Playa de las Canteras, Gran Canaria

Landscape Watercolour of Gran Canaria, 15" x 11" on Saunders Waterford Rough Paper 140 lbs

Playa de las Canteras - a lovely curved stretch of golden sands along the bay at Las Palmas, with at the eastern end, pretty striped huts looking very nautical and views over to La Isleta to the north.  Typical days here are characterised by bright sun and strong winds.  Even though there's a break water off the beach by 100 metres or so, the waves can be pretty fierce.

Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 2

Landscape Watercolour of Las Palmas Gran Canaria, 15" x 11" on Bockingford Rough 140 lbs

Las Palmas, 'capital' of Gran Canaria, enjoys a great climate - sub tropical, not too hot, not too cold, and just enough rainfall to stop it turning into a desert.  Some days in the winter can be quite cloudy, yet still so bright.  Wandering through the quite modern city, with it's tall apartment blocks, you get glimpses inland toward the central mountain range.

Courtyard of the Museo Nestor, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria

Watercolour 15" x 11" on Bockingford paper 140lbs

The court yard of the Museo Nestor in Las Palmas Gran Canaria, just beyond the Hotel Santa Catalina. A welcoming enclosed space with places to sit, and while I was there a local folk festival was in full swing with a choir and band performing traditional songs and dances. A nice little stop before walking over to the old city.

Arcade of shops on Calle Doreste, Puerto Rico

Landscape Watercolour of Gran Canaria, 15" x 11"

Calle Doreste in Puerto Rico.  Puerto Rico is a popular resort in SW Gran Canaria, and my subject was this curved arcade of tourist shops just on the side of the harbour there.  It was a good practice of negative painting round the roof tops of the vehicles and the figures.  Sometimes within these white spaces left behind, I later rub out any offending pencil marks, but I think I forgot this one.