AlphabeThursday - J is for Journal

Before I left for Italy, I planned to write and paint my way through our trip.  Using my S Memo on my smartphone, I was able to write in the evening about our activities during the day.  And I brought with me the little bitty journal my mom had given me as a present.  I started to paint or draw every day, but didn't quite keep up.  Here are some of my drawings that most people haven't seen:

"We started off on American Airlines but the plane was cancelled and we flew on United instead."

I had completely forgotten about the ordeal with the airlines that we went through, until I looked back on these journal pages.  Not a very good start to a vacation!  Here's a photo of the Alps that I took with my camera, out the plane window.  I really enjoy our flight on the Italian airlines, Alitalia.

Here's a quick sketch and the actually photo of the monastery and graveyard that we saw, down in the valley from Cortona.  I was just amazed at the place, but we never went down there to visit.  We spent the whole day in Cortona - it was just great!

He's another sketch and photo, this time in Bolzano.  I thought when I took the photo you could see the whole bridge, with all the locks up and down the metal rungs.  I guess I didn't.  But it wasn't hard to forget and I was able to draw it in my journal (I added the watercolors later).

Here's a larger sketch of the bridge in Bolzano I did in my art journal.  Unfortunately, I was still away when the Letter B was scheduled.  But you can find it here, in a post I called "Why I Loved Bolzano".  Hopefully, there will be enough cities and subjects to get me through the alphabet.  

This post is linked to my teacher and host, Jenny Matlock, over at AlphabeThursday.  Join our "class" over at Jenny's blog, ... off on my tangent... and see what everyone else is up to!