Saturday 17 September 2011

North Spain August/September

Finally we visited the North of Spain, after many years thinking about it - we decided to draw a triangle - from Segovia to Coruna and Santiago - Galicia has plenty of windmills and some lovely lonely beaches , then Asturias (Aviles, Gijon, Picos de Europa - where we did a 15km walk), Santillana del Mar in Cantabria - visited the reproduction of Altamira caves - and then Bilbao (the Guggenheim has transformed it) and La Rioja - with a very interesting little church in La Guardia - painted stone portico (as Santiago would have been) but in good condition as it is protected from rain and wind. Santo Domingo de La Calzada - a non stop stream of pilgrims to Santiago - and Burgos with a very modern Evolution Museum that exhibits rest of the local Homo Antecesor species a mere 1million years old.And back to Segovia.
I am a little glad to resume the routine and not sleep in a different town each day. Despite the rain and autumn feeling spreading over Newbury.
Below some sketches done along the way:
Galicia - Windmills




Beaches in Galicia.

Gijon - San Pedro and Palacio Revillajijedo


Cangas de Onis and Picos de Europa
Santillana del Mar
Bilbao - Guggenheim - inside (pencil) - it is a very complex building and difficult to sketch - people give and idea of scale - especially liked the Richard Serra sculptures which are simple and playful and explore spacial relationships.
outside - two watercolours - interesting to capture the light that changes the building (reflections and shades) all the time.




La Guardia and Santo Domingo de la Calzada



2 comments:

  1. Nice job, Isa. Now try to sketch all those empty (I guess) Rioja bottles, ;-)

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  2. Menudo tour que te has hecho por el norte peninsular,incluyendo el trabajito que te has pegado en Segovia.
    Tienes acuarelas muy frescas y me gusta especialmente un dibujo muy esencial de la montaña con la gente y algunos coches abajo a lo lejos.

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