Draw in two steps: first ink, watercolor second
He wore all weekend at home, so I decided that Sunday was to be the day to draw out, grabbed my bag with my pens, watercolors and two of my drawing books, a Moleskine and other brand Hahnemuehle , I...
View ArticleVideo drawing book Cordoba. February-September 2010
This is one of the videos I’ve once made of the sketch books I’d finished. The truth is that it’s a pity that the video had such a bad quality, the camera was not very good and the light was not...
View ArticleArchitectural sketches
It´s not the same to sketch a landscape or a city fragment and to sketch details that I need as an architect during my day to day work on site, it´s obvious. In the second case I have to think of how...
View ArticleHoly Week: drawing what is essential. Palm Sunday
During this week we celebrate Holy Week. In Cordoba many brotherhoods go out in procession through the streets of the city. It is a good opportunity to know the city, you have to walk a lot, and of...
View ArticleHoly Week: Monday. Expressing sorrow and silence
The Holy Monday of Holy Week in Cordoba is a special day of silence and sorrow expression. The truth is that my a priori choice of watercolor of black and red color to fill my pentel has been very...
View ArticleHoly Week Tuesday. Drawing in the Cathedral-Mosque
Yesterday it was a day to draw around the Mosque-Cathedral. It?s necessary to be very quick to sketch all the figures of a procession float in order to make the meaning of the scene understandable....
View ArticleHoly Wednesday. Drawing with instinct and intuition
Unfortunately it rained during final two days of Holy Week and for that reason the processions didn´t go out to the streets. So I think here´s where my drawings of this year´s Easter will end. Here...
View ArticleArticle about my sketches in El Día de Córdoba newspaper
I had a great luck that one of the newspapers in my city had been interested in my drawings on Holy Week and published it on last Sunday edition. The story emphasizes particularly the urban character...
View ArticleThe Jewish Quarter of Cordoba. The Gathering of the Perplexed
In the list of drawings that I want to make for my e-book there are still some places to visit. Yesterday I was able to tick one of it from my list, the Jewish Quarter of Cordoba, neighborhood of...
View ArticleArchitectural drawing made with ink and ink wash
On this occasion for this essentially architectural drawing of the seat of Chancellor of the University of Córdoba I have only used ink and ink wash. It´s not a drawing made in situ, this time I had...
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