Venice, Italy, 15" x 22"
The Venetian Ghetto was the area of Venice in which Jews were compelled to live by the government of the Venetian Republic. This was a plein air demo done on my recent Venice Workshop. Here, a view up Calle Ghetto Vecchio. I thought a nice scene with the light coming in at an angle, the footbridge in the middle ground and the backdrop of the building at the end. Then introduce a few figures to help with the scale and some foregound interest. Being close to the Jewish museum and a bit of a sensitive area from a security point of view, I made the mistake of setting up my easel right next to an Army office and was quite rightly asked to move 10 metres away.
Painted on Saunders Waterford Cold Press paper 300 gms.
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