Katy, Joey and I have been talking a lot about places we've been, things we've seen, and things we've tried, but we haven't discussed anything about why we came to Italy in the first place: our studies!
The school here is a lot different than our little art department. There's a lot more students here (around 150!), and of course it's in a city. I honestly miss our department terribly. Our sense of family, the way we interact, critique and encourage one another, and of course how much fun we have together, I just don't think you can find that anywhere else! I find the environment here rather hard to work in. But, nevertheless, I have been working!
I love my Batik class. We paint on silk, and we also dip silk scarves into different dye baths. I am really on a roll with it right now; I can't get enough of it! Up above you can see a detail from a scarf I just finished, with Pinocchio dancing!
I've also been painting, of course. I'm not as much into painting right now as I would like to be. Batik, writing and photography have been taking over my creative mind. I have done some paintings based off of Paris architecture (the first painting), and some small paintings based off of quiet moments in my life (second painting). I am also in the middle of two paintings based off of Pere-Lachaise (you can see one of them, the last). My trip to France gave me a lot of inspiration, if you couldn't tell.
So thats just a bit of what I've been doing. Katy and Joey have been busy as well. I don't want you guys thinking we've completely forgotten about our studies!
all my love,
Emily
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