Plein Air Painting at Trajan’s Column

Above: Trajan column 8 x 8″ or 20 x 20 cm., oil. I did this landscape painting in Rome, Italy on a day painting with a few of my Roman plein air friends. It’s near the busiest tourist area, and luckily several good spots for inexpensive espresso and pizza were nearby. Trajan’s Column (Italian: ColonnaContinueContinue reading “Plein Air Painting at Trajan’s Column”

Chiostro di Michelangelo, Terme di Diocleziane (The Cloister of Michaelangelo, Baths of Diocletian), Roma, 10 x 8 in, Oil

Another landscape sketching event with the “Sketchcrawl Roma” group that I went on was at the wonderful Chiostro di Michelangelo. This is a group of Roman artists that meets monthly to sketch somewhere in the Eternal City. And as they often had, they arranged free admission! A couple of us stayed the whole day andContinueContinue reading “Chiostro di Michelangelo, Terme di Diocleziane (The Cloister of Michaelangelo, Baths of Diocletian), Roma, 10 x 8 in, Oil”