Studio 365

Studio 365: Day 169

Day 169 ii

Burano Vignette 18.6.15

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One of the great joys of blogging with WordPress is the pleasure discovering new blogs to be inspired by. Today was one of those days when I was introduced to Small Town Girl Midnight Trains. Her misty images of Burano for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Off-Season are simply magical and made me want to rush to the studio and try and capture those colorful houses and deserted walkways lining the canal on that misty morning. How successful I’ve been is another matter but it led to a happy hour or two this afternoon immersed in another world.

The blog is a jewel, with a wonderful heading text: travel inspiration for small budgets and big dreams. If the blog is new to you too drop by you won’t be disappointed, and don’t forget to read her Travel Manifesto in which she “wishes to inspire by being ordinary,” but in which in fact she inspires by being extraordinary.

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Studio 365: Day 165

Day 165 iii

Mosaic and Fountain Study, Ostia Antica, Rome

Ostia Antica

Journal 21.VII.1999

Caravaggio

The magnificent Caravaggio described in the journal, courtesy of the Web Museum

Studio 365: Day 163

Day 163 vi

Mosaic Variation 12.6.15

Day 163 iii

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Inspired by the floor mosaics of the Basilica San Marco seen in my journal entry on Day 151.

Studio 365: Day 161

Day 161

Vatican Mosaic in progress continued 10.6.15

Day 161 iii

Palette 10.6.15

Studio 365: Day 159

Day 159

Mosaic Fan II 8.6.15

With a few more vivid colorful test strips from the past few days in the studio I couldn’t resist creating just one more mosaic fan. Who knows where this will lead to?