old abandoned building in alto mijares, spain with artist Renee Walden

old abandoned building in alto mijares, spain

25 May 2023

Abandoned stone building above an old aqueduct.

An old, abandoned, stone building in a beautiful peaceful place - you know I'm hardly likely to just walk past that without wanting to sketch it!

This one is built alongside an old aqueduct (sadly no longer with water) and there's a little bridge of the canal. There's a little intro video of this scene in the post after this one, to give a little background of the place.

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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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