OMAR ANGULO
Italy Sketchbook

This is a collection of some of my favorite sketches from my trip to Italy.

Amongst all the beauty in Tuscany, I was very impressed at the age and detail found in this church located in the center of Radda in Chianti...

I thought this spot was ideal as I could watch everyone looking at the Ponte Vechio (to my back) and could watch as people came and went from the Uffizi.

I dont know if it was the way all these stones were layed together seemingly random to form this building, but there was just something about it that was demanding to be drawn...

...I like the way many villages built their houses onto the natural topography...

I was captivated by the impressive detail, once I began to draw I realized just how much there really was! Maybe a quick drawing! Yea, that'll do the job! Besides, they were renovating at the time anyway...

Again, I like the structures being built into the mountain sides, it gives them a more natural feel..

(Hey I'm from Florida, we don't have any mountains to look at, OK?)

What can I say? Even from a few feet away behind bulletproof glass this piece by Michelangelo is ever so impressive. It was too dark to make out any facial detail so I left the face alone...