Author Archives: Stephan Giannini

Sketching on the Camino de Santiago 2024

Above: Oil painting in Muxia, Spain Apologies! This post is an incomplete article that was accidentally posted before it was finished. I’ll send another reminder when the complete article is published in the next couple of months I did it again! After my first Camino Frances in 2022, which I ended up doing on aContinueContinue reading “Sketching on the Camino de Santiago 2024”

Easter Week Sketching in Salamanca and Valladolid, Spain

Above: The Cathedral and old Roman bridge in Salamanca, 9 x 10″ or 22 x 25 cm., oil. You may recall from my last post, that I was in Segovia, Spain and I began hiking the Camino Madrid. This overlapped with Easter week in 2024. On the left the drawing from Valloladolid and on theContinueContinue reading “Easter Week Sketching in Salamanca and Valladolid, Spain”

Exploring and Sketching Segovia, Spain and the Camino Madrid

After my visit to Valencia in Spring of 2024, I headed to Segovia in central Spain. The Cathedral of Segovia, 9 x 10″ or 22 x 25 cm, oil. The primary reason for the 2024 trip to Spain was to walk the Camino Frances route of the Camino de Santiago. The purple line in theContinueContinue reading “Exploring and Sketching Segovia, Spain and the Camino Madrid”

Three Great Traditional Art Museums in Valencia, Spain

Above: Painting by Joaquim Sorolla During my visit to Valencia, Spain in the spring of 2024, along with enjoying the Fallas celebration, I visited three wonderful art museums. All are within a short walk of each other in the historic center. The Museo de Bellas Artes de Valencia. Joaquim Sorolla. The Museo de Bellas ArtesContinueContinue reading “Three Great Traditional Art Museums in Valencia, Spain”

Visiting and Sketching in Valencia, Spain

After visiting Andalusia in southwest Spain, I went to the city of Valencia on Spain’s East Coast. I did some sketching, but the big excitement was that my visit coincided with Las Fallas’s week. This is an annual spring spectacle featuring intricately carved sculptures, fireworks displays, and traditional music and dance. Carved foam Fallas decorationsContinueContinue reading “Visiting and Sketching in Valencia, Spain”

Spanish Landscape/Plein Air Painting Early 2024

For the third consecutive year I am spending time sketching in Spain in late winter and into Spring. This trip I started in Madrid and this post is about Granada, Malaga, and Almeria, all cities in Andalusia in the south. The Alhambra in Granada Spain. Various ink pens and Pitt markers in a 5 xContinueContinue reading “Spanish Landscape/Plein Air Painting Early 2024”