A Day Trip to Tossa de Mar
Category Archives: Landscape
Plaza de los Pintores
At Plaza de los Pintores, also known as Plaza Conde de Barajas, you can see original handmade paintings by local artists. It’s a fun activity on a Sunday morning. One of my favorite themes to paint is Paisaje de la Luz.
I added a little video clip of the Plaza de los Pintores in the photo above so you can check it out.
Have a lovely Sunday.
Victoria
La Fuente de Neptuno Paisaje de la Luz (Neptune Fountain Landscape of Light) Madrid, Spain.
I painted this watercolor of Neptune Fountain on-site, in Madrid, in the hot summer heat of August. Here is a picture of the outcome.
The day before starting this watercolor, I looked for a shady place with a view of Neptune Fountain. For me, making a painting requires standing or sitting in the same place for many hours. I need to be careful with the heat. If you have been to Madrid in the summer, you know exactly what I mean.
Looking around for the perfect spot, I found it next to the bus shelter. There was just enough shade for one person and that person was me. I had a view of Neptune Fountain with lots of trees in the background. The yellow flowers circling the pond add to the summery scene, all sunny and upbeat.
I wanted to finish the watercolor in the same day, but the light started to change so I left and came back the following day. Neptune Fountain was granted World Heritage status by UNESCO (The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) on July 25th, 2021. This world heritage collection is called Paisaje de la Luz (Landscape of Light). Painting Neptune Fountain was an awesome experience.
Thank you for reading my little story,
Victoria
Arco de los Cuchilleros
This watercolor depicts Arco de Cuchilleros. This very tall arch is a Madrilenian icon. Before I painted this interesting facade, I painted the same arch from the Plaza Mayor.
This is a view of the Arch from Plaza Mayor
This is how the painting turned out.
When I finished these two paintings, I showed them at the Plaza de los Pintores.
My Art Stand is located in the heart of Madrid.
This really nice guy, S, came by and chose Arco de Cuchilleros to add to his travel collection.
I was so happy to get a photo of the framed watercolor showing off in its new home with S. It looks so nice in a frame. 🙂
Thank you for supporting the Arts!
Victoria
Autumn Plein Air Painting in Madrid
The leaves on the trees are a light luminous green color in autumn. This light reaches out to infinity on the horizon. It’s pretty cold, but a coat, gloves, and hat will do the trick to be almost warm.
I like the benches on this path. You can’t see them because my body is blocking them, but that’s alright because you can see them in the watercolor below.
I have to laugh because I remember telling myself to paint the benches off to the side, not in the middle. I guess the benches wanted to be in the middle of the paper regardless.
I think the element of surprise is what I like about art making.
Thank you for reading my little story,
Victoria
XVIII Certamen Nacional de Pintura Rápida de El Capricho en Otoño 2022
Capricho park in Madrid is a gorgeous historic park. I signed up for this fast-painting competition because I like to paint in the parks here in Madrid and this one is fabulous.
I set up in front of a fountain. Painting fountains are my favorite subject matter in the park. I like to hear the water trickling and try to capture the look of it as it falls. The water sparkles and glitters as it falls and this is what I like. Here is a picture of the fountain. It’s a simple, yet beautiful fountain.
The photograph doesn’t even come close to the stunning variety of green colors.
The painting competition was from 9 to 2. Usually, I can never finish a painting in such a short time. I tried really hard to finish this time or a least to make it look finished. Below is a photo of my painting.
I turned in the painting on time and although I didn’t win any prizes, I am happy to say that my painting was selected for the exhibition.
I was number 40.
Here it is hanging on the wall at Cultural Center Gloria Fuertes in Madrid. It will be hanging there until the 25th of November 2022.
Here is a little clip so you can see the ambiance of the Capricho Park Fast Painting Competition.
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Thank you for Supporting the Arts Danielle
-El Estanque del Parque del Retiro – Paisaje de Luz
TravesÃa del Nuncio March 2021
Painting outdoors is a lot of fun. I get up early and go to the spot I want to paint.
This is medieval Madrid and it is a very popular spot.
This is an iconic place in Madrid that you don’t want to miss when you are here.
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Painting the Crystal Palace of Madrid, Plein Air -Landscape of Light – World Heritage Autumn 2021
I started the pencil drawing on the 18th of September 2021.
I returned the next day on the 19th of September and added a little color in the sky.
I returned again September 26th. It had been raining in between sessions and the landscape became more beautiful.
September 28th
October 7th
I finished on October 14th. Here is my presentation of the painting. I have already put it in my virtual Art Gallery.
It was a lot of fun painting the Crystal Palace. I met a lot of nice people.
The Crystal Palace was granted World Heritage on the 25th of July 2021.
Thank you for reading my little story,
Victoria
My Painting Adventure 2020-2021 in Madrid, Spain
As I said before, I was stopped in my tracks in March 2020, unable to finish this painting of Plaza Conde de Barajas. I decided to leave it unfinished.
I started painting again in August of 2020 and continued all through 2021.
I’d like to thank everybody for taking these pictures and sending them to me.
As you can see in the photos, there were not a lot of people out and about. It was weird to see Madrid so empty.
I returned to Plaza Conde de Barajas to make a watercolor in the spring of 2021.
Victoria Olson Art - Watercolor, Egg Tempera & Oil 