Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone -- I love you all!

A rose for my mama!

Corviale

Went walking around this morning in a place called Corviale -- an interesting architectural project that tried to fit an entire city into a building -- its over a 1/4 mile long, and this thing is huge. Unfortunately, before the project had actually finished its construction, the city of Rome moved people in, so before they could put the finishing touches on it, it became a slum area. Now, the city is trying to keep the building alive, but you can tell this super structure is struggling a bit. Either way, this place is amazing, the architectural ideas and concepts are very visible and easily discernible -- If it were to ever be renovated, It would be MONUMENTAL

Check it!

Drawing -- MAXXI

Went back to the Maxxi again for our drawing class -- but as it turned out, apparently I was the only one doing any drawing --check it!

10 minute sketch -- click to enlarge

Drawings

Another drawing from our class --- 10 min sketch

1st day of drawing class

did some 30 second gesture drawings in the studio today, then later went out to Piazza Navona --check out the sketches!

Piazza Navona 5 minute sketches

Dinner at home

Me and my roommates tend to eat a big dinner together at least 4 times a week. The other night was my night to cook the main dish -- how has no one heard of cavetalli? Outrageous I say...

Suuuper chunky marinara sauce with tons of fresh cut tomatoes and onions, boiling noodles, and fresh mozzarella waiting to be cut!

This is what mozzarella is supposed to look like! sooo tasty!

Paul's homemade salsa with chips, and our favorite Italian beer

Paul whippin up salad with homemade dressing

Tasty stuff!

'Fancy' bread

Fresh cut mozz brown baked and layered ---OooOOoo soo yummy

Yes grandma, we pray before we eat!

 I never forget how lucky I am to be doing what I am, I love you all!

Baiae and Paestum!

More pics from my magnifico field trip to Southern Italy!

tree growing upside down through stone? WHAH?

Dome thermal bath

classmates chillin on the oculus

More thermal baths

View of the cost in Baiae

mama told me I needed to be in more pics -- eat your heart out :)

Action shot

gelato is always a good decision

Google Earth car spotting!

Mediterranean Sea in Paestum

leaving my mark 

Beach limbo

sweet landscape

TEMPLE!!

Sketch! -- I really like this 5 minute scribble, maybe I'll frame it

Temples!

lovely sky

Zak really enjoying himself

Sketch 2 -- this scribble is also not too shabby i suppose?

Small Amphitheater space

Paul

When volcano ash came down over the city of Pompeii 79 AD, people were buried by it and a void was left over once the body decomposed -- plaster was then poured into these voids to create these body casts -- its really neat to see the positions of these people in their last moments of life, you can really see the emotion of what was happening to them