Today the Terni Art Academy visited La Romita. It was extremely interesting. They learn so differently. They were lead by one "teacher" who defines the method. They were focused on color theory. The student Claire and I worked with told us that watercolor could not be done on anything other than a white sheet of paper. He also had not really used watercolor before. He used the tubes like you would acrylic paint and instead of adding water paint directly onto the paper with them. We taught him a technique that we us called "pouring" which is covering the paper in a pattern/color before beginning the actual drawing/painting. When we did this he stated that they prepare their paper like Michaelangelo or Caravaggio. They are very traditional in their methods and it was interesting to understand how they worked. At first we were all a little apprehensive about these Italian art students' visit, but it ended up being very interesting and fun.