an abandoned railway station in sardinia with artist Renee Walden

an abandoned railway station in sardinia

12 January 2023

Statzione di Villagrande Strisaili - pen & watercolour

High in the hills of Sardinia we came across this abandoned railway station. It's pink! My favourite colour :-)

All sorts of interesting parts to this sketch - one and two point perspective, winter trees, a tiny person and, of course, an old building.

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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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