On Saturday, the group spent the day working on a design charrete, wandering the city for reference pictures and inspiration, and then working back at the hotel on the presentation pages. Today, our last full day in Siena, we - Becky and I - spent the day running around Siena documenting the 8 city gates for an extra project / contest assignec by Todd, and then did sketches and final drawings for the contest. The group met for pizza and contest exhibitions earl...

Today, our first day in Siena was jam-packed. We started out with a walk through the city to the main square, the Piazza del Campo. From there we split up to do drawings for a couple hours. The group then met back up on the hill to look at the exterior of Santa Maria della Scalla, one of the first institutionalized hospitals in Europe. We then toured Siena's cathedral, the Duomo. Originally intended to be the largest cathedral in existance, construction wa...