Day 2, Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Pictures from the Goat Field

We rise ever so early (around 6:30am) to capture the wonderful sunrise light of Val d'Orcia. This morning Laura led us to the goat field which is across the road from La Palazzina. The view of the hills, Celle sul Rigo, San Casciano dei Bagni and La Palazzina were fairly purply picturesque in the morning light. But, we were to be challenged with an olive tree or two in the midst of the muddy goat field. Why is it the goat field? Silvano's neighbor has both herds of sheep and goat who pasture in a rotating fashion in the nearby fields. On Monday, we were going to paint from this field, but the goats beat us to it. So we waited until today and weren't forced to make a run for it.
Laura and Nancy painted the view of La Palazzina; Christy painted an olive tree, and I, a complete non-painter, took a stab at sketching and then painting another olive tree. Here are time-lapsed photos of our progress!