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The scene of the San Niccolo tower and the reflected morning light in the Arno is a popular one among artists and students of art, living in Florence. It pops out of the opposite riverbanks trees and is complimented by the remains of a mill at the weir opposite. The calmness in the water created by the weir creates beautiful reflections in the early morning and is best from 9am onwards. A civilized hour for a working artist to begin a painting.

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Thank you Caroline for organising a great location today.  Normally I shy away from harbours but I have never seen such a lovely array of boats and think that it is worth the agony of learning to draw boats and get out of our comfort zone - the light bouncing around them was glorious and how easy Sean makes painting them look with his beautiful paintings.

Michael painting boats, he has eyes in the back of his head :)…

There are so many ways to paint a landscape or cityscape. I made a step by step demo on my blog for anyone who's interested in one particular method. There are a few other approaches that I use but I like this because it's more open to interpretation and less concerned with accuracy. This is painted in Belgrade, Serbia. Oils on canvas. The painting is being exhibited with 8…

A hot day was had by all... Marja, Dick, Deirdre, Mairead, John. At Craiguemanagh.

Thanks for this -Fascinating stuff...

Spring had arrived and was bustin out all over the Botanic Gardens today -

Happy to say that that is NOT snow outside the window.  Just a bit of overexposure!