Images around my neighborhood

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Some of my sketches, and some photos from random parts of Florence that I risk life and limb to take 😊

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Photos

sketch from San Paolo-Rome
Huge sculptures buttress either side of doors, archways, etc...women are always depicted with large, smooth muscles, thick necks and flowing hair.

drawing-comic style
When I met with the director of the school for comics design, I sketched this the night before.

Michelangelo sculpture-capelli Medici
I was asked NOT to take out my sketchpad and pencil, so instead I bought a postcard to draw from...not the same at all, but I spent a good 30 minutes looking at the sculptures in real time.

my street
Not my drawing, but a documentation of life as it is at the moment.

Comments

[Ali]

Really enjoyed your sketches
Your sketches were a travelblog first - no drawings uploaded until this journal - they look great. Good luck with convincing security guards to let you continue sketching - btw - comments are back :)

[anonymous]

Ahhhhh
How wonderful to see something so beautiful after a truly crappy day! Thanks Cristi! Ciao! Ann(a)

[anonymous]

I LOVE your sketches, Cristi!
How do you get your proportions so accurate, your shading so realistic, and the poses so full of life without a LIVE MODEL!!!???? I think you should be an illustrator. You could create a Fairie book. To add to the illustrations, you could make up little stories about them, creating your own subculture of little people. You'll be R I C H $$$$ I'd be your manager, of course!! RP your SIL!xoxo