Max is one of my best friends from the FAA and he’s back for the third term of the Florence Academy of Art. He’s quite the entertainer. Great sense of humor max has. Max arrives around the 20th of September. Soon after school starts we ride the scooter up to Monte Scenario, which is one of the most beautiful places in Tuscany, in my opinion. Its a long ride up the mountain. Its twice the elevation of Fiesole, and Florence is visible from Monte Scenario, but Monte Scenario isn’t visible from Florence. The inconvenience of going to Monte Scenario is Max can only go on Staturday, or Sunday. The days that the Italians go to mass. At least 50% of the people going to church stopped and talked to us. I know coffee shop italian, and not much more than that, Most of the Italians said that the painting was “Bellino! Bello! Bellisima! Bravo! Brava! Bellisima luce! They would also almost always ask the same questions, how much, how long did the painting take to make? Is the painting for sale? We got to spend three sessions on this painting getting these questions constantly. It was a nice feeling but also very distracting. I had a fantastic time painting here.
