The first time Susan and I visited Perugia was in March 2002. I remember taking the escalators up to the historic centre and being very aware of the chilling wind that blew down Via Vannucci. We've since been to Perugia many times during warmer times of the year. On a recent Painting Holiday to Italy we took our guests to Perugia, a large town in Umbria which has lots of narrow streets winding their way to the top. I noticed this particular street called Via dell'Orso which was mainly in shadow apart from a shaft of sunlight breaking out to catch different aspects of the architecture in the distance. I quickly whipped out my sketchbook and did this small watercolour making sure that I captured not only the sunlight and shadows but also the figure to provide a sense of scale and interest. This larger studio painting has been painted on beautiful handmade watercolour paper from Fabriano. Watch a short video painting different aspects of this watercolour.
