I wanted to post this photo because it has become such a part of life as students abroad. The act of sitting and sketching in a public place seems to invite people to come up to you and strike up a conversation. In this photo, some kids that had been playing in a small piazza, had become interested in one of the students sketches. They watched her while she drew the facade of a building near by, and later helped her color pieces of the sketch. Unfortunately even after being assisted by 3 kids, her sketch looked 100 times better than mine.
I have had several people come up to me as well. A couple days ago in Florence, I was at Santa Croce. I was outside sketching the Pazzi Chapel, and a man came up to me and asked if I was an architecture student. He talked to me for quite a while about what our itinerary was, and what we were doing. After several minutes, he offered me some advice. He told me to enjoy my trip and take as much in as possible. He told me I was incredible lucky to be having such a wonderful experience and to enjoy every second of it, because it had taken him 56 years to make the same trip to the Pazzi Chapel.
It's been a great experience and we've met some really interesting people, and all we were doing was sketching. It really interests people and those interactions have become some of the best experiences on our trip.
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