Grad school, volunteering at The Courtauld Gallery, coordinating a move back to the States and planning my wedding has kept me away from my easel. I did however get a chance to sketch the breath-taking Italian scenery while on my honeymoon. This drawing is of a secluded rock beach on Capri, the island where John Singer Sargent painted some of my favorite of his works.

Somehow I managed to catch these postcard-sized scenes from the countryside while on a train from London to Somerset.  It was a great exercise in forcing myself to paint very fast (and not getting motion sickness).  They’re on their way to family in the States.  I was sure to write on the one to my brother that I painted the image on the front.  I wouldn’t put it past him to think I bought it at a tourist shop.