Sarah Sze's clandestine work in the Giardini Delle Vergine

and a post card after a painting of a stern nun in the Accademia

I am looking forward to seeing the artist journals in Melbourne.

Un'abraccio a tutti, Martina.

Islands of Veneto - watercolour in Burano

Drawing in the early hours in San Marco as the light rises and forms appear and shift into the movement of day

Venice at night (Janet)

Tried a different sort of scene for night drawing using the white pencil on black paper once I got home. This bridge caught my eye on the way home on the last night in Venice. It is an interesting experience drawing highlights instead of shadows and watching the scene emerge from the blackness.

Drawing in the French Pavilion (Martina)

Notes on Perspective (Martina)

A sunny Saturday in Piazza San Marco (Mandy)

Just a few more people in the piazza today!

Ciao Lovely Venice! (Jacinta)

Studies have finished and today I leave this wonderful city.

Being in Venice with my fellow students and with Martina & Honor to guide us through the beautiful maze of the City's streets and art has been amazing.

Thank you Venice, Honor & Martina.

Footprints in Stone (Michele)

Venice Lights (Michele)

All The World's Futures (Geraldine)

Below is something I wrote in my journal at the beginning of my trip to Venice – it is written in the context of the biennale title "All the world's futures".

I have an internal struggle with the idea of 'the future'. We are told that 'the present' is all there is – and yet we are also told we must sometimes use our will to fight for what we want. Clearly we must sometimes plan for assumed time ahead for ourselves and for others.

So the next questions that emerged for me were 'What if my art making matters – and even affects my future and the future of others'?
With these ponderings in mind I set forth into the Venice Biennale – so far it is mid-way and I am returning at times to these questions. I'll write again and let you know what happens.

Geraldine Richards