Plein-Air Painting

After spending four days in Florence and seeing famous Renaissance paintings, we observed how the mystic blues, radiant golden light, and sculpted land formations found in the Italian countryside had influenced these artists. The landscapes found in the Umbria and Tuscan regions have been painted in the BACKGROUNDS of many of these paintings. Check out the paintings by Botticelli, Leonardo, Filippo Lippi, and Raphael to observe how they painted the Italian landscape. Many of these landscapes appear mystical, but the mountains really do look blue and the landscapes really look like someone sculpted the hills. Here are some of our paintings from the first day. We will continue to show our paintings from each days plein-air experience.