The light in Cadiz!

We’ve just finished our urban sketchers workshop in Cadiz. Such a great place in the Atlantic. It was carnival and people were out and about enjoying the streets, singing together, enjoying the fun, moving about.

Two sunsets, with that fantastic light of Cadiz, set the beginning and the end of the course, one , my first evening by the sea, in playa Caleta enjoying the colours and talking about what is to come.

The last evening, from Celia’s terrace, trying to capture the light and the towers, the torre Tavira and its neighbour merchant tower in the approaching sunset.

With them a desire to go back and paint and draw more.
What a fantastic city! Can wait to go back.

Tokyo - Japan - Feb 2017

Tokyo was a revelation, huge but ordered, quiet and clean. 

A quick four days visit, for the occasion of the marathon that my mother in law was running. I managed to catch up with Kumi of the local urban sketchers and enjoyed a day drawing the Tsukiji Hongan-ji temple where there was a Sunday ceremony inside (imagine the incense smell and soft chanting) and the view down from the Tokyu Plaza Ginza shopping mall from where the cars and people appear tiny.

Tokyo Marathon - cyclists

Tsukiji Hongan-ji Ceremony

Tsukiji Hongan-ji - Drum

Tsukiji Hongan ji - Exterior

View from Tokyu Plaza Ginza

We also managed to catch up with architecture views that I remember from my student's days, the Tokyo International Forum and some more historical temples, Senso-ji.  

The views from the top of the Tokyo Sky Tree (that appears in the Senso-ji sketch) showed the enormity of the city, no end in sight.   

Tokyo Forum

Senso-ji

Feliz 2014! Happy New Year! - MUSICA RECICLAJE

El dia 5 Enero vimos un concierto maravilloso de la orquesta de Cateura - podeis verles aqui
Sus instrumentos estan hechos de basura que sus familias recojen y trasiegan.
Los chicos y el director son estupendos y el concierto fue muy divertido.
Si teneis occasion de verles os los recomiendo.

We went to see a wonderful concert on teh 5th of January - Cateura's orchestra - you can see them here
Their instruments are made of rubbish that their families collect and deal with.
The children and the conductor/director are brilliant and the concert was very well received and amusing. If you have an occassion to see them I recommend them.

Segovia - dibujos Julio 2013

Después de BCN estuve unos días en SG (Segovia) practicando técnicas, mezclándolas y generalmente poniendo nerviosas a mis acompañantes sobre todo cuando las dibujaba :)
Aquí van algunos de los dibujos en el cuaderno mas ligero y pequeño. Mas adelante pondré las acuarelas (mas grandes) que ahora puedo escanear también.

After BCN I went to Segovia (SG) for a while, and practiced techniques, mixed them a bit and also managed to annoy my companions especially when I drew them:) Here go a few of the sketches I did in the lighter, smaller book. Later, I will upload some of the watercolours (larger drawings) that I can now also scan.



Plaza Mayor - Mediodía - hora del aperitivo

Vera Cruz

Protegidas del chaparrón

Gafas sobre gafas



Catedral desde Alcázar I

Catedral desde Alcázar II





Los dos últimos dibujos los hice desde la terraza del bar nuevo del Alcázar, y "ayudada" con el spray del ventilador/humidificador para mojarme el dibujo y difuminarlo.

 

The last two drawings from the terrace of the new bar in the Alcazar  were helped by the spray of the humidifier fan to wet the drawing and blur it

Vista desde la ventana / view from the window

Estoy en Newbury (UK) mirando desde la ventana a este cementerio que he dibujado y pintado muchas veces, siempre cambiante y enigmático.
Hoy intente contrastar el primer plano con la profundidad del espacio.
I am looking from the window in Newbury, to the cemetery across that I painted various times, always changing and mysterious. Today, I wanted to contrast the first plane against the depth of the space.