The City of Towers

In my last post I featured a watercolour from San Gimignano, so today I have painted a watercolour sketch of the Piazza del Cisterna, right  in the centre of San Gimignano. This Cisterna in the Piazza was originally built in 1273 was enlarged in 1346 and painted by me in 2020!

This watercolour pen and wash sketch is painted across two pages of my Sketch book and measures 24 inches by 8.

Piazza del Cisterna in San Gimignano. Watercolour pen and wash sketch 24 inches by 8, on Fabriano paper.

I was a little surprised that I had not painted this scene before but by making it a large panorama I have been able to include a lot of this lovely Piazza.  The Towers of San Gimignano are so unique and amazing ,”Manhattan of the 13th Century”.

Originally there were over 70 towers but today only 14 of them still exist. Only 6 are in this painting. Some of the Towers are over 150 feet tall.

In this painting I have included an artist, maybe we will be able to get back there before too long to soak up the amazing atmosphere, not to mention the great food, warm welcome and really super wine!

Also I have included a couple of previous paintings of San Gimignano produced whilst visiting there in 2013.

I hope you like them.

San Gimignano , The City of Towers from the nearby countryside Watercolour 12 inches by 9.(2013)

A styrene in San Gimignano. Watercolour 10 by 9 inches (2013)

I am trying to post much more often that I normally do so that there are frequent new paintings for everyone to look at, and as I am painting a lot more than normal it lets me have an outlet for all my artwork!

Anyway stay safe, and thanks for looking at my blog posts.

All the best.

Brian