Drawing in the Italian Alps – Part 1

Monastery church of San Candido / Innichen.

This summer my friends of the italian association of urban sketchers “Matite in viaggio” invited me to pass a weekend with them drawing at Falzarego-pass in the Dolomites in the italian alps. On my way there I visited San Candido / Innichen, a place I wanted to see for years because of it’s famous romanesque church. Now I could visit and even draw it.

Titian’s birthplace at Pieve di Cadore

On my way back home I took a route via Italy, my first stop was Pieve di Cadore, the birthplace of the venetian renaissance painter Titian / Tiziano Vecellio. He was born there between 1476 and 1490, presumably in the house that is now called Titian’s House / Casa natale del Tiziano right in the centre of the village of Pieve di Cadore. It is a beautiful old building that can be visited and contains a small museum in the ground floor.

The lake of Pieve di Cadore in the evening.

My next drawing shows the Lake of Pieve di Cadore in the evening.

Café Soffioni, Treviso.

I also visited the beautiful town of Treviso near Venice. There I met with a friend at Café Soffioni that is situated under the vaults of the town hall. Waiting for my friend I had some time to sketch the place.

The drawings that I drew at Falzarego-pass will follow soon.