Grottammare Alta in Italy’s Marche region, captured on a calm late afternoon in early summer.

A sunlit watercolour painting of Grottammare Alta in Italy’s Marche region, captured on a calm late afternoon in early summer. The medieval hilltop village is framed by soft olive trees and flowering shrubs, with terracotta rooftops, weathered stone walls, and arched doorways glowing in the golden light. A winding cobbled lane leads past a small piazza, where pastel-coloured houses with faded shutters lean together, their balconies draped with vines and laundry. In the distance, the Adriatic Sea shimmers faintly beneath a hazy horizon. The sky is warm and pale, hinting at dusk. Warm sienna, dusty rose, muted olive, sunlit ochre, and lavender shadows evoking the quiet elegance of a forgotten Italian village untouched by time.