A dream trip I had in mind for so long, finally was possible this year. Encouraged after a crisis I got to live during this year, I started appreciating life in a different perspective, because if we have plans and there is actually nothing that can stop us, other than fear, insecurities and anxieties, then let's shake those all and actually do them! We are going to be for very few time in this world and we need to live, to inspire, to keep creating, to keep loving.
One of my goals around this trip was to sit down and make watercolor paintings, studies of lighting, color, composition, but not after pictures, but from real life. Last time I had been in Italy, as vacations with some friends, I thought it was a very inspiring place, it has excelent food, beautiful towns and landscapes, and very interesting people. So I returned again but completely solitary, master of my own time and making my plans at my own pace. I decided to start in Cinque Terre, a group of five villages in the coast; I had never been there before, but I had seen pictures and videos about those places.
I'm not really a rich person to afford a trip like that just out of the blue, so I had to take commissions where I would include characters inside my studies (I also love to include characters on backgrounds, I couldn't just paint backgrounds). These bunch of commissions helped me to fund this trip, and I can't be more grateful to have this chance.
I got to live a lot of adventures during this trip, I've been writing a big journal about the journey. But I can be talking about it on each painting I submit during this month.
On upcoming dates I'm gonna start spamming these paintings I did during the trip. This first one is in Manarola, Italy. The village where I stayed in Cinque Terre. Featuring Lufis Raccoon
On my Telegram channel I'll be also sharing some pictures of the place I got to paint that! https://t.me/panda_paco
oh, so you're about to show us a series of 20 studies & voyage notes from my country? this will be interesting! *prepares cantuccini and ramandolo* :-)
oh, so you're about to show us a series of 20 studies & voyage notes from my country? this will be i
