hola espana y hola verano!

19 July 2021

It's a topsy turvy world right now and for lots of folk it seems crazy that we'd want to travel halfway across the world. But, wow! It's so good to be back in Spain, enjoying the start of summer, catching up with dear friends, exploring the hills and diving into sketching my absolute favourite subjects. Couldn't be happier :-)

Here are some of my sketches from the last few weeks...

Ermita de la Espelunga, Pena Montenesa, Pyrenees

Chicory - growing everywhere at the moment. Such a tough little flower.

Wild alpine irises and a little alpine hut, Pyrenees, Spain

Serveto, sketcher's paradise, Pyrenees, Spain

Little alpine farm shed, Pyrenees, Spain

Small scabious with five-spot burnet (a day time moth)

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Hasta luego!

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One of my all-time favourite paintings of a stormy day in a ruined Roman town in Spain.

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