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Academy training
Where have you trained?
Some years ago a elderly gent from Australia, Hal, came to spend four months in beautiful Italy. Three of those months he spent at the Angel Art Academe. While he was at the academy copying, his choice, from one of the basic Bargue drawings, his wife was visiting the many museums of Florence. The evenings and the weekends Hal and his wife spent visiting the country side and spent many evening meals at the local traditional restaurants.
Let me share a little about Hal. He and his wife live and work in Australia. For the past thirty years or more Hal has been Australia's recognized professional landscape painter. The point of interest, at least to me, is that Hal celebrated his 76th birthday with a surprise birthday cake, Italian stile, at the Angel Academy, doing his Bargue drawing. He struggled like the rest of us, grumbled a little when the critiques came but he better understood and appreciated the rigorous training that the Bargue drawings demand. He did finish his Bargue drawing and studied with us while working from the model.
It was sad to see Hal and his wife go for he and his wife are such wonderful people. We loved his and he loved our company.
These are some of Hals from Italy paintings. Also, attached are Bargue drawings done by me while at the academy.
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