EnricoSketching

Learning, observing, drawing

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I very frequently park the bike here when I go to the city center. I like the corner tower of this building, decorated with reliefs showing tigers, elephants and moustached barechest men. Makes sense, since it used to be the Indian Institute of #Oxford. You know, British Empire and such... . . . #indianinstitute #artdrawing #art #myart #myartwork #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artistoninstagram #instagramartist #watercolorsketch #inkandwatercolor #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqARzkjsr4u/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Every day, on my way to the gym or grocery store, I walk past this charming cottage with a thatched roof. It looks completely different from the surrounding buildings, which consist of two big malls and an ugly, multilevel parking lot. It's not hard to imagine a time when this cottage was situated in a more rural and sparsely populated area. Or perhaps it was built in the 80s by a weirdo 🤷🏻‍♂️. . . . #oxford #templecowley #cottage #artdrawing #art #myart #myartwork #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artistoninstagram #instagramartist #watercolorsketch #inkandwatercolor #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Temple Cowley Oxford) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpuS79ZsVi1/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This is the entrance of the Queen's College, on High Street. I drew it while standing in the narrow alley called Logic Lane that opens in front of it. I like very much the dome on top of the circular structure supported by columns, so prominent on top of the entrance, so I was very surprised when I asked chatGPT to write a brief description of the Queen's college entrance and it adamantly said that there was no dome on top of it, nor columns, nor statue. It insisted that "the entrance features a vaulted archway with a series of spires and sculptures rising above the roofline". Only after I told it that I saw and drew the dome that very day, that it apologized and admitted that "it appears that there is indeed a dome structure on top of the entrance of Queen's College on High Street, Oxford". So yes, I am arguing with an AI, and yes, I think we all should get use to it. . . . #Oxford #highstreet #queenscollege #artdrawing #art #myart #myartwork #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artistoninstagram #instagramartist #watercolorsketch #inkandwatercolor #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Oxford high street) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpcH141sTca/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This castle-style house is located on Folly Bridge Island, a tiny island in the Thames. Francis Bacon lived here, although not in this house. This one was build by an accountant James Caudwell, in 1849 and it is covered with white sculptures. On its summit, above the ramparts, I noticed a statue of Atlas, but without the globe on its back, so that we can call it an Atlas Shrugged. As an aside, in 1851 some students decided it would have been fun to push one of Caudwell's decorative cannons into the river. Caudwell didn't find it amusing and shot one of them, wounding him severely. . . . #follybridge #follybridgeoxford #oxford #artdrawing #art #myart #myartwork #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artistoninstagram #instagramartist #watercolorsketch #inkandwatercolor #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Folly Bridge, Oxford) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpKOnnbM9y6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This old building stands on the corner of Cornmarket Street. It was built on 1362 and it is now occupied by a hat shop. If I would ever need an hat, I'l buy it here, but it is unlikely as my head is too big. . . . #oxford #lairdhatters #watercolor_oxford #artdrawing #art #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artistoninstagram #instagramartist #watercolorsketch #inkandwatercolor #urbansketchers #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/Co4No_6tStx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This is Tom Tower, named after the bell inside it, "Great Tom". The tower is the entrance of Christ Church college. I asked chat GPT some fun anecdote about Tom Tower and it told me that "the tower is the location of the "Divination Classroom" where the students of #Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry are taught how to read tea leaves, crystal balls, and other methods of divination. In the movies, the tower bell is famously rung by the character "Nearly Headless Nick" who is the resident ghost of Gryffindor Tower”. I have absolutely no idea if this is true…chat GPT is an impressive bullshitter, sometimes. . . . #oxford #christchurchcollege #tomtower #oxforduniversity #artdrawing #art #myart #myartwork #sketch #draw #artwork #watercolorarchitecture #artoninstagram #wercolorillustration #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artistoninstagram #watercolorsketch #inkandwatercolor #urbansketchers #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Christ Church College Oxford) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnv_mvPM8jT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Back to my #Saluzzo for the holiday, I went back to the old town and found a new view of my favorite street. A lady stopped by and told me she too likes to draw this very same view during her watercolor lesson. I didn't know there were watercolor lesson here. . . . #watercolorpainting #watercolordrawing #watercolorart #watercolorartist #watercolorlandscape #watercolor_gallery #watercolor_daily #watercolor_feature #watercolor_illustration #watercolor_love #watercolor_painting #watercolor_world #watercolorsketch #watercolorsketching #watercolortown #watercolorarchitecture #watercolorbuilding #watercolorcity #watercoloritaly #watercoloroldtown #watercolorstreetview #watercolorview #watercolorheritage #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Saluzzo - Centro Storico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CneL8IQsi0C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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On the back of Christ Church college, there is a huge green pasture area called Christ Church meadow. I'm really looking forward for a warmer season. I sat on a bench freezing and I hastily drew the back of the Meadow building. I can see on it a huge surface covered with leafless ivy. I can imagine when it comes back to life, how awesome it will be. . . . #oxford #oxforduniversity #christchurchcollege #artdrawing #art #myartwork #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artistoninstagram #instagramartist #watercolorsketch #inkandwatercolor #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnOnF2Rs6Nx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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For my very first drawing in Oxford, since I do not yet have favourite or beloved spots, I went for tourist attractions. This is #Hertford Bridge, a connection between two buildings also known as the Bridge of Sighs, because it resembles the one in Venice (actually, it does not). While I was there drawing, a constant flux of tourists was taking pictures from every side. At some point a girl was posing from its central window while her relatives were taking photos of her from below. . . . #oxford #bridgeofsighs #oxforduniversity #artdrawing #art #myart #myartwork #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artistoninstagram #instagramartist #watercolorsketch #inkandwatercolor #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmVnvBxNwTy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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When I cycle toward the city center, this is the first college I encounter and somehow it became a familiar view. . . . #oxford #magdalen #magdalen_college #artdrawing #myart #myartwork #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artistoninstagram #instagramartist #watercolorsketch #inkandwatercolor #urbansketchers #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmD6dBjsEm0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Days are short, so I skipped gym today, as my legs were still very sore from the last time, and went over lunch to draw a super famous Oxford's building: The Radcliffe Camera. The beautiful rotunda's ground floor is the reading room for the Bodleian Library, and I am not allowed to enter. . . . #oxford #radcliffecamera #bodleianlibrary #oxforduniversity #artdrawing #art #myart #myartwork #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #watercolorartist #watercolorpainting #watercolorart #artistoninstagram #instagramartist #watercolorsketch #inkandwatercolor #urbansketchers #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen #fabrianoartistico (at Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClqGArxsHFH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This is on the corner of Via Griselda. #Griselda is the main character of an old story mentioned also in the Boccaccio's #Decameron. She was married to the Marquis of Saluzzo, Gualtieri, that happened to be a giant asshole. Seriously, the poor woman. Read the story if you don't believe me. It is a terrible, terrible story, and I cannot figure out what's the point of it. Saluzzo has also a Via Gualtieri, but at least they are not too close together. The church you see in the background is part of the ex-Jesuits college, that now is the City Hall. I finished sketching just in time before the rain. . . . #saluzzo #marchesatodisaluzzo #saluzzovecchia #artdrawing #art #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #inkandwatercolor #usk #urbansketchers #enricosketching #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #fabrianoartistico #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #lamysafari #sailorpen (at Saluzzo - Centro Storico) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj7W2Afsfe2/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The well on the front of Villa Belvedere is covered by a roof made of multicolored ceramic tiles. . . . #saluzzo #villabelvedere #artdrawing #art #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #inkandwatercolor #usk #urbansketchers #enricosketching #sketchnowadays #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #fabrianoartistico #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen https://www.instagram.com/p/CjtIVcxsSDC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Villa Belvedere, aka Villa Radicati, aka Villa dell'Eco, is a beautiful place. It was the former residence of the Marquese's wife during the Renaissance, then was acquired by the noble Radicati family, until 1977 when it was donated to the town. The view from the backside terrace overlooking the plane is fantastic. . . . #saluzzo #marchesatodisaluzzo #villabelvedere #artdrawing #art #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #inkandwatercolor #usk #urbansketchers #enricosketching #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #fabrianoartistico #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Saluzzo, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci9gcDrsmzn/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I returned to this place, this time I drew another side of the same square. When I was a child, 5y-old or less maybe, there was the atelier of a painter on the first floor of that building. There were a lot of framed paintings exposed on the balcony and on the stairs. I have this memory of child-myself walking by with my father during market day. I stopped looking to a painting. It was a Picasso-esque drawing of a human shape holding a chalk and the writing "1+1=3". I must have looked at it too much as the artist came and told me the story behind the work. He said it represented a son of a very rich person taking an exam at school. The father bribed the teacher to make his stupid son pass the test, so the teacher asked him what's 1 + 1 ? The guy still managed to answer "3". How on Earth I still remember this episode from 40 years ago??? Child-me thought that the painting was very ugly, but I didn't say. I told him I wanted to be a painter too once grew up. And look at me now, drawing the very same place, after all these years. Anyway, the atelier is no longer there, there is a café. . . . #saluzzo #marchesatodisaluzzo #piazzetta_s.maria #artdrawing #art #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #inkandwatercolor #usk #urbansketchers #enricosketching #sketchnowadays #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #windsorandnewton #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Saluzzo, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ciwh1h-M4n6/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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This is a spectacular villa, overlooking a vineyard. You know it's on Saluzzo's hill because there is a palm tree 🌴😉 . . . #saluzzo #marchesatodisaluzzo #sanbernardinosaluzzo #vineyardviews #artdrawing #art #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #inkandwatercolor #usk #urbansketchers #enricosketching #sketchnowadays #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #arches #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Saluzzo, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cijtv3tM-fN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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I never saw this church without the construction site wrapping its façade. The overgrown vegetation demonstrates that the operation is not going on very fast… Anyway I like the ivy climbing the little bell tower, so I sat and draw it. Then today I was looking at some books in a bookstore, where I picked a book about Saluzzo. I opened a random page and there it was: a paragraph talking about this very same church, with an old picture of the building without jungle and construction site, portrayed from the very same angle and the very same time of the day, judging from the shadows. I learned it's called "Crociata Bianca" (White crossed). And I learned that there are also a "Crociata Rossa" (Red crossed) and a "Crociata Nera" (Black crossed), this last one I knew. Interesting. . . . #saluzzo #marchesatodisaluzzo #saluzzovecchia #church #artdrawing #art #sketch #draw #artwork #drawingart #artoninstagram #sketching #urbansketching #illustration #wercolorillustration #inkandwatercolor #usk #urbansketchers #enricosketching #sketchnowadays #watercolors #penandwash #penandwatercolor #danielsmith #windsorandnewton #davincibrushes #escodabrushes #sailorpen (at Saluzzo, Italy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiPGNfQs2KX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=