Category Archives: Landscapes

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”

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”

A Sketching Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage

I had been plotting and dreaming for years. So in the spring of 2022, I grabbed my sketchbook and embarked on the Camino Francés, the primary route of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage in northern Spain. Saint Jean de Pied de Port, France. The most common starting point for the Camino France route of theContinueContinue reading “A Sketching Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage”

Plein Air Painting at Trajan’s Column

Above: Trajan column 8 x 8″ or 20 x 20 cm., oil. I did this landscape painting in Rome, Italy on a day painting with a few of my Roman plein air friends. It’s near the busiest tourist area, and luckily several good spots for inexpensive espresso and pizza were nearby. Trajan’s Column (Italian: ColonnaContinueContinue reading “Plein Air Painting at Trajan’s Column”

Chiostro di Michelangelo, Terme di Diocleziane (The Cloister of Michaelangelo, Baths of Diocletian), Roma, 10 x 8 in, Oil

Another landscape sketching event with the “Sketchcrawl Roma” group that I went on was at the wonderful Chiostro di Michelangelo. This is a group of Roman artists that meets monthly to sketch somewhere in the Eternal City. And as they often had, they arranged free admission! A couple of us stayed the whole day andContinueContinue reading “Chiostro di Michelangelo, Terme di Diocleziane (The Cloister of Michaelangelo, Baths of Diocletian), Roma, 10 x 8 in, Oil”