecture is an old old art *
Patio water feature, Palermo
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Experiments with an iPad sketching app
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Lipari Fisherman
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Boat Study, Lipari
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Lipari waterfront and Citadel Wall
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Lipari Citadel from out Hotel
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Lipara Citadel at dusk
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Lipari Patchwork
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Getting the reflections right
A small study in the Lipari harbour *
Lipari Old Town
Steep narrow streets - not successful trials *
Amphitheatre
Siracusa Archaeological Park *
Evening Impressions, Ortigia
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Aqueduct
Still working after fifteen centuries *
Old Ragusa
So picturesque - now a heritage-listed university town *
Cathedral Steps, Noto * Fountain, Noto *
Font of Arethusa
A fresh-water spring in Ortigia *
Fishing Boats
A quick study in Ortigia harbour *
Cruise Yacht and fishing boat
Ortigia *
Memories of other delights *
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Piazza San Francisco, Palermo
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Elymian Temple in the Segesta Hills
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