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Spring Drive Up!

Everyday number 18. Driving out of Madrid, up into the mountains, into the deep blue sky, the sun, the spring, the bright-green-flowering trees…

Posted byBenMarch 23, 2021Posted inArtTags:drawing, everyday

Tree in a Plaza in Chinchón

Everyday number 14. Pen and ink (brush pen), no iPad. Nice to be non-digital. We had a truly glorious day in Chinchón, a small town south of Madrid, today. Bright blue skies, lunch on a balcony on the Plaza Mayor, local wine, local life. Of all the day trips from Madrid this is one of theContinue reading “Tree in a Plaza in Chinchón”

Posted byBenMarch 17, 2021March 17, 2021Posted inArtTags:brushpen, drawing, everyday

Mountains

I’m missing the mountains. Which means it will be that much more wonderful when I get to walk in them again. Meanwhile, patience! Draw them. Close my eyes at night and walk down paths like this in my mind. We spend our summers out of Madrid, up in these great Pyrenean mountains and my wifeContinue reading “Mountains”

Posted byBenFebruary 22, 2021February 22, 2021Posted inArtTags:drawing, mountains, walking

The View from the Window

There is a beautiful house over the road from us. Huge plant behind the window in their front room. I’ve been meaning to draw it or paint it for weeks. Their window from our window. The tree in front. The leafless creepers on the wall. And that plant – it glows such a rich greenContinue reading “The View from the Window”

Posted byBenJanuary 27, 2021Posted inArtTags:decisions, drawing, iPad art

A Kind of Paradise

We resisted buying an iPad until about a month ago – I needed to see how our website Notes in Spanish looked on one after a big redesign. And we have listeners who download our Spanish products onto iPads, and it was a bit embarrassing to admit that as a podcasting multimedia company we couldn’tContinue reading “A Kind of Paradise”

Posted byBenJanuary 18, 2021Posted inArtTags:drawing, iPad art2 Comments on A Kind of Paradise

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