Benidorm, Spain

Published on February 10, 2019May 7, 2024 by joannaalmasude

For anyone interested in finding a reasonably priced Spanish beach vacation spot, check out Benidorm. Coming from the United States, I had never heard of it. It sits between Valencia and Alicante on the eastern coast of Spain. We are here in February 2019 for around a month. The weather is pretty nice (50s at […]

Quick Sketch of the Lagrasse Abbey

Published on January 23, 2019December 23, 2024 by joannaalmasude

Today I did a quick sketch of the Lagrasse Abbey. It’s wintertime and very cold. The colors are very muted – but I thought the dried tall grass (a nice yellow ocher) was the most interesting part of the image. I do have a hard time staying interested in images that lack people or animals, […]

Lagrasse, France

Published on January 21, 2019December 23, 2024 by joannaalmasude

The above watercolor painting is available in print from the following URL: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lagrasse-village-2019-joanna-pettit-almasude.html A hidden treasure; a remote village in the south of France. We found this beautiful ancient village of Lagrasse through our friend Poppie! We are visiting here in January of 2019. It is difficult to capture this amazing stone village in photography. […]