Torcello Archive - Sketchtraveller

Torcello without my camera

28.09.22 28.09.22Tools and Materials, Travel, Urban Sketching

The decision was not easy for me. A self-bound sketchbook made of Moleskine paper in A5 size, watercolour pencils, paint box, brushes, fineliner and fountain pen but no camera would…

Torcello greets me every year

28.09.22 28.09.22Travel

Autumn is here. How can you tell? Because I go to Venice and Torcello. I do that every year now, but this year everything was quite different. It started with…

Who will certainly not get on my nerves next year on Torcello

11.11.21 13.11.21Travel, Urban Sketching

Autumn changes things on Torcello. There are fewer visitors, which may have something to do with the change in the timetable of the vaporetti. The last few years there was…

Torcello – The Calm Before Interesting Times

04.06.19 18.05.22Travel, Urban Sketching

Nearly a whole year I was looking forward to go back to Torcello. To be up front about it the island is dreamlike even in wind and rain probably because…

Torcello – Sacred Tranquillity

04.06.18 13.11.21Travel, Urban Sketching

Between the 9th and the 13th century the most important centre in the north Adriatic lagoon was on Torcello. It was a see with prosperous trading houses and craftsman’s business…

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