Lea Nixon
Pisa Arches, watercolour, 101⁄4×141⁄4in (26×36cm)
By squinting I saw the view in simple shapes, which enabled me to attempt the painting in the midst of all the hustle and bustle. The mood was strong beneath those arches and it was a great scene - shafts of light across the pillars, dark shadows behind that beautiful Italian stone and hundreds of tourists