For those brave enough to venture out at sunrise, you can find Piazza San Marco without people and cafe chairs.

The columns in Piazza San Marco are my favorite feature. I love the griffin symbol on the top of the left "swizzlestick".

If you visit Venice in November or December you will get the floods of high tide that frequently turn Piazza San Marco into a lake. Visitors walk on tabletops to get around the square. It provided a nice reflection for my watercolor, "Floating Palace".

One of the heavily detailed buildings that makes Piazza San Marco so incredible is the Basillica. It's a daunting task to paint but many of my students tackled it with great success.

The glass factories on the island of Murano are fun, but a tourist trap. I've practiced blowing glass with some of the best here, but for most visitors it is a show and then straight to the showroom. It feels a bit like a timeshare sales pitch. With the inflated Euro, the treasures here are…

Chilly in Venice this morning, but the light is hauntingly beautiful. My workshop artists have gone in two groups this morning; one to tour the Doges Palace and another to Murano. We'll meet up this afternoon in Piazza San Marco for sunset painting in one of the world's most interesting outdoor studios!

No matter how many times I come to Venice, it still grabs my attention. The charm doesn't change. We arrived this afternoon with only enough daylight remaining to walk to piazza San Marco. It was overcast today and no dramatic sunset. Tomorrow we'll go out to Murano and visit a friend who owns a glass…

Gelato is far too good to call ice cream. I have no idea what the difference is, and I probably don't want to! My guess is that it means lots of extra walking! Fortunately we are getting plenty of walking in between gelato shops. With presentation like this, who could resist? Yum!

Great morning for painting on the bridge! Chilly though! Still must have gggggelato! Bbbbrrrrr!

This is my painting of the light in Florence. Not a bad view, but a marathon of painting to complete!