Palacio de Velázquez – A Composition and Value Study
The inspiration Yet another landmark that was on my list to do during our recent trip to Madrid. This exhibition place was erected in Buen Retiro Park in central Madrid to showcase Spain’s industrial achievements in 1883. Its original designer and architect, Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, envisioned it as a neoclassical building on an iron frame, […]
Roman Aqueduct in Segovia
This ancient building was constructed at the order of the Roman Emperor Domitian (81AD – 96AD) and completed in 98 AD. Its purpose was to supply water to the old Segovia, which was regarded as strategically important for controlling the central part of the peninsula. This Roman Aqueduct is one of the few still standing. […]
Fuente de las Conchas in Madrid
Quarter sheet painting at Fuente de las Conchas Another landscape I preselected to see and experience during my trip to Madrid this June was the Campo del Moro, a park from the base of the Royal Palace to the west. I imagined how the alleys were walked by the Spanish Royalty many times in the […]
At Cascais in Portugal
The South-western tip of Europe Relate to: Color study, and Painting Portugal is a lovely country to visit as a tourist, especially in the Summer. A few years ago, I spent a beautiful holiday in Portugal and took many pictures of interesting sights. Searching for one to inspire my future work in watercolour and maybe […]
Tuscan hamlet at dawn
Tuscan hamlet at dawn In the surroundings of Monsummano Terme, walking uphill last Summer, we came across a beautiful landscape of a small hamlet backed by two large cypress trees. I love to draw. So my preliminary drawing of the landscape was rather detailed on properly scaled paper, with tonal values as I saw fit. […]