<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044</id><updated>2011-11-14T17:38:50.524+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Sketching in Tuscany</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>28</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-7872182907253418410</id><published>2011-11-14T17:36:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-14T17:38:50.534+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Sketching in Tuscany is Moving to Montrèal!!</title><content type='html'>After four great years of drawing and painting classes in Florence, my wife and I (and our dog) are picking up and moving to Montrèal in Quebec, Canada. I plan to continue with private individualized lessons as well as museum sketching lessons, so if you plan to be in Montrèal or know anyone who is going to be there and would like to have some sketching time in the city, feel free to contact me at mwiesmeier@gmail.com   ...see you in Montrèal!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-7872182907253418410?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/7872182907253418410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=7872182907253418410' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/7872182907253418410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/7872182907253418410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2011/11/sketching-in-tuscany-is-moving-to.html' title='Sketching in Tuscany is Moving to Montrèal!!'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-7016475902214195428</id><published>2011-04-13T17:23:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2011-04-13T17:34:44.726+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Group of families from Santa Barbara</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hziL6lX6qwo/TaXCTgNb56I/AAAAAAAACl4/cLENmIDsCfY/s1600/IMG_0534.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hziL6lX6qwo/TaXCTgNb56I/AAAAAAAACl4/cLENmIDsCfY/s400/IMG_0534.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595091752397301666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just recently I had the wonderful pleasure of conducting a lesson with a group of families visiting from Santa Barbara, California. Our lesson was in the great open-air classroom of the Loggia dei Lanzi next to Piazza Signoria and Palazzo Vecchio, the Florence 'city hall' since medieval times. The group was varied in age, from four years old to bigger 'kids'. We all had a great time sketching, and also trying out some watercolors, too! Here are some comments:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"This experience with Mike was truly fabulous. My four year old son, ten year old daughter and her friends and the moms all learned and enjoyed the sketching. We will look at things with a fresh pair of eyes and notice shapes and dimensions. I will continue to keep the sketch pad and pencil at hand as we travel. Thank you!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It was fun because I got to use the Japanese pen. Thank you."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I loved it! I learned a lot. It was the perfect way to start our tour of "looking" around and "seeing" Florence. Thank you."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I liked how you worked on a piece of art with us. I love my tower."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"What a great way to slow down in Florence. Thank you"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-7016475902214195428?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/7016475902214195428/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=7016475902214195428' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/7016475902214195428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/7016475902214195428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2011/04/family-group-from-santa-barbara.html' title='Group of families from Santa Barbara'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hziL6lX6qwo/TaXCTgNb56I/AAAAAAAACl4/cLENmIDsCfY/s72-c/IMG_0534.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-4708582182457253997</id><published>2011-03-08T09:54:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T10:04:02.039+01:00</updated><title type='text'>NUOVO corso di 8 sett. di Disegno Veloce della Figura / NEW 8-week Quick Figure Sketching course</title><content type='html'>Cari Amici, a partire 9 aprile comincerò un nuovo corso di Disegno Veloce della Figura, da modello. Il corso corre 8 settimane e finisce il 4 giugno. Il costo è €200. Se vuoi partecipare, mandami un email o chiamami a 331 881 5605 Non c'è bisogno avere esperienza precedente con il disegno&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Dear Friends, starting on April 9th I will be offering a new course, 'Quick Figure Sketching', from the model. The course will run eight weeks and finish on June 4th. The cost is €200. If you'd like to participate, send me an email or call me on 331 881 5605 No previous drawing experience is necessary or required.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HSsyAJ3GT6U/TXXwCi1rhKI/AAAAAAAACks/To2Am1GVF74/s1600/quick_figure_sketching_flyer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HSsyAJ3GT6U/TXXwCi1rhKI/AAAAAAAACks/To2Am1GVF74/s400/quick_figure_sketching_flyer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581631239697958050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-4708582182457253997?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/4708582182457253997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=4708582182457253997' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/4708582182457253997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/4708582182457253997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2011/03/nuovo-corso-di-8-sett-di-disegno-veloce.html' title='NUOVO corso di 8 sett. di Disegno Veloce della Figura / NEW 8-week Quick Figure Sketching course'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HSsyAJ3GT6U/TXXwCi1rhKI/AAAAAAAACks/To2Am1GVF74/s72-c/quick_figure_sketching_flyer.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-3151517737726692086</id><published>2011-02-03T22:11:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T22:29:37.149+01:00</updated><title type='text'>'Disegno in Città' al Museo Archeologico / 'Sketching in the City' lesson at the Archeology Museum</title><content type='html'>Ci siamo divertiti tanto a disegnare al Museo Archeologico questo sabato...ecco alcuni commenti e foto!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;We had a great time drawing at the Archeology Museum this Saturday...here are some comments and photos!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUsdJSmcfgI/AAAAAAAACkk/wM7ozrgFdro/s1600/IMG_0277.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUsdJSmcfgI/AAAAAAAACkk/wM7ozrgFdro/s400/IMG_0277.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569577409622867458" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUsdJBxX2gI/AAAAAAAACkc/Np5BlWijPbA/s1600/IMG_0276.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUsdJBxX2gI/AAAAAAAACkc/Np5BlWijPbA/s400/IMG_0276.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569577405105297922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUsdI8m4bAI/AAAAAAAACkU/uMXXtxymeJc/s1600/IMG_0275.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUsdI8m4bAI/AAAAAAAACkU/uMXXtxymeJc/s400/IMG_0275.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569577403719117826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUscRBMOpoI/AAAAAAAACkM/Lkb9-xhGQNw/s1600/IMG_0274.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUscRBMOpoI/AAAAAAAACkM/Lkb9-xhGQNw/s400/IMG_0274.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569576442876831362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUscQn8lVHI/AAAAAAAACkE/pWb2QyBIRVE/s1600/IMG_0272.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUscQn8lVHI/AAAAAAAACkE/pWb2QyBIRVE/s400/IMG_0272.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569576436100322418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUscQVQ1vqI/AAAAAAAACj8/ThcnAuZv6SY/s1600/IMG_0269.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUscQVQ1vqI/AAAAAAAACj8/ThcnAuZv6SY/s400/IMG_0269.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569576431085010594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The class was great, really enjoyed it. The tips and personal one-on-one advice was very helpful. The information/demo was very useful in regards to the steps in sketching. I was definitely able to reconsider perspective choices when choosing what to draw with the advice I was given. I would be more than happy to take more classes. Also beneficial - the small number of students made it very easy and more personal. Thank you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUscPzLd8ZI/AAAAAAAACj0/pLaQBWxqvUA/s1600/IMG_0268.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUscPzLd8ZI/AAAAAAAACj0/pLaQBWxqvUA/s400/IMG_0268.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569576421935673746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I enjoyed today’s lesson. I thought it was productive in that it got me sketching again. I liked the location and the lesson/demo that Mike gave at the beginning&lt;br /&gt;was helpful. I would definitely take another class. Thank you! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUscPZIJ0dI/AAAAAAAACjs/TblQsvwd2cE/s1600/IMG_0267.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUscPZIJ0dI/AAAAAAAACjs/TblQsvwd2cE/s400/IMG_0267.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569576414942450130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-3151517737726692086?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/3151517737726692086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=3151517737726692086' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/3151517737726692086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/3151517737726692086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2011/02/disegno-in-citta-al-museo-archeologico.html' title='&apos;Disegno in Città&apos; al Museo Archeologico / &apos;Sketching in the City&apos; lesson at the Archeology Museum'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TUsdJSmcfgI/AAAAAAAACkk/wM7ozrgFdro/s72-c/IMG_0277.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-6013523795342968392</id><published>2011-01-01T15:43:00.014+01:00</published><updated>2011-01-01T16:33:53.415+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Palazzo Strozzi Thursday Evening Sketching / Giovedì Sera Sketch a Palazzo Strozzi</title><content type='html'>In November I began collaborating with &lt;a href="http://www.palazzostrozzi.org"&gt;Palazzo Strozzi&lt;/a&gt; to offer a new series of sketching lessons in the galleries. So far there have been two lessons for the Bronzino show, the first focusing on drawing the face, and the second on drawing the human figure. Both lessons were attended to capacity, with a maximum of 15 participants. The reviews were great and everyone really enjoyed the experience...especially me! It is a true honor to teach in this incredibly inspiring setting. The third lesson for the Bronzino show will be focused on drawing the draped figure, and will be held on Thursday, January 13th from 8pm to 10pm. To make a reservation for this lesson, please send an email to prenotazioni@cscsigma.it&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;A novembre comincai a collaborare con&lt;a href="http://www.palazzostrozzi.org"&gt; Palazzo Strozzi&lt;/a&gt; per offrire una nuova serie di lezioni di sketch nelle gallerie. Finora sono stati due lezioni per la mostra di Bronzino, la prima concentrato sul tema di disegnare il volto e la seconda su come disegnare la figura umana. Entrambi lezioni erano frequentati al capacità massima, con 15 partecipanti. Le recensioni erano molto positivi e tutti sono piaciuti la esperienza...più che altro io! E' una vera onore insegnare in questo posto incredibilmente ispirante. La terza lezione per la mostra di Bronzino si focalizzarà su disegnare la figura drappeggiata, e sarà tenuta giovedì il 13 gennaio dalle 20.00 alle 22.00. Per prenotare per la lezione, manda un email a prenotazioni@cscsigma.it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are a few photos and comments from the first lessons...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Ecco alcune foto e commenti dalle prime due lezioni...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simply great! Very useful and positive. Mike is very friendly and he teaches really well. I'm really glad to be part of this drawing program and to know Mike Wiesmeier. Thank you so much!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Disegnare è rilassante. E' molto difficile cogliere l'espressione del volto e molto soddisfacente quando ci si avvicina almeno! Grazie a Mike perchè le sue spiegazioni sono illuminanti e si percepisce la sua grande passione. Veramente eccezionale!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike Wiesmeier's "Palazzo Strozzi Sketching on Thursdays" was an excellent learning experience! He is a wonderful teacher and explained various concepts in a very simple manner. I look forward to the next lesson and would highly recommend it to anyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E' stato una lezione molto interessante e divertente, in cui Mike ci ha spiegato molto bene la struttura e anatomia del corpo. Ci ha spiegato molto bene di vedere la figura più fluida e stutturata di piccoli cilindri che aiuta molto a disegnare meglio. Sarò contenta di tornare e partecipare a la lezione di gennaio!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I enjoyed the event and would definitely come back. This was the first lesson I took with this drawing class and I already can tell you that I learned a lot. Hopefully after taking a few more classes with you my drawing skills will improve greatly. I look forward to your next class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Una lezione davvero interassante in così poco tempo Mike è riuscito a trasmetterci la tecnica ed il metodo giusto per cogliere i dettagli e le proporzioni della figura umana. Io che sono così negata per il disegno sono riuscita a tirare fuori molto e questo mi ha reso contenta! Grazie Mike!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grazie, grazie, grazie per la cura, le attenzioni durante il disegno che è sempre fonte di ansia. Questa volta invece, prima di tutto, guardavo la struttura...sono contentissima di essere stata qui!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TR9IImI5mwI/AAAAAAAACiE/t-tImw3kzLs/s1600/thursday_evening_sketching_dec_24.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TR9IImI5mwI/AAAAAAAACiE/t-tImw3kzLs/s400/thursday_evening_sketching_dec_24.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557239777712511746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TR9IIYt2HjI/AAAAAAAACh8/zL3GKCdMPX0/s1600/thursday_evening_sketching_dec_25.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TR9IIYt2HjI/AAAAAAAACh8/zL3GKCdMPX0/s400/thursday_evening_sketching_dec_25.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557239774109376050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TR9IIef4jPI/AAAAAAAACh0/I_fdy75R23M/s1600/thursday_evening_sketching_dec_26.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPEdh-y0XI/AAAAAAAACfw/HId9k36Ur_4/s400/disegni.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540487978212839794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Come tutte le lezioni degli animali mi è piaciuta tanto. Sopratutto alla Specola perchè gli animali stanno fermi!! Alla prossima lezione"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPEdHMm4-I/AAAAAAAACfo/fSrgwq4Aulg/s1600/disegni%2B004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPEdHMm4-I/AAAAAAAACfo/fSrgwq4Aulg/s400/disegni%2B004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540487971023021026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Molto interessante, stimolante. Mike è attento, premuroso, chiaro nelle spiegazioni e nei consigli. Una bella esperienza, nuova, diversa, divertente"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPEceTExkI/AAAAAAAACfg/WYCc36e_N5Y/s1600/disegni%2B003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPEceTExkI/AAAAAAAACfg/WYCc36e_N5Y/s400/disegni%2B003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540487960044291650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPEb6hJJII/AAAAAAAACfY/jLEWls3MWCQ/s1600/disegni%2B002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPEb6hJJII/AAAAAAAACfY/jLEWls3MWCQ/s400/disegni%2B002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540487950439621762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPDfVCkjMI/AAAAAAAACfQ/o3IxeipsscE/s1600/disegni%2B001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPDfVCkjMI/AAAAAAAACfQ/o3IxeipsscE/s400/disegni%2B001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540486909587131586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"La lezione mi è piaciuto tanto"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPDe-O54hI/AAAAAAAACfI/FvAgX_j9VBg/s1600/SCX-4x24_20101110_08552700.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPDe-O54hI/AAAAAAAACfI/FvAgX_j9VBg/s400/SCX-4x24_20101110_08552700.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540486903464845842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Bella esperienza: molto istruttivo e piacevole, giusto equilibrio fra teoria e practica! Atmosfera fra tutti molto gradevole...torneremo!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPDdwYJKuI/AAAAAAAACfA/RPKfj0ZyYno/s1600/MARIA%2BVITTORIA%2B2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPDdwYJKuI/AAAAAAAACfA/RPKfj0ZyYno/s400/MARIA%2BVITTORIA%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540486882565630690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Molto interessante; mi sono davvero divertita. Tornerò certamente"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPDc17xJQI/AAAAAAAACe4/q1fAmbF2rsM/s1600/MARIA%2BVITTORIA%2B1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPDc17xJQI/AAAAAAAACe4/q1fAmbF2rsM/s400/MARIA%2BVITTORIA%2B1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540486866877359362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"L'esperienza è stata molto molto bella. Mi sono divertito molto e spero di avere il piacere di rivederti. Thank you so much"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPDcLMWVoI/AAAAAAAACew/0RCK_OkKHk4/s1600/FIORENZA%2B6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 241px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPDcLMWVoI/AAAAAAAACew/0RCK_OkKHk4/s400/FIORENZA%2B6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540486855404181122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Una lezione molto bello e interessante in un posto bellissimo"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPCXfF1wWI/AAAAAAAACeo/bfAAlSUGYKQ/s1600/FIORENZA%2B5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 348px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPCXfF1wWI/AAAAAAAACeo/bfAAlSUGYKQ/s400/FIORENZA%2B5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540485675334615394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPCWY4fd-I/AAAAAAAACeg/CUKSAglKys0/s1600/FIORENZA%2B4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPCWY4fd-I/AAAAAAAACeg/CUKSAglKys0/s400/FIORENZA%2B4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540485656488146914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPCVnY_JAI/AAAAAAAACeY/GxNK4wM5wHo/s1600/FIORENZA%2B3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 346px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPCVnY_JAI/AAAAAAAACeY/GxNK4wM5wHo/s400/FIORENZA%2B3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540485643202667522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPCU_amWGI/AAAAAAAACeQ/J7ivmuatCKY/s1600/FIORENZA%2B2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 368px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPCU_amWGI/AAAAAAAACeQ/J7ivmuatCKY/s400/FIORENZA%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540485632472012898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPCSnNezfI/AAAAAAAACeI/EG_zt_Tu_jA/s1600/FIORENZA%2B1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPCSnNezfI/AAAAAAAACeI/EG_zt_Tu_jA/s400/FIORENZA%2B1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540485591614803442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPAXS3H47I/AAAAAAAACeA/P4o15aTG-Lc/s1600/Uccello.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPAXS3H47I/AAAAAAAACeA/P4o15aTG-Lc/s400/Uccello.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540483473028408242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPAWVMzJ0I/AAAAAAAACd4/AyEUxOYVUO8/s1600/Leonessa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 337px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPAWVMzJ0I/AAAAAAAACd4/AyEUxOYVUO8/s400/Leonessa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540483456476325698" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPAVprF08I/AAAAAAAACdw/0GO23wG7q-k/s1600/Coccodrillo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 161px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPAVprF08I/AAAAAAAACdw/0GO23wG7q-k/s400/Coccodrillo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540483444792218562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPAUzbu6rI/AAAAAAAACdo/rBA46uu6bs8/s1600/Lepre.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPAUzbu6rI/AAAAAAAACdo/rBA46uu6bs8/s400/Lepre.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540483430232287922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPATxexl5I/AAAAAAAACdg/it62fwxc2Es/s1600/Pipistrello.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPATxexl5I/AAAAAAAACdg/it62fwxc2Es/s400/Pipistrello.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540483412528306066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-2723854126817828359?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/2723854126817828359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=2723854126817828359' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/2723854126817828359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/2723854126817828359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/11/disegni-di-lezione-di-animali-di.html' title='Disegni di Lezione di Animali di Novembre alla Specola / Drawings from the November Animal Lesson at La Specola'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TOPEdh-y0XI/AAAAAAAACfw/HId9k36Ur_4/s72-c/disegni.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-6252994269057515267</id><published>2010-11-01T14:31:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-01T14:36:15.494+01:00</updated><title type='text'>November Animal Drawing at La Specola / Disegno di Animali di Novembre alla Specola</title><content type='html'>The next animal drawing lesson will be this Saturday, November 11th at La Specola Museum.&lt;br /&gt;All ages are welcome to participate and no previous drawing experience is needed. The cost&lt;br /&gt;of the lesson is 20€ plus admission fee to the museum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TM7CFw7B2JI/AAAAAAAACcU/XXrnSwtkWMQ/s1600/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TM7CFw7B2JI/AAAAAAAACcU/XXrnSwtkWMQ/s400/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+020.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534574396372539538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;La prossima lezione di disegno di animali sarà questo sabato, il 11 novembre al museo&lt;br /&gt;La Specola. Tutte le eta sono benvenuti a partecipare e non c'è bisogna di nessun esperienza&lt;br /&gt;di disegno. Il costo della lezione è 20€ più il costo di ingresso al museo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-6252994269057515267?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/6252994269057515267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=6252994269057515267' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/6252994269057515267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/6252994269057515267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/11/november-animal-drawing-at-la-specola.html' title='November Animal Drawing at La Specola / Disegno di Animali di Novembre alla Specola'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TM7CFw7B2JI/AAAAAAAACcU/XXrnSwtkWMQ/s72-c/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+020.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-812867102363123606</id><published>2010-10-15T20:14:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T20:32:59.712+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Family from Los Gatos, California</title><content type='html'>This summer I had the pleasure of doing a lesson with a family from Los Gatos, California. Here are some photos and a comment they sent me recently...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TLicNgfxqoI/AAAAAAAACcI/G_q4PyEiZSw/s1600/IMG_3533.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TLicNgfxqoI/AAAAAAAACcI/G_q4PyEiZSw/s400/IMG_3533.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528340298472729218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TLicMjebayI/AAAAAAAACcA/dyjGAnfCMXM/s1600/IMG_3530.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TLicMjebayI/AAAAAAAACcA/dyjGAnfCMXM/s400/IMG_3530.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528340282092514082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TLicLZNlbbI/AAAAAAAACb4/QvVwT17pThY/s1600/smyers.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TLicLZNlbbI/AAAAAAAACb4/QvVwT17pThY/s400/smyers.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5528340262157643186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mike, we can't thank you enough for such a fun and rewarding class. It made quite an impression on everyone in the family and we're still talking about it. It was so gratifying to see the kids open up and try something new, especially our 13-year old son who's a perfectionist tech-type and, thus, felt (previously) no affinity to art.  With our varying ages and abilities, you were fantastic at gauging and accommodating our entire family's needs so well.  Taking your class and sketching under the Loggia was just what we needed to get off the sightseeing treadmill and really look at the richness around us.  Your class was definitely one of the highlights of our trip to Florence!  Thank you again!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-812867102363123606?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/812867102363123606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=812867102363123606' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/812867102363123606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/812867102363123606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/10/family-from-los-gatos-california.html' title='Family from Los Gatos, California'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TLicNgfxqoI/AAAAAAAACcI/G_q4PyEiZSw/s72-c/IMG_3533.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-5851210563649493443</id><published>2010-10-07T21:41:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2010-10-07T22:09:27.957+02:00</updated><title type='text'>'City Sketching' at Stibbert Museum on Oct 16!/'Disegno di Cittá' il 16 Ottobre al Museo Stibbert!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TK4nYb4mlsI/AAAAAAAACbw/7A7DzoQDIn4/s1600/museo-stibbert1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 201px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TK4nYb4mlsI/AAAAAAAACbw/7A7DzoQDIn4/s400/museo-stibbert1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525397093585688258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear students and friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the October session of the 'City Sketching' series will be held at the Stibbert Museum, known for its great collection of costumes and armor. We will meet at the museum on Saturday, October 16th at 2pm and the lesson will go until 5pm. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! Here is the link for the museum: &lt;a href="http://www.museostibbert.it"&gt;www.museostibbert.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Cari studenti ed amici,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;il sessione di ottobre delle serie 'Disegno di Cittá sará tenuta al museo Stibbert, conosciuto per il suo grande collezione di costumi e armatura. Ci incontreremo al museo il 16 ottobre alle 14.00, e la lezione finirá alle 17.00. Mi piacerebbe vedervi tutti lí! Ecco il link per il museo: &lt;a href="http://www.museostibbert.it"&gt;http://www.museostibbert.it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-5851210563649493443?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/5851210563649493443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=5851210563649493443' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/5851210563649493443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/5851210563649493443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-city-sketching-at-stibbert.html' title='&apos;City Sketching&apos; at Stibbert Museum on Oct 16!/&apos;Disegno di Cittá&apos; il 16 Ottobre al Museo Stibbert!'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TK4nYb4mlsI/AAAAAAAACbw/7A7DzoQDIn4/s72-c/museo-stibbert1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-1188201573726663049</id><published>2010-09-14T12:15:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2010-09-14T21:45:33.051+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Disegno di Animali di Settembre / September Animal Drawing</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Ci siamo divertiti a disegnare le scimmie il 4 settembre! Mi sentivo molto onorato ad avere tra gli studenti, un bambino che é venuto da Torino e tre che sono venuti da Roma! Grazie a tutti per aver fatto questo sforzo per venire a Firenze e partecipare! Ecco i commenti degli studenti e qualche foto:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a great time drawing the monkeys on September 4th! I felt very honored to have among the students one who came all the way from Turin and three from Rome! Thanks to all of you for making such an effort to come and participate! Here are the students' comments and photos:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TI_PQuUb6II/AAAAAAAACbU/lGqxxEbz66M/s1600/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+021.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TI_PQuUb6II/AAAAAAAACbU/lGqxxEbz66M/s400/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516855954770749570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TI_PQaQNZfI/AAAAAAAACbM/VNhSvOX69FE/s1600/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+020.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TI_PQaQNZfI/AAAAAAAACbM/VNhSvOX69FE/s400/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+020.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516855949384312306" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TI_PQMRxqhI/AAAAAAAACbE/21ShcX0KRP0/s1600/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TI_PQMRxqhI/AAAAAAAACbE/21ShcX0KRP0/s400/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516855945632786962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TI_PPvkADII/AAAAAAAACa8/MldOku4jA74/s1600/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+016.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TI_PPvkADII/AAAAAAAACa8/MldOku4jA74/s400/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516855937924598914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TI_PPQ_dcMI/AAAAAAAACa0/UpgJfYZXMWw/s1600/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TI_PPQ_dcMI/AAAAAAAACa0/UpgJfYZXMWw/s400/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516855929718272194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;'La lezione é stata divertente e molto artistica. Mi é piaciuto molto disegnare gorilla-scimmie e anche ho un pó imparato fare i cartoon! GRAZIE MIKE!'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;('The lesson was a lot of fun and very artistic. I really enjoyed drawing the gorillas and monkeys and even learned a little bit how to draw cartoons! THANKS MIKE!')&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;'Mi sono divertita e ho imparato tante cose su come disegnare gli animali. Osservandoli e guardando ogni loro atteggiamento, cosa che prima non sapevo fare.'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;('I had a lot of fun and learned a lot of things about drawing animals, oberserving and looking at each of their expressions and attitudes, things I never knew before.')&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;'Questa lezione mi é stata molto utile perché mi ha insegnato la tecnica fondamentale del disegno. Grazie ai tuoi consigli Mike, i miei disegni sembreranno molto piú realistici.'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;('This lesson has been really useful for me because it has taught me the fundamentals of drawing. Thanks Mike for all of your advice, my drawings are already looking more realistic.')&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;'La lezione di oggi mi é piaciuta moltissimo! Non me l'aspettavo cosi "movimentata": perché, oltre alle scimmie, abbiamo disegnato anche gli uccelli! Diró a molti amici di venire qui'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;('I enjoyed today's lesson a lot! I didn't expect it to be as "dynamic" as it was, because, in addition to drawing the monkeys, we also got to draw the birds! I will tell lots of my friends to come here for your lessons.')&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;'É stata un'esperienza fantastica, in nessun libro o disegno avrei potuto trovare le preziose indicazioni che Mike mi ha fornito. Grazie Mike, per averci dato questa opporunitá.'&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;('This was a fantastic experience. I haven't been able to find in any book or drawing the precious advice that Mike gave me. Thanks Mike, for giving us this opportunity.')&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-1188201573726663049?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/1188201573726663049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=1188201573726663049' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/1188201573726663049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/1188201573726663049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/09/disegno-di-animali-di-settembre.html' title='Disegno di Animali di Settembre / September Animal Drawing'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TI_PQuUb6II/AAAAAAAACbU/lGqxxEbz66M/s72-c/Francesco_Firenze+2010_Mike+021.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-7331439557339144317</id><published>2010-07-22T23:17:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-22T23:38:11.996+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Prossime Lezioni di 'Disegno di Cittá' e 'Disegno di Animali'/Upcoming 'City Sketching' and 'Animal Drawing' Lessons</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TEi5IA_KX6I/AAAAAAAACZU/lVyAuKWJPTI/s1600/IMG_3424.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TEi5IA_KX6I/AAAAAAAACZU/lVyAuKWJPTI/s400/IMG_3424.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496846892560703394" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TEi5HRNC9FI/AAAAAAAACZM/x9eTmQ1DDZA/s1600/IMG_3423.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TEi5HRNC9FI/AAAAAAAACZM/x9eTmQ1DDZA/s400/IMG_3423.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496846879734035538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Cari Studenti ed Amici,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;vi volevo comunicare che sará una lezione di 'Disegno in Cittá' questo sabato, il 24 luglio, dalle 10.00 alle 12.30 al Giardino dei Giusti, Via Trento 3. Ecco la mappa: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://it.mappy.com/#d=3,+Via+Trento,+50139,+Firenze,+Toscana,+Italia&amp;p=map"&gt;http://it.mappy.com/#d=3,+Via+Trento,+50139,+Firenze,+Toscana,+Italia&amp;p=map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Porta pure qualsiasi materiale che ti piace usare...carta, matite, acquerelli, carboncino, ecc... La lezione costa 20euro a &lt;br /&gt;persona, e come sempre non é necessaria nessuna esperienza precedente di disegno ed é aperta a tutte le etá. &lt;br /&gt;Se conosce altri a cui questa lezione potrebbe interessare, portateli pure! Grazie e ci vediamo sabato. La seguente&lt;br /&gt;lezione di 'City Sketching' sará sabato, il 18 settembre (saltiamo agosto)...posto verrá communicato piú tardi...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La prossima lezione di 'Disegno di Animali' sará il 4 settembre (saltiamo agosto) al museo La Specola, dalle 14.00 alle 16.30 e disegneremo le scimmie!! Spero di vedervi tutti li!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per qualsiasi domande, chiamatemi pure a 331 881 5605&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TEi5GrpAP5I/AAAAAAAACZE/7gb5TKelsHg/s1600/IMG_3530.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TEi5GrpAP5I/AAAAAAAACZE/7gb5TKelsHg/s400/IMG_3530.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496846869650751378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TEi5GPZbQZI/AAAAAAAACY8/HwWZIYUEfjA/s1600/Mike+firenze_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TEi5GPZbQZI/AAAAAAAACY8/HwWZIYUEfjA/s400/Mike+firenze_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496846862069219730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Students and Friends,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to let you know that there will be a 'City Sketching' lesson this Saturday, July 24th, from 10am to 12:30pm at Giardino dei Giusti, located at Via Trento, 3. Here is the map: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://it.mappy.com/#d=3,+Via+Trento,+50139,+Firenze,+Toscana,+Italia&amp;p=map"&gt;http://it.mappy.com/#d=3,+Via+Trento,+50139,+Firenze,+Toscana,+Italia&amp;p=map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feel free to bring any materials you would like to use...paper, pencils, charcoal, watercolors, etc... The lesson cost is 20euro per student, and as always no previous drawing experience is needed, and the lessons are open to all ages. If you know of others who might be interested in participating, please bring them along! Thanks and see you all soon. The following 'City Sketching' lesson will be on Saturday, September 18th (we will skip August)...location TBA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next 'Animal Drawing' lesson will be on Saturday, September 4th at La Specola museum, from 2pm until 4:30pm, and we will be &lt;br /&gt;drawing the monkeys!!! Hope to see you all there!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For any questions, feel free to call me at 331 881 5605&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-7331439557339144317?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/7331439557339144317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=7331439557339144317' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/7331439557339144317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/7331439557339144317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/07/prossime-lezioni-di-disegno-di-citta-e.html' title='Prossime Lezioni di &apos;Disegno di Cittá&apos; e &apos;Disegno di Animali&apos;/Upcoming &apos;City Sketching&apos; and &apos;Animal Drawing&apos; Lessons'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TEi5IA_KX6I/AAAAAAAACZU/lVyAuKWJPTI/s72-c/IMG_3424.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-822947229903050592</id><published>2010-07-12T15:56:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-12T16:10:00.853+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Hervé</title><content type='html'>Recently I had the pleasure of doing a lesson with a guest of Riva Loft (&lt;a href="http://www.rivalofts.com"&gt;www.rivalofts.com&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;Hervé is an interior designer from France. We enjoyed spending two hours drawing architecture in Piazza Signoria, sometimes running for cover when it started to rain a bit. I really enjoyed my short time with Hervé and look forward to spending more time drawing together. Here is his comment about our lesson together:&lt;br /&gt;"Merci Mike pour ces quelques heures de cours passées sur la Piazza Della Segnoria, au milieu des touristes dubitatifs ; &lt;br /&gt;j'ai eu le sentiment d'être l'un de ces étudiants faisant son initiation artistique au 19e siècle.&lt;br /&gt;Les quelques astuces que tu m'as enseigné me permettent maintenant de me sentir plus à l'aise pour me lancer dans de nouveaux croquis à travers le monde. J'espère avoir l'occasion de revenir à Firenze bientôt pour une nouvelle leçon, sur l'aquarelle cette fois. A très bientôt et encore merci.&lt;br /&gt;Hervé Riaudet. Architecte d'intérieur. France"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and here is Hervé's drawing and my drawing...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TDsg9yVWjtI/AAAAAAAACYs/NKgJqhwuMWY/s1600/RV+firenze.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TDsg9yVWjtI/AAAAAAAACYs/NKgJqhwuMWY/s400/RV+firenze.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493020416363892434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TDshU4Y-N1I/AAAAAAAACY0/wBstpN20e_I/s1600/Mike+firenze.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TDshU4Y-N1I/AAAAAAAACY0/wBstpN20e_I/s400/Mike+firenze.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493020813126678354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-822947229903050592?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/822947229903050592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=822947229903050592' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/822947229903050592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/822947229903050592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/07/herve.html' title='Hervé'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TDsg9yVWjtI/AAAAAAAACYs/NKgJqhwuMWY/s72-c/RV+firenze.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-972277092068292772</id><published>2010-07-04T17:43:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T17:56:27.408+02:00</updated><title type='text'>July 3rd Animal Drawing lesson/Lezione di Disegno di Animali di 3 Luglio</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TDCu0A0ZYAI/AAAAAAAACYk/aXqQSH1kCI8/s1600/animal_handout_july_p5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TDCu0A0ZYAI/AAAAAAAACYk/aXqQSH1kCI8/s400/animal_handout_july_p5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490080154360832002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Even though it was quite hot inside the La Specola museum, we have a fun time drawing birds and other animals. Thank you to everyone for attending and making it a great time! Here are some comments from the students...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sebbene che faceva troppo caldo all'interno del museo La Specola, ci siamo divertiti a disegnare gli uccelli ed altri animali. Grazie a tutto per aver partecipato e per averlo reso un gran diversione! Ecco qualche commenti dai studenti...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Loved the lesson, very helpful and encouraging. Can't wait to get out sketching again. Thank you very much.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Today's lesson was very informative and practical. Lots of feedback! Really enjoyed, lots of useful anecdotes!'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Mi sono divertita un SACCO - ho imparato tante cose, ed era interessante disegnare e vedere gli animali. Spero di fare questo lezione di nuovo tra poco.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Sono rimasta davvero soddisfatta di questa lezione e ho imparato ad apprezzare uccelli che non conoscevo. Inoltre sono migliorata molto e faró tesoro dei tuoi insegnamenti!'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questa lezione mi é sembrata molto divertente e ho capito tante cose. Grazie Mike!'&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-972277092068292772?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/972277092068292772/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=972277092068292772' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/972277092068292772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/972277092068292772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/07/july-3rd-animal-drawing-lessonlezione.html' title='July 3rd Animal Drawing lesson/Lezione di Disegno di Animali di 3 Luglio'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TDCu0A0ZYAI/AAAAAAAACYk/aXqQSH1kCI8/s72-c/animal_handout_july_p5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-1886313546642861301</id><published>2010-06-17T20:47:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-17T20:59:13.686+02:00</updated><title type='text'>NEW CITY SKETCHING CLASS! / NUOVO CORSO DI DISEGNO DELLA CITTA'!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TBpu438mZRI/AAAAAAAACYM/QWqM_DQCCf4/s1600/annunziata_day_final_hotter_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 140px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TBpu438mZRI/AAAAAAAACYM/QWqM_DQCCf4/s400/annunziata_day_final_hotter_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483817419646854418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sto iniziando una nuova serie di lezioni di disegno, si chiama 'Disegno in Cittá'. Queste lezioni verrano tenute ogni &lt;br /&gt;terzo sabato di ogni mese, ed ogni volta in un posto diverso. Il primo sará il 19 giugno, e ci incontriamo in Piazza &lt;br /&gt;Ognissanti, accanto all'Arno. La lezione comincierá alle 10.00 e finirá alle 12.30. Porta pure qualsiasi materiale che &lt;br /&gt;ti piace usare...carta, matite, acquerelli, carboncino, ecc... La lezione costa 20euro a persona, e come sempre non é &lt;br /&gt;necessaria nessuna esperienza precedente di disegno ed é aperta a tutte le etá. Se conosce altri a cui questa lezione &lt;br /&gt;potrebbe interessare, portateli pure! Grazie e ci vediamo presto. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ecco la mappa per arrivare alla Piazza... &lt;a href="http://it.mappy.com/#d=Piazza+d'Ognissanti,+Firenze&amp;p=map"&gt;http://it.mappy.com/#d=Piazza+d'Ognissanti,+Firenze&amp;p=map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;I'm starting a new series of drawing classes, called 'City Sketching'. These lessons will be held on &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;the third Saturday of &lt;br /&gt;each month&lt;/span&gt;, and in a different location each session. The first one will be this Saturday, June 19th. We will meet at Piazza Ognissanti, next to the Arno River. The lesson will go from 10am to 12:30pm. Feel free to bring any materials you would &lt;br /&gt;like to use...paper, pencils, charcoal, watercolors, etc... The lesson cost is 20euro per student, and as always no previous &lt;br /&gt;drawing experience is needed, and the lessons are open to all ages. If you know of others who might be interested in&lt;br /&gt;participating, please bring them along! Thanks and see you all soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the map of where the Piazza is located... &lt;a href="http://it.mappy.com/#d=Piazza+d'Ognissanti,+Firenze&amp;p=map"&gt;http://it.mappy.com/#d=Piazza+d'Ognissanti,+Firenze&amp;p=map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-1886313546642861301?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/1886313546642861301/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=1886313546642861301' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/1886313546642861301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/1886313546642861301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-city-sketching-class-nuovo-corso-di.html' title='NEW CITY SKETCHING CLASS! / NUOVO CORSO DI DISEGNO DELLA CITTA&apos;!'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TBpu438mZRI/AAAAAAAACYM/QWqM_DQCCf4/s72-c/annunziata_day_final_hotter_web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-4627617497452416579</id><published>2010-06-15T16:54:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-15T17:39:57.095+02:00</updated><title type='text'>June 5th Animal Drawing / Lezione di Disegno di Animali di 5 Giugno</title><content type='html'>We had a great time drawing Nissa and a few other dogs!                                                                                                                        &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Ci siamo divertiti a disegnare Nissa ed alcuni altri cani!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-34e1c2972c858b75" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"&gt;&lt;param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;param name="flashvars" value="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D34e1c2972c858b75%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329896173%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D19E91CD877AE5EAF51859A2677A4D4C2156EEACA.530CEC8365B4F6B3FC0C419EB88BECDA9AFB3833%26key%3Dck1&amp;amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D34e1c2972c858b75%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DVL1hAtToO_UJzEYoWlampTRyq0g&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;ps=blogger"&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/get_player" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"width="320" height="266" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"flashvars="flvurl=http://v5.nonxt6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?id%3D34e1c2972c858b75%26itag%3D5%26app%3Dblogger%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1329896173%26sparams%3Did,itag,ip,ipbits,expire%26signature%3D19E91CD877AE5EAF51859A2677A4D4C2156EEACA.530CEC8365B4F6B3FC0C419EB88BECDA9AFB3833%26key%3Dck1&amp;iurl=http://video.google.com/ThumbnailServer2?app%3Dblogger%26contentid%3D34e1c2972c858b75%26offsetms%3D5000%26itag%3Dw160%26sigh%3DVL1hAtToO_UJzEYoWlampTRyq0g&amp;autoplay=0&amp;ps=blogger"allowFullScreen="true" /&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-4627617497452416579?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/4627617497452416579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=4627617497452416579' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/4627617497452416579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/4627617497452416579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/06/june-5th-animal-drawing-lezione-di.html' title='June 5th Animal Drawing / Lezione di Disegno di Animali di 5 Giugno'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-9040201330500963023</id><published>2010-05-28T19:16:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-29T17:37:30.192+02:00</updated><title type='text'>June Animal Drawing at Dog Park in Quartiere 5/Disegno di Animali di Giugno in area aperta ai cani al Quartiere 5</title><content type='html'>The animal drawing lesson for June will be from 2pm until 4:30pm on Saturday, June 5th at a dog area in Giardino del Liceo in Quartiere 5 (Rifredi neighborhood). The garden park is located at the corner of Via Circondaria and Via O. da Pordenone. Here is the map...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://it.mappy.com/#d=Via+Circondaria,+Firenze&amp;p=map"&gt;http://it.mappy.com/#d=Via+Circondaria,+Firenze&amp;p=map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To arrive by public transport, you can take the 23 bus from the center and get off on Via Corsica, and then turn left on Via Circondaria until you see the park on your right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looking forward to seeing you all there to have some fun drawing dogs!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;La lezione di disegno di giugno sará dalle 14.00 alle 16.30, sabato 5 giugno in una area aperta ai cani al Giardino del Liceo nel Quartiere 5 (zona Rifredi). Il giardino é situato all'angolo di Via Circondaria e Via O. da Pordenone. Ecco la mappa...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://it.mappy.com/#d=Via+Circondaria,+Firenze&amp;p=map"&gt;http://it.mappy.com/#d=Via+Circondaria,+Firenze&amp;p=map&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per arrivare con trasporti pubblici, puoi prendere l'autobus 23 dal centro, scendendo in Via Corsica, e poi gira a sinistra in Via Circondaria fino ad arrivare al giardino che rimarrá alla tua destra. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spero di vedervi li per divertirci a disegnare i cani!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TAE0UI01xuI/AAAAAAAACWs/N8BrmWuat9M/s1600/email_signature4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TAE0UI01xuI/AAAAAAAACWs/N8BrmWuat9M/s400/email_signature4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476716142430373602" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-9040201330500963023?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/9040201330500963023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=9040201330500963023' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/9040201330500963023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/9040201330500963023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/05/june-animal-drawing-at-dog-park-in.html' title='June Animal Drawing at Dog Park in Quartiere 5/Disegno di Animali di Giugno in area aperta ai cani al Quartiere 5'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/TAE0UI01xuI/AAAAAAAACWs/N8BrmWuat9M/s72-c/email_signature4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-875297319772944999</id><published>2010-04-20T13:32:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-20T13:35:35.377+02:00</updated><title type='text'>DATE CHANGE FOR MAY ANIMAL DRAWING LESSON! / CAMBIAMENTO DI DATA PER LA LEZIONE DI DISEGNO DI ANIMALI PER MAGGIO!</title><content type='html'>Due to April 1st being an Italian national holiday, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;I've decided to move the Animal Drawing lesson for May from the 1st to the 8th.&lt;/span&gt; Hope this doesn't cause any inconvenience and as always, looking forward&lt;br /&gt;to seeing everyone at La Specola!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visto che  il 1 maggio é festa, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;ho deciso spostare la lezione di Disegno di Animali per maggio&lt;br /&gt;dalle 1 maggio alle 8 maggio.&lt;/span&gt; Spero che questo cambiamento non causi delle problemmi e come sempre,&lt;br /&gt;mi piacerebbe vedere tutti alla Specola!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-875297319772944999?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/875297319772944999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=875297319772944999' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/875297319772944999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/875297319772944999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/04/date-change-for-may-animal-drawing.html' title='DATE CHANGE FOR MAY ANIMAL DRAWING LESSON! / CAMBIAMENTO DI DATA PER LA LEZIONE DI DISEGNO DI ANIMALI PER MAGGIO!'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-8249797620399460708</id><published>2010-03-11T15:14:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-11T15:18:44.682+01:00</updated><title type='text'>DATE CHANGE FOR APRIL ANIMAL DRAWING LESSON</title><content type='html'>Due to Easter being on Sunday, April 4th, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;I've decided to move the Animal Drawing lesson for April&lt;br /&gt;from the 3rd to the 10th.&lt;/span&gt; Hope this doesn't cause any inconvenience and as always, looking forward&lt;br /&gt;to seeing everyone at La Specola!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visto che la domenica il 4 aprile é Pasqua, &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;ho deciso spostare la lezione di Disegno di Animali per aprile&lt;br /&gt;dalle 3 aprile alle 10 aprile.&lt;/span&gt; Spero che questo cambiamento non causi delle problemmi e come sempre,&lt;br /&gt;mi piacerebbe vedere tutti alla Specola!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-8249797620399460708?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/8249797620399460708/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=8249797620399460708' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/8249797620399460708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/8249797620399460708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/03/date-change-for-april-animal-drawing.html' title='DATE CHANGE FOR APRIL ANIMAL DRAWING LESSON'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-879128226218931340</id><published>2010-03-07T17:13:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T18:59:05.773+01:00</updated><title type='text'>MARCH ANIMAL DRAWING LESSON AT LA SPECOLA</title><content type='html'>Saturday, March 6th was the first of my monthly animal drawing lessons. There were twenty enthusiastic students ranging in age from 5 to adult (including some experienced artists), and we had a great time! Here are some student photos and comments. Thank you again to all the participants for making it a success, and hope to see you all again on Saturday, April 3rd!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Sabato, il 6 marzo é stato il primo di miei mensili corsi di disegno di animali. C'eranno veinte studenti entusiaste delle etá dal 5 anni fino ad adulti (comprese alcuni veri artisti), e abbiamo divertito tanto! Ecco sono alcune foto di studenti e anche commenti. Grazie ancora a tutti i partecipanti per aver fatto questa lezione un gran successo, e spero rivedervi tutti di nuovo a sabato, il 3 aprile!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S5PSrbDLQCI/AAAAAAAACU0/NqIOC5cItRg/s1600-h/IMG_3126.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S5PSrbDLQCI/AAAAAAAACU0/NqIOC5cItRg/s400/IMG_3126.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445928017858347042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"I enjoyed drawing animals your way and I think you should show us how to draw other things like trees or plants" &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;(Traduzione: "Mi é piaciuto disegnare animali in la tua manera e penso che dovresti insegnarci anche disegnare altri cose come alberi o pianti")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I liked it but I think next time you should teach people to draw other animals such as birds" &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;(Mi é piaciuto la lezione pero la prossima volta devi insegnare i studenti disegnare altri animali come gli ucelli")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;"Questa lezione é stata bella. Io ho imparato tanto, andare in giro al museo era bellissimo c'eranno tanti animali, da disegnare e conoscere...scimie, pinguini, coccodrilli, tigri, e canguni. E a me piace tanto disegnare, disegno sempre a scuola con i miei amici piú cari."&lt;/span&gt; (Translation: "This lesson was wonderful. I learned a lot, going around the museum was great, there were so many animals to draw and to see...monkeys, penguins, crocodiles, tigers, and kangaroos. I love to draw, I draw all the time at school with my best friends.")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S5PSq1padlI/AAAAAAAACUs/0C7FMDRL0Gw/s1600-h/IMG_3125.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S5PSq1padlI/AAAAAAAACUs/0C7FMDRL0Gw/s400/IMG_3125.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445928007818180178" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"I've really enjoyed today's lesson and can clearly see the quality of my drawings improving as you helped me along. Thank you very much!!" &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;(Traduzione: "Mi é piaciuto tanto la lezione di oggi e potevo vedere chiaramente il livello di miei disegni migliorando mentre mi la lezione. Grazie mille!")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Fantastic! Thank you for the help today Mike, will come back again, feel inspired and want to draw more already - will be in touch and recommend it to others too :^ )" &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;(Traduzione: "Fantastica! Grazie Mike per il tuo aiuto oggi, torneró per la prossima lezione e ho gia la voglia di disegnare di piú - restiamo in contatto e la raccomandaró anche agli altri :^")&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S5PSquI8qiI/AAAAAAAACUk/WI1079pyydw/s1600-h/IMG_3124.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S5PSquI8qiI/AAAAAAAACUk/WI1079pyydw/s400/IMG_3124.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445928005802961442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"I really like this class, and right after I leave I am going to buy a sketchbook (my best friend!)" &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;(Traduzione: "Mi piace tanto questa lezione, e subito dopo che vado via compro un libro di schizzi (il mio amico piú caro!)")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I very much like the concept of 'drawing energy'. I also thought that his lesson was very helpful to me because now I have a 'punto di partenza'-a starting point when I want to draw a figure. And since I liked it so much I drew tons and tons of people and animals in my sketchbook, which as he said was my best friend. I was happy for him to have conceived this lesson in a natural history museum, because I had the opportunity to discover a lot of information about animals and the human body I didn't know. I hope it will continue." &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;(Traduzione: "Mi piace tanto il concetto di 'disegnare energia'. Pensavo anche che la lezione di Mike era molto utile per me perche ora ho un 'punto di partenza' - un punto da dove partire quado voglio disegnare una figure. E dato che mi é piaciuto molto, disegnavo tanti, tanti gente ed animali nel mio libro di schizzi, di cui Mike diceva deve essere il mio amico piú caro. Sono felice che Mike ha concepito questa lezione presso un museo di storia naturale, perche avevo la ocasione di scoprire un monte di informazione sulle animali ed il corpo humana che non ho saputo. Spero che le lezioni di Mike vadano avanti.")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S5PSqUH0YQI/AAAAAAAACUc/63a4lDDaaDg/s1600-h/IMG_3123.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S5PSqUH0YQI/AAAAAAAACUc/63a4lDDaaDg/s400/IMG_3123.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445927998818902274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"Hi Mike! I really appreciated your comments and immensely enjoyed the class" &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;(Traduzione: "Ciao Mike! Mi é piaciuto tanto i tuoi commenti e é stato un gran piacere la tua lezione")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It was one of the most interesting lessons I've ever taken, although I've never done anything like it, I'll definitely be coming back next month. Thanks and best wishes."&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt; (Traduzione: "É stato una delle piú interessante lezioni che ho mai presso, sebbene non ho mai fatto qualsiasi simile, certamente torneró ad aprile per la prossima lezione. Grazie e auguri.")&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-879128226218931340?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/879128226218931340/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=879128226218931340' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/879128226218931340'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/879128226218931340'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-animal-drawing-lesson-at-la.html' title='MARCH ANIMAL DRAWING LESSON AT LA SPECOLA'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S5PSrbDLQCI/AAAAAAAACU0/NqIOC5cItRg/s72-c/IMG_3126.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-2223349246921837149</id><published>2010-02-22T17:00:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-11T15:13:52.272+01:00</updated><title type='text'>LEZIONI DISEGNO DI ANIMALI AL MUSEO LA SPECOLA / SATURDAY ANIMAL DRAWING LESSONS AT LA SPECOLA</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S3K0CuN_bGI/AAAAAAAACKQ/A3w95BkJxLc/s1600-h/animal_drawing_disegno_animali_info.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 349px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S3K0CuN_bGI/AAAAAAAACKQ/A3w95BkJxLc/s400/animal_drawing_disegno_animali_info.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436605659049061474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Beginning on Saturday, March 6th, I will be offering animal drawing lessons every first Saturday of the month from 2pm to 4:30pm (14.00 to 16.30). Here's the flyer for the classes. I know it's a little small to read, so I'll tell you what it says...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;A partire dal 6 Marzo offriró lezioni di disegno di animali il primo sabato di ogni mese, dalle 14.00 alle 16.30. Ecco il volantino per il corso. Lo so che é un pó piccolo da leggere, quindi vi dico cosa dice:&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;What&lt;/span&gt;: animal drawing lessons &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Cosa&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;lezioni di disegno di animali&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;When&lt;/span&gt;: the first Saturday of every month from 2pm to 4:30pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Quando&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;il primo sabato di ogni mese dalle 14.00 alle 16.30&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Where&lt;/span&gt;: at 'La Specola' Museum in Florence, located at Via Romana, 17 (that's very close to Palazzo Pitti). 'La Specola' is a wonderful natural history museum with thousands of species of taxidermed animals in very good condition&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Dove&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt; al museo 'La Specola' in Firenze, Via Romana 17 (molto vicino a Palazzo Pitti). 'La Specola' é un museo di storia naturale strepitoso che contiene un milgliaio di animali in buonissimo stato&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Cost&lt;/span&gt;: 20euros per person per lesson (entrance fee to museum is not included, but you can get a six-month pass for only 10euros)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Costo&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;20 euro a persona per lezione (non compreso l'ingresso al museo)&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Why&lt;/span&gt;: it's fun to draw animals-especially when they don't move! Seriously, it is great opportunity to do studies of the animals from many vantage points&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Perche&lt;/span&gt;: &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;é divertente disegnare gli animali -particolarmente quando non si muovono! Sul serio, é una buona occasione per studiare gli animali da tanti punti di vista&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;NO PREVIOUS DRAWING EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY, AND ALL AGES ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE! NO RESERVATION NEEDED TO ATTEND. If you'd like more information, please contact me at 331 881 5605 or mwiesmeier@gmail.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;NESSUNA ESPERIENZA DI DISEGNO E' NECESSARIA, E TUTTE LE PERSONE DI QUALSIASI ETA' SONO INVITATE A PARTECIPARE! LA PRENOTAZIONE NON E' NECESSARIA A PARTECIPARE. Se vuoi ulteriori informazioni, contattami a 331 881 5605 o mwiesmeier@gmail.com&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope to see you there on March 6th, and every 1st Saturday of each month after that. Please bring whatever drawing materials you'd like to use (pencils, pens, watercolors, etc.) and a friend, or your daughter, son, brother, sister, mother, father...you get the idea...we'll have a good time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Spero di vederti lí il 6 Marzo, e tutti primi sabato di ogni mese. Porta qualsiasi materiale per disegnare che ti piace usare (matite, penne, acquarelli, ecc) e un amico/a, o tuo figlia/o, fratello, sorella, madre, padre...avete capito...divertiamoci!&lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-2223349246921837149?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/2223349246921837149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=2223349246921837149' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/2223349246921837149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/2223349246921837149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/02/saturday-animal-drawing-classes-at-la.html' title='LEZIONI DISEGNO DI ANIMALI AL MUSEO LA SPECOLA / SATURDAY ANIMAL DRAWING LESSONS AT LA SPECOLA'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S3K0CuN_bGI/AAAAAAAACKQ/A3w95BkJxLc/s72-c/animal_drawing_disegno_animali_info.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-5958007421985990916</id><published>2010-02-22T16:58:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-22T17:08:58.589+01:00</updated><title type='text'>LEZIONI DISEGNO DI ANIMALI SUL PORTALE WWW.FIORENTINISICRESCE.IT / ANIMAL DRAWING LESSONS ON THE WEBSITE WWW.FIORENTINISICRESCE.IT</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S4Kr3jK2vNI/AAAAAAAACS0/lDvfEPbXqwk/s1600-h/fiorentinisicresce_banner_live.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 191px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S4Kr3jK2vNI/AAAAAAAACS0/lDvfEPbXqwk/s400/fiorentinisicresce_banner_live.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441100270638906578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Recentemente, per raggiungiere lo communitá fiorentina, ho messo un annuncio sul portale &lt;a href="http://www.fiorentinisicresce.it"&gt;www.fiorentinisicresce.it&lt;/a&gt; Questo meraviglioso sito provede informazioni su attivitá ed eventi per bambini e loro genitori. Sono emozionato di avere la possibilitá di avere un successo con queste lezioni di disegno animali sia con le communitá Italiani ed Inglese di firenze.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, to reach the Florentine community, I've put an announcement on the website &lt;a href="http://www.fiorentinisicresce.it"&gt;www.fiorentinisicresce.it&lt;/a&gt; This wonderful site provides information about activities and events for children and their parents. I'm excited to have the possibility to have success with this animal drawing class with the Italian and English speaking communities of Florence.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-5958007421985990916?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/5958007421985990916/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=5958007421985990916' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/5958007421985990916'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/5958007421985990916'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2010/02/lezioni-disegno-di-animali-sul-portale.html' title='LEZIONI DISEGNO DI ANIMALI SUL PORTALE WWW.FIORENTINISICRESCE.IT / ANIMAL DRAWING LESSONS ON THE WEBSITE WWW.FIORENTINISICRESCE.IT'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/S4Kr3jK2vNI/AAAAAAAACS0/lDvfEPbXqwk/s72-c/fiorentinisicresce_banner_live.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-7816065748210634693</id><published>2009-11-15T19:31:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-15T22:04:25.043+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Florence Sketch and Stroll Photos</title><content type='html'>This afternoon's Sketch and Stroll participants ranged from Accademia delle Belli Arti students, to Polimoda fashion design students, to Americans who have relocated to Florence permanently or semi-permanently. It was a great group and we had a lot of fun. Thank you to everybody for participating! Here's a comment from one participant:&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt; "That was such an enjoyable afternoon and so valuable too. I have avoided learning to draw for some silly reason and this was as painless a way to break the taboo as I could have imagined. Thank you so much for your help and pleasant way of teaching! I really hope to be able to do some more work with you"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLu6VvWwI/AAAAAAAAB2s/KkkYak66Gco/s1600-h/sketch_stroll_nov_11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLu6VvWwI/AAAAAAAAB2s/KkkYak66Gco/s400/sketch_stroll_nov_11.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404402822151101186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLucYadpI/AAAAAAAAB2k/hzbnJrCmL0U/s1600-h/sketch_stroll_nov_10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLucYadpI/AAAAAAAAB2k/hzbnJrCmL0U/s400/sketch_stroll_nov_10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404402814109251218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLuMhTbWI/AAAAAAAAB2c/f0yXSwBk5ok/s1600-h/sketch_stroll_nov_09.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLuMhTbWI/AAAAAAAAB2c/f0yXSwBk5ok/s400/sketch_stroll_nov_09.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404402809851571554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLt1n2JUI/AAAAAAAAB2U/Avn2_bzM2Yg/s1600-h/sketch_stroll_nov_08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLt1n2JUI/AAAAAAAAB2U/Avn2_bzM2Yg/s400/sketch_stroll_nov_08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404402803704997186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLSRXkS8I/AAAAAAAAB2M/bs-WQN_hFFE/s1600-h/sketch_stroll_nov_07.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLSRXkS8I/AAAAAAAAB2M/bs-WQN_hFFE/s400/sketch_stroll_nov_07.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404402330116574146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLSKzmvkI/AAAAAAAAB2E/eQy9pB4TD54/s1600-h/sketch_stroll_nov_06.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLSKzmvkI/AAAAAAAAB2E/eQy9pB4TD54/s400/sketch_stroll_nov_06.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404402328355126850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLRgNbL-I/AAAAAAAAB18/j0Pn4ZcckGM/s1600-h/sketch_stroll_nov_05.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLRgNbL-I/AAAAAAAAB18/j0Pn4ZcckGM/s400/sketch_stroll_nov_05.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404402316920696802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLRabqxQI/AAAAAAAAB10/bt0MSj8T4Jw/s1600-h/sketch_stroll_nov_04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLRabqxQI/AAAAAAAAB10/bt0MSj8T4Jw/s400/sketch_stroll_nov_04.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404402315369825538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBKUwk0SWI/AAAAAAAAB1s/kR89axCBwSo/s1600-h/sketch_stroll_nov_03.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBKUwk0SWI/AAAAAAAAB1s/kR89axCBwSo/s400/sketch_stroll_nov_03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404401273341757794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBKUVBbmhI/AAAAAAAAB1k/dFm9Szn0Am0/s1600-h/sketch_stroll_nov_02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBKUVBbmhI/AAAAAAAAB1k/dFm9Szn0Am0/s400/sketch_stroll_nov_02.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404401265945582098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBKUL-1m4I/AAAAAAAAB1c/EyCy-HImFZo/s1600-h/sketch_stroll_nov_01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBKUL-1m4I/AAAAAAAAB1c/EyCy-HImFZo/s400/sketch_stroll_nov_01.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404401263518784386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-7816065748210634693?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/7816065748210634693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=7816065748210634693' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/7816065748210634693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/7816065748210634693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2009/11/florence-sketch-and-stroll-photos.html' title='Florence Sketch and Stroll Photos'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SwBLu6VvWwI/AAAAAAAAB2s/KkkYak66Gco/s72-c/sketch_stroll_nov_11.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-5386418795550590018</id><published>2009-10-28T18:26:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T18:34:53.203+01:00</updated><title type='text'>FLORENCE AFTERNOON SKETCH AND STROLL ON NOV 15TH</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/Suh_sTdkg2I/AAAAAAAAB0s/QGN6fnU6w68/s1600-h/IMG_2254.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/Suh_sTdkg2I/AAAAAAAAB0s/QGN6fnU6w68/s400/IMG_2254.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397704552518812514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SuiAIqFEI0I/AAAAAAAAB08/RMoTUcCvHc8/s1600-h/perseus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SuiAIqFEI0I/AAAAAAAAB08/RMoTUcCvHc8/s400/perseus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397705039626380098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SuiAISwll5I/AAAAAAAAB00/Q6gzXkbwKpQ/s1600-h/annunziata_day_final_hotter_web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 140px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SuiAISwll5I/AAAAAAAAB00/Q6gzXkbwKpQ/s400/annunziata_day_final_hotter_web.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397705033366476690" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Join me and other sketching afficionados for a three hour sketch and stroll from Piazza Santissima Annunziata to Piazza Signoria. This introductory sketching tour is FREE, and all ages are welcome! Bring whatever art materials you like to use, and be sure to bring a friend. Absolutely no previous drawing experience is necessary! We will meet at the equestrian statue in Piazza Santissima Annunziata at 14.00 (2pm). Rain will NOT cancel (in that case, we'll be sure to break out our watercolors!). Looking forward to seeing you then! For any questions please contact me at 331 881 5605 or mwiesmeier@gmail.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-5386418795550590018?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/5386418795550590018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=5386418795550590018' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/5386418795550590018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/5386418795550590018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2009/10/florence-afternoon-sketch-and-stroll-on.html' title='FLORENCE AFTERNOON SKETCH AND STROLL ON NOV 15TH'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/Suh_sTdkg2I/AAAAAAAAB0s/QGN6fnU6w68/s72-c/IMG_2254.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-3756740331393328461</id><published>2009-04-15T16:51:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-04-15T16:55:55.234+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Saturday Sketching and Watercolor continues!</title><content type='html'>We have been meeting for several months now and the group has grown and diminished and then grown again. My wife Caterina has now joined us, which is great fun! This last Saturday we were all in different parts of our hosts' beautiful garden...here are some images.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SeX1Y63bV6I/AAAAAAAABJE/09Fk9G6EFtc/s1600-h/IMG_2284.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SeX1Y63bV6I/AAAAAAAABJE/09Fk9G6EFtc/s400/IMG_2284.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324931942902880162" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SeX1YkhHK3I/AAAAAAAABI8/b8TaYMQk5HE/s1600-h/IMG_2285.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SeX1YkhHK3I/AAAAAAAABI8/b8TaYMQk5HE/s400/IMG_2285.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324931936903703410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SeX1YZ-UKuI/AAAAAAAABI0/zTCUgUWcSnw/s1600-h/IMG_2281.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SeX1YZ-UKuI/AAAAAAAABI0/zTCUgUWcSnw/s400/IMG_2281.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324931934073400034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SeX1YeAvNjI/AAAAAAAABIs/y2aZtRudmEY/s1600-h/IMG_2279.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SeX1YeAvNjI/AAAAAAAABIs/y2aZtRudmEY/s400/IMG_2279.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324931935157302834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SeX1YLYrAkI/AAAAAAAABIk/Q2j4m31Dq88/s1600-h/IMG_2278.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SeX1YLYrAkI/AAAAAAAABIk/Q2j4m31Dq88/s400/IMG_2278.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324931930157417026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-3756740331393328461?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/3756740331393328461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=3756740331393328461' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/3756740331393328461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/3756740331393328461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2009/04/saturday-sketching-and-watercolor.html' title='Saturday Sketching and Watercolor continues!'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SeX1Y63bV6I/AAAAAAAABJE/09Fk9G6EFtc/s72-c/IMG_2284.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-4113382523955947783</id><published>2009-04-08T06:50:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T13:17:40.857+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sketching and Painting in Paris!!</title><content type='html'>On March 28th my fianceé Caterina and I were married in Florence. For our honeymoon we spent six wonderful days in Paris. Here are some of the sketches and paintings that we did together. What an inspiring place to draw and paint!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwwlW3dfdI/AAAAAAAAA94/wAEvHbVeiz0/s1600-h/P4050328.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwwlW3dfdI/AAAAAAAAA94/wAEvHbVeiz0/s400/P4050328.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322182277996576210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwwlWrAjzI/AAAAAAAAA9w/PCLMPqNF190/s1600-h/P4030239.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwwlWrAjzI/AAAAAAAAA9w/PCLMPqNF190/s400/P4030239.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322182277944348466" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwwlVRXIsI/AAAAAAAAA9o/zAWGyBTdMsE/s1600-h/P4030225.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwwlVRXIsI/AAAAAAAAA9o/zAWGyBTdMsE/s400/P4030225.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322182277568340674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwwlIgrAFI/AAAAAAAAA9g/rukKWBTTMT4/s1600-h/sacre_couer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwwlIgrAFI/AAAAAAAAA9g/rukKWBTTMT4/s400/sacre_couer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322182274142896210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwwlLqCHAI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/-ThXrrhCIh8/s1600-h/sacre_couer_cate.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwwlLqCHAI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/-ThXrrhCIh8/s400/sacre_couer_cate.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322182274987465730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/Sdwv9919NCI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/c32BDYeShL8/s1600-h/jardin_plantes.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/Sdwv9919NCI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/c32BDYeShL8/s400/jardin_plantes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322181601264481314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/Sdwv9yHkjRI/AAAAAAAAA9I/OKnVGsa6UFM/s1600-h/jardin_plantes_cate.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/Sdwv9yHkjRI/AAAAAAAAA9I/OKnVGsa6UFM/s400/jardin_plantes_cate.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322181598117137682" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/Sdwv9n6AGgI/AAAAAAAAA9A/TfQhf61u1Mw/s1600-h/IMG_2248.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/Sdwv9n6AGgI/AAAAAAAAA9A/TfQhf61u1Mw/s400/IMG_2248.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322181595375868418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwvbLClOVI/AAAAAAAAA84/46Xy3S6rgSo/s1600-h/P4010082.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwvbLClOVI/AAAAAAAAA84/46Xy3S6rgSo/s400/P4010082.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322181003511675218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwvbIizDeI/AAAAAAAAA8w/jwH-xPc58xg/s1600-h/P4010074.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwvbIizDeI/AAAAAAAAA8w/jwH-xPc58xg/s400/P4010074.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322181002841492962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwvbMN1-LI/AAAAAAAAA8o/JZLtFPRoSOA/s1600-h/P4010069.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwvbMN1-LI/AAAAAAAAA8o/JZLtFPRoSOA/s400/P4010069.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322181003827345586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/Sdwva-Nyi_I/AAAAAAAAA8g/x8mgPHG1Anc/s1600-h/P4010046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/Sdwva-Nyi_I/AAAAAAAAA8g/x8mgPHG1Anc/s400/P4010046.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322181000069024754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwvapJHC6I/AAAAAAAAA8Y/RvaQ1z9YQgs/s1600-h/P4030249.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwvapJHC6I/AAAAAAAAA8Y/RvaQ1z9YQgs/s400/P4030249.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322180994412252066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwukrUYIPI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/K1wzxbgT3Bo/s1600-h/P4030247.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwukrUYIPI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/K1wzxbgT3Bo/s400/P4030247.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322180067283443954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwuknoP5vI/AAAAAAAAA8I/dIQGhMVuHc8/s1600-h/P4030244.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwuknoP5vI/AAAAAAAAA8I/dIQGhMVuHc8/s400/P4030244.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322180066293049074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwukanuvhI/AAAAAAAAA74/qPfTq12_eWU/s1600-h/P4010040.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwukanuvhI/AAAAAAAAA74/qPfTq12_eWU/s400/P4010040.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322180062801214994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdyHcgrgRXI/AAAAAAAABA0/TRWD--GjlfQ/s1600-h/tuilleries_statue.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdyHcgrgRXI/AAAAAAAABA0/TRWD--GjlfQ/s400/tuilleries_statue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322277783523575154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-4113382523955947783?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/4113382523955947783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=4113382523955947783' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/4113382523955947783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/4113382523955947783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2009/04/sketching-and-painting-in-paris.html' title='Sketching and Painting in Paris!!'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SdwwlW3dfdI/AAAAAAAAA94/wAEvHbVeiz0/s72-c/P4050328.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-5759140499795323829</id><published>2009-01-31T22:19:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-01-31T22:29:24.886+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Saturday Sketching and Watercolor</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SYTCQD629VI/AAAAAAAAAzo/A1kMCIOpdeM/s1600-h/firenze.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SYTCQD629VI/AAAAAAAAAzo/A1kMCIOpdeM/s400/firenze.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297572642880419154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SYTCQMisMFI/AAAAAAAAAzg/wdTQTDP07pw/s1600-h/color_sketches.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SYTCQMisMFI/AAAAAAAAAzg/wdTQTDP07pw/s400/color_sketches.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297572645194969170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SYTCP0-JOLI/AAAAAAAAAzY/RwdXoax0LeY/s1600-h/flowers.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SYTCP0-JOLI/AAAAAAAAAzY/RwdXoax0LeY/s400/flowers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297572638867667122" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the past few months I've had the pleasure of teaching a small group of students, which include a local Florentine (originally from Rome), and two American expats living in Florence. We've been having a lot of fun drawing and painting in the beautiful home and garden of our Italian hosts. We've also ventured out into the surrounding countryside which affords beautiful views of the city. Topics we've been discussing and practicing include value, color, and composition. We've also studied from past artists such as Turner, and the Macchiaioli group of Florentine painters who were active in the 19th C. Here are some of the works of my students...beautiful!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-5759140499795323829?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/5759140499795323829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=5759140499795323829' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/5759140499795323829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/5759140499795323829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2009/01/saturday-sketching-and-watercolor.html' title='Saturday Sketching and Watercolor'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SYTCQD629VI/AAAAAAAAAzo/A1kMCIOpdeM/s72-c/firenze.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-6917800845989031438</id><published>2008-09-18T16:33:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2008-09-18T16:55:41.565+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Post-Sketching Tour instructional support!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNJp4lxnfSI/AAAAAAAAAng/DBOGWxIrKbU/s1600-h/europe_sketchbook_99_21.jpeg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNJp4lxnfSI/AAAAAAAAAng/DBOGWxIrKbU/s400/europe_sketchbook_99_21.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247372936773860642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every &lt;a href="http://www.sketchingintuscany.com"&gt;Sketching in Tuscany&lt;/a&gt; participant can take advantage of a wonderful and rare benefit: ongoing instruction after the Sketching Tour via email--at no cost!! This is an unusual opportunity and a good reason in itself to &lt;a href="http://www.sketchingintuscany.com/register.php"&gt;sign-up now&lt;/a&gt; for one of &lt;a href="http://www.sketchingintuscany.com/day1.htm"&gt;next summer's tours&lt;/a&gt;! This year's participants are already planning to take advantage of this great feature. They will do it by scanning and emailing drawings, then I print them and make corrections/suggestions, scan and email them back! I am offering this benefit because I believe the &lt;a href="http://www.sketchingintuscany.com/instructor.htm"&gt;teacher&lt;/a&gt;/student interaction and relationship that we develop during &lt;a href="http://www.sketchingintuscany.com/day1.htm"&gt;our week in Tuscany&lt;/a&gt; should be allowed to continue (via this wonderful technology we have access to)...I am committed to assisting you on an ongoing basis!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7626112508257158044-6917800845989031438?l=sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/feeds/6917800845989031438/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7626112508257158044&amp;postID=6917800845989031438' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/6917800845989031438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7626112508257158044/posts/default/6917800845989031438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://sketchingintuscany.blogspot.com/2008/09/post-sketching-tour-instructional.html' title='Post-Sketching Tour instructional support!'/><author><name>Mike</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SQeacGBGRCI/AAAAAAAAAqM/aEGSErY3UEw/S220/mike_photo_2.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNJp4lxnfSI/AAAAAAAAAng/DBOGWxIrKbU/s72-c/europe_sketchbook_99_21.jpeg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7626112508257158044.post-1406903785954600720</id><published>2008-09-17T10:35:00.014+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T18:17:36.941+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Sketching in Tuscany 2008 a big success!</title><content type='html'>Great sketching, great company, and great food...we had a wonderful time! Alexandra and Judy, my sketching guests for one week, and I visited several areas of Florence and other Tuscan towns. Here are some photos!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDBwFAG9JI/AAAAAAAAAk4/gzGu2Ma0cbs/s1600-h/IMG_1526.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDBwFAG9JI/AAAAAAAAAk4/gzGu2Ma0cbs/s400/IMG_1526.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246906597607142546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDBwLTOLNI/AAAAAAAAAlA/ws7CZ5qgSOg/s1600-h/IMG_1553.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDBwLTOLNI/AAAAAAAAAlA/ws7CZ5qgSOg/s400/IMG_1553.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246906599297920210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDBwbC6iEI/AAAAAAAAAlI/1vVD9z6w41Q/s1600-h/IMG_1531.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDBwbC6iEI/AAAAAAAAAlI/1vVD9z6w41Q/s400/IMG_1531.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246906603524491330" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDBwjWZ3BI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/XvjqnM5WF64/s1600-h/IMG_1558.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDBwjWZ3BI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/XvjqnM5WF64/s400/IMG_1558.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246906605753719826" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDBwlSHf6I/AAAAAAAAAlY/ChHR4EETTNs/s1600-h/IMG_1570.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDBwlSHf6I/AAAAAAAAAlY/ChHR4EETTNs/s400/IMG_1570.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246906606272610210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDHwy69qhI/AAAAAAAAAlg/3-WxWprvVOc/s1600-h/IMG_1590.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDHwy69qhI/AAAAAAAAAlg/3-WxWprvVOc/s400/IMG_1590.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246913207003359762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDIGew6F7I/AAAAAAAAAlo/jC2Zrr988Ds/s1600-h/IMG_1592.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDIGew6F7I/AAAAAAAAAlo/jC2Zrr988Ds/s400/IMG_1592.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246913579549595570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDIRskngcI/AAAAAAAAAlw/UmDo8OsNh7Y/s1600-h/IMG_1595.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDIRskngcI/AAAAAAAAAlw/UmDo8OsNh7Y/s400/IMG_1595.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246913772234703298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P1MA_ub_BeU/SNDIf5uJdTI/AAAAAAAAAl4/yj6drbm7yvs/s1600-h/IMG_1594.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; 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