DaVinci’s Drawings on Tour in the U.S.

On Friday, the exhibition Leonardo da Vinci: Drawings from the Biblioteca Reale in Turin, opened at the Birmingham Museum of Art and will continue through November 9. The show explores da Vinci’s most celebrated notebooks, the 18-page Codex on the Flight of Birds, and 11 important drawings. This is the first time the items are being shown outside of Italy. …

Tuscan Landscape Painting in Bagno Vignoni

I took a stroll in Bagno Vignoni today. Holy cow, can I even explain how breathtaking the views are here? I was just mesmerized and every view minutes the light would seem to change and I’d take another photo and it would come out just a bit differently. No wonder I ran into a group from Charlotte, NC taking painting …

Traveling Palette Art Workshops: D’Ambruoso Studios

Tuscany! Amalfi Coast! Sicily! Traveling Palette Art Workshops is celebrating 11 years of providing exceptional outdoor painting programs set in world-class venues. Each workshop is dedicated to instruction in drawing and painting techniques given by Sam D’Ambruoso, including demos, exercises and constructive critiques. Non-painting guests share in the fun, too, traveling to each site. Every village is unique in offering …

Take an Enthralling Video Tour of Tuscany’s Art Treasures

Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of artistic treasures in Tuscany? Want to prepare for your trip by learning more about the artists (Michelangelo, Giotto, etc.) who created these treasures and the Tuscan towns, big and small, where these pieces exist? I’ve never seen a more comprehensive and user-friendly video presentation about the art of Tuscany than Treasures of Sacred Art: …