I’ve been thinking of working on a larger painting for a while and found a photo of this market in Venice. I’m travelling there for the first time soon and felt this was a good opportunity to look at the colours and architecture of the city.

I’m happy with the basic drawing and some of the colour work but its not the painting I set out to paint. I wanted to try out a much looser style but I always fall back to the safer, more detailed, route. I think the looser style will come eventually but only after lots of practice.

Rialto Market, Venice