I think the best thing about keeping a travel journal is reading them years later and, because you took the time to sit in one place and paint, the memories are so much clearer than if you had just “snapped a photo” and left.
I can clearly remember the crowded plaza where I sketched the clock tower or the sun setting as I sat painting on the Grand Canal.
I wish I was a better traveler. But I’m happy I pushed myself to get out of the Hobbit Hole for this adventure.
Art Masterpost: Lost in Colours
Story by: ryuosen
Art by: sidewinder (@hawkland)
It's perfect timing that tomorrow I leave for my annual trip to Italy, and today I'm sharing my Venetian-themed entry for the @deancasreversebang!
Venice is my favorite place in the world—not so much the heavily tourist-trafficked areas like the Rialto Bridge or San Marco Piazza, but the quiet, haunting canals and alleyways where, even today, you can sometimes be the only soul in sight. Or the other islands in the lagoon that most day-trippers never visit (like San Lazzaro degli Armeni, which is the island where I took the photo that was inspiration for the title art.)
The main art piece is also based on one of my own photographs I took about 6 years ago on my last trip to Venice—I can't wait to be back there on my upcoming trip. I had the idea of a post-series Dean finally working up the nerve to travel outside of North America, and being haunted by glimpses of someone who looked like Cas...was that an angel on that bridge at sunset, or just a play of the light and color against the shimmering water? (There's also a fabulous 1973 psychological horror film set in Venice, Don't Look Now, that's basically the vibe I was going for in this art.)
Anyway. Such is my long-winded introduction to these two pieces! I'm so delighted ryuosen chose and was inspired by one of my art pieces again (last DCRB we worked together on "King of the Empty.") I enjoyed our conversations talking through our ideas, and I hope you enjoy the story that came from it all!
Hello dear friends, may I present photo no 4 of my new sculpture called The Lost Boy Of Venice in the making. There is still much to do but slowly the little ghost boy is going to form and become a very life like sculpture.
Everything is now in place, it's now time to create the correct shape and form and add in all the details. Soon I will be able to present a very detailed little ghost boy for you to see. I look forward to showing you further developments on this sculpture very soon.
Hope you're having a fine week so far, have a great weekend when it comes, Take care 🙌🤗🙏