Another painting from the 1998 Spain trip, this one shows a part of a famous square, which I believe was called Plaza De Espana. I do remember that as I did this painting a large group of school kids gathered around and watched every brushstroke. It was pretty fun, and at least children are short and therefor dido not block the view. Often adults stand and watch (or film you, in Spain), and block the sunlight and your scene. But otherwise I really do enjoy having on-lookers when I paint.
I'll talk a bit about painting windows, because they can be very difficult at times for the landscape painter. My advice with painting windows is to not bother with too much detail. Often, there are slats in the window painted white, which make it a very difficult thing with watercolour (because you would have to paint around all the slats and it would take forever). Instead, a better idea is to start by laying down the colour of the glass, filling in the entire area of the window, and then put the slats on top with a darker colour. Nobody will ever notice that you changed the colour of the slats from white to brown or whatever, and you end up saving a lot of time on something that nobody really notices anyways.
Palacio Arzobispal Sevilla Spain, watercolour 5x7" cold press, 1998 (No. 0936)
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