Hi Everybody

With travel now not possible for the time being anyway,  Tuscany will be very quiet, and we all feel for the awful situation in Italy and well as here in the UK and around the World.

But we will all return to Tuscany with its wonderful Cities and Towns, the Countryside, very friendly  people, and the great food and delicious wine.

Just as soon as we all can, because it is such a magical place to visit and enjoy.

With that in mind I decided yesterday to paint a large watercolour (well for me ) of the sun rising across the Tuscan countryside. Derived partly from photos taken from San Gimignano looking East and other photos taken on our last visit to the area.

Tuscany. Early morning from San Gimignano. Watercolour on Arches Cold pressed paper 19 inches by 8.

Larger watercolours are exciting and challenging and this one has come out fairly well. It is 19 inches by 8 and will look nice mounted and framed I think. Something else to do!

Also here are a couple of very quick sketches, also from photos taken on that last visit to Sienna in Tuscany. These are both of the area away from the Campo in Sienna. There are so many wonderful sights there to paint but these two smaller sketches were also painted very recently whilst at home, sitting in the garden in the sun thinking of Sienna!

Early Lunch in Sienna. Watercolour 11 inches by 8 on Fabriano paper.

The Torre del Mangia Tower in Sienna sennets for the side streets. Watercolour sketch 9 by 6 inches.

In these days of isolation I am very lucky to have such an absorbing pastime of watercolour painting to while away the hours.

Maybe soon we will be able to get back to some golf!

Stay safe wherever you may be and lets all look forward to travel in the future.

All the best

Brian