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
Nice job, Isa. Now try to sketch all those empty (I guess) Rioja bottles, ;-)
ReplyDeleteMenudo tour que te has hecho por el norte peninsular,incluyendo el trabajito que te has pegado en Segovia.
ReplyDeleteTienes acuarelas muy frescas y me gusta especialmente un dibujo muy esencial de la montaña con la gente y algunos coches abajo a lo lejos.