Send me back to Roma

So here is my first content-post! Didn't want to wait too long to share some goodies, or else all of my readers would disappear. Here is a color pastel rendering of Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy from when I studied abroad there this past spring. This was actually my first time using the medium, but I absolutely love the freedom and rich color it gives the piece.

It was actually very cloudy/gloomy the day we sat to draw in the piazza. However, I felt the urge to jazz up the color and deepen the shadows to make a dreary day look more exciting. Maybe it was the street performer standing behind me blowing the largest bubbles I have ever seen who inspired this, but I think the playfulness "shines" through here.

It is so hard to write about this, only because I wish I was there right now. I can picture myself right where I drew this... about to walk down the Via del Corso and hit up a "saldi" (sale) or two, only stopping for gelato at San Crispini before heading back to Trastevere.

I guess this is what art is for - it allows you to recall all the special memories and feelings you have about a place. Ahhhh Roma... send me back!!