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”

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”