Venerdi in Venice: Roamin' Gondola
26.2.10
ink & watercolour illustration commission for Sisterhood of the Travelling Scarves
A few months ago, a lovely lady named Michelle saw my illo over at Pierre's Venice Daily Photo. Before you could order a Chianti, she'd told some of her Italy-besotted friends, and the charming Maxine commissioned me to create an illustration to represent the friendship and shared love of Italy within their group {known amongst themselves as the Sisterhood of the Travelling Scarves}. Maxine's brief to me was to draw three ladies with scarves and incorporate a gondola and the Pantheon. So you see, the gondolier was on the right track after all, though possibly shouldn't have deserted his post for the sake of a quick gelato nearby {something I'm tempted to do myself}.
Since then, I've met several of the Sisterhood through emails, including one hilarious lady who happens to live in North Queensland, not far {by a country folks' compass} from where my father was born. Get outta here! I thoroughly enjoyed the process, and what a delightful bunch they are! I'll bet none of them would mind steering the gondola around the fountain in the absence of their errant gondolier ~ not one little bit. And on that note...
Happy Venerdi in Venice {and Rome} to you!