{"id":426,"date":"2014-06-09T17:12:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T17:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/?p=426"},"modified":"2015-03-09T02:49:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T02:49:03","slug":"florence-from-the-oltrarno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aultcommunications.com\/rambles\/?p=426","title":{"rendered":"Florence from the Oltrarno"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Maureen’s sketch of the day, from a private watercolor lesson she took this morning with J.Isabelle Corni\u00e8re<\/a>, an art instructor living and working here in Florence. It was painted en plein air<\/em> (that’s fancy-artist-talk for “outdoors”) in the Bardini Gardens across the Arno River from the major sights.<\/p>\n

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A cool spot to make art.<\/p><\/div>The “plein air” here has been blazingly hot ever since we arrived, and today was no exception with the temperature approaching 100\u00b0 F (or the decidedly less oppressive-sounding 37\u00b0 C if you’re feeling European). But Isabelle and Maureen found a shady spot from which to spend three hours painting, while Mike sought sanctuary from the heat in the leafy groves and rocky grottoes of the Bardini and nearby Boboli gardens.<\/p>\n

Now we’re back in the air-conditioned hotel room, waiting for the setting sun (or our growing hunger) to motivate a return back into the furnace of the Florentine evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maureen’s sketch of the day, from a private watercolor lesson she took this morning with J.Isabelle Corni\u00e8re, an art instructor living and working here in Florence. It was painted en plein air (that’s fancy-artist-talk for “outdoors”) in the Bardini Gardens across the Arno River from the major sights. The “plein air” here has been blazingly …<\/p>\n

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