Victoria Olson Art – Watercolor, Egg Tempera & Oil

It was a pretty cold day 1º C. Sketching open air in the winter is still a lot of fun even though it’s cold. To stay warm, I wear a lot of layers. You can always peel off the layers if it gets to warm.

I had the pleasure of meeting S from Singapore. She draws and paint really well. She was interested in sketching some architecture. We walked around and stopped here in front of this interesting staircase.

S hadn’t sketched any buildings on site, so our goal for the day was to learn how to capture a site on paper with a not too difficult focus on perspective.

S was sitting down and I was standing up so you can see the different view points when the two sketches are next to each other.

The sitting down view point is lovely! It has a lot of strength and personality. She made a beautiful sketch and had a lot of fun doing it too. I know I had a lot of fun because there’s nothing like sketching Madrid.

Thank you for reading my little story and Merry Christmas!

Victoria Olson Art ❤