While visiting Venice, we stopped for a drink at the Coffee place inside the Ca' Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art (MUVE website). The terrace area had a view on the Canal. I sketched one of the old buildings on the opposite side.

Murals in Quay Street and Nelson Street in Bristol – UK

Nick Walker’s mural in Quay Street - Bristol (UK)

Mariusz Waras’ mural in Nelson Street, Bristol (UK)

"Clothed With the Sun" (2011) - Mural by El Mac

See the post New EL MAC mural in Bristol, England: "Clothed With the Sun" for more details.

Pixel Pancho

Related posts and sites

Some other murals in Bristol

• The Florist by Jody Thomas
• Coat of Arms (Bristol) by Nick Walker

• Official website of Nick Walker
• Official website of El Mac  
• Article on Mariusz Waras  
• Official website of Pixel Pancho 

Clock Tower on Piazza San Marco in Venice

The Clock Tower is a Renaissance located on the north side of the Piazza San Marco in Venice. I sketched it while we were queuing to visit the Basilica de San Marco.

Boat trip to Venice

Last summer, while we were in Italy, the family took a boat trip from Chioggia to Venice. I did some quick sketches on the way.

El Greco retrospective exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris – France

Domenico Theotokopoulos, known as El Greco, was born in Crete in 1541. Below are pictures of some works displaid in the El Greco retrospective exhibition (Grand Palais, Paris – France) - 16 October 2019 to 10 February 2020.

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609) [ca. 1600] – Oil on canvas (170.8 x 108cm) by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) 

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (Detail) 

Saint Luc - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

The Adoration of the Shepherds - Oil on canvas by El Greco

 The Annunciation (ca. 1576) - Oil on canvas (117 x 98 cm) by El Greco [Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid] 

Saint Martin and the Beggar - Oil on canvas (original painted surface -99.5 x 55 cm) by El Greco 

Disrobing of Christ - Oil on canvas by El Greco

Chris bearing the cross - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

The Repentant St. Peter - Oil on canvas by El Greco [The Phillips Collection]

The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen - Oil on canvas by El Greco [Cleveland Museum of Art] 

San Francesco riceve le stigmate - Oil on canvas by El Greco

 Portrait of a Gentleman from the Casa de Leiva - Oil on canvas by El Greco

 Le Christ en croix adoré par deux donateurs - Oil on canvas by El Greco

Virgin Mary - Oil on canvas by El Greco

 Saint Joseph - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

Saint Veronica - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

The Repentant Magdalen - Oil on canvas by El Greco [Worcester Art Museum]

The Repentant Magdalen (Detail) - Oil on canvas by El Greco

The Repentant Magdalen (Detail) - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

St. Dominic in Prayer- Oil on canvas by El Greco [Placido Arango Collection, Madrid, Spain]

Holy Family (ca. 1580-85.) - Oil on canvas (106 x 87.5 cm) by El Greco 

St Francis and Brother Leo Meditating on Death - Oil on canvas by El Greco 

St. Francis Venerating the Crucifix - Oil on canvas by El Greco

Saint Paul - Oil on canvas by El Greco

St Peter and St Paul - Oil on canvas by El Greco [Nationalmuseum Stockholm]

St Peter and St Paul - Oil on canvas by El Greco [Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya- Barcelona, Spain] 

The Feast in the House of Simon - Oil on canvas by El Greco [The Art Institute of Chicago] 

Jesus expels the merchants from the temple - Oil on canvas by El Greco

 

The Annunciation - Oil on canvas by El Greco [Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest]

 Nude study for the Baptism of Christ – Drawing by El Greco

The Opening of the Fifth Seal - Oil on canvas by El Greco

Monet paintings at the National Museum Cardiff

Waterlilies, (1905) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet

Waterlilies (1906) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet

Rouen Cathedral: Setting Sun (1892-4) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet

Rouen Cathedral: Setting Sun (Detail)

The Palazzo Dario (1908) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet 

San Giorgio Maggiore by Twilight (1908) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet 

San Giorgio Maggiore (1908) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet 

Charing Cross Bridge (1902) - Oil on canvas by Claude Monet 

National Museum Cardiff
Cathays Park, Cardiff
CF10 3NP
Wales

https://museum.wales/cardiff/art/