LIFE DRAWING

I joined a nude life drawing class the first week I arrived in Pietrasanta but was unable to keep it up religiously once I started working even though I enjoyed it so much. 

The model changes positions every 15 minutes so you have to sketch quickly, and as you do the body becomes an artistic frame with which you follow the lines and curves. I experimented with charcoal and pencil but the drawings below- from my second class, I used only charcoal.

Pietrasanta Piazza

In Summer the sun goes down after 9 in Pietrasanta.

It's lovely to sit and socialize in the Piazza and have an aperitivo. They serve little bowls of olives and woven baskets filled with crisps to accompany your drinks as you sit under white umbrellas looking into the square- watching people on their bikes and walking their dogs. 

Pietrasanta is such a well-preserved little community- still bearing it's antique charm without looking as though it's going to fall apart. 

BURGER KING

In transit to Milan I spent most of a day in the Dubai International Airport- in which, despite the size, I could not find a single trolley for my back-breaking 'hand' luggage. 

You would also think that I would find a more conventional place to have breakfast but Burger King was fast and greasy- fitting for a post-sleepless night of traveling.

Town

I like this photo because it was the first one I took with my camera and even though it is out-of-focus I can still make it out as a familiar street in Cape Town.