It’s been a lovely time painting and relaxing in Umbria and Tuscany Italy.  I brought my watercolor journal and a few painting supplies. Relaxing with a glass of wine on a sunny, warm Terrace, I was able to paint this beautiful scene at our little villa just outside the walled city of Cortona, Italy.  My journals have become my diaries. I call them visual diaries.  Painting is my specialty and not really writing.  I would rather paint, draw, and experiment with mixed media.  Therefore, art journals are not so much about making art but recording my life in a colorful way.