Roman Aqueduct
Three years ago, about this time of year, we spent a three-week vacation in Provence, France. The region is surnamed “The Roman Province” for a reason. It is rich in monuments and ruins built in antiquity by the Romans. This week, I wanted to paint on half-sheet paper for the first time and experiment with […]
Sunny afternoon in Toledo Spain
It was almost 5 PM in Spain when we arrived in Toledo with the local day tour guide. As we walked the streets of the old city, we came into this exquisite Plazza called ‘de Ayuntamiento‘ The building faces the large Cathedral in Toledo. One visiting the old town cannot miss it. It was designed […]
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 […]