Portraits

Hipster girl – Carrer Grunyi

Another Friday has rocked up, and after a busy week, I am ready to bring on the weekend! Guess you are too? What are your plans? I am starting off with a sketching session this evening at 7 pm (at Caravelle, in case you’d like to join in), during which I will be doing my best to create portraits of my fellow sketchers…

Character study – Carrer Honduras

I’ll probably start off with something like this (above) and hopefully progress to something a little more defined.

Triplets – Carrer Honduras

Not sure I’ll manage anything good, such as these handsome fellas, on the walls of a former factory near Clot, which now functions as a cultural centre, but I will try my best.

The brother – Carrer Honduras

The older guy – Carrer Astùries

I certainly don’t expect to produce anything as picture perfect as this older guy, tucked behind a window grille in Gràcia, but wouldn’t mind being able to create a minimalist portrait as funky as the one below. As long as it was a good likeness. Who knows? I just hope I will be inspired!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

Minimalist – Rambla de Guipuscoa

Love story – graffiti style

C215 loves Alice – Carrer Tamarit

I can’t help it, I’m a hopeless romantic. Moved by stories of the “happily-ever-after”, empathetically gutted by those of heart break. Imagine my delight at finding evidence of a love story – graffiti style on the corner of Career Tamarit with Carrer Comte d’Urgell! Graphic declarations of admiration and love by C215 and Alice for one another different sides of the same traffic light control box. Aaaah, how sweet!

Alice loves C215 – Carrer Tamarit

Street art – RICE

Gagged – Carrer Joaquin Costa

There’s a new ‘kid’ in town. Or at least I think so, for I hadn’t seen any of his/her work before on the streets of Barcelona. All I know is that the artist is from Istres in France, and that I like it! So, without further ado: street art – RICE. Enjoy!

Popsicle – Carrer Joaquin Costa

Whitney – Carrer Petritxol

Little girl – Carrer Hospital

Bowie girl – Carrer Petritxol

It’s a sign!

Carrer Peu de la Creu

Happy Tuesday! In recent months a new form of  street art has appeared on Barcelona’s streets. They are humorous vignettes, carefully applied to road signs on various corners around town. It’s a sign!

Carrer Riera Alta

From now on, while walking around Barcelona’s beautiful streets, don’t just look at the gorgeous details on buildings, but check out the road signs around town and see if you can spot any of these vignettes…

Plaça Vila de Gràcia

I’m on the hunt for more of these fun examples of street art and will share them with you when I have gathered some more. Feel free to help me with this, so let me know if you find any around Barcelona, ok? Have a wonderfully humorous week!

Carrer Antic de Sant Joan

Shimmering our way into the weekend

Avinguda Diagonal

It’s the weekend, and after a couple of days of cooler temperatures and lots of rain, the sun is out, so it is time to shimmer our way into the weekend.

Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes

Just look around you, and you’ll find buildings and structures doing just that around Barcelona. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

Port Olìmpic

Art on every step

At the exit of the Passeig de Gràcia metro station on Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes you can find art on every step at the moment. Be sure to have a look, for I’m not sure how long it will be there for…

Simply red

Barceloneta

Estaciò de França

Estaciò de França

Carrer Grunyì

Carrer Roc Boronat

Carrer Sadurnì

Port Vell

Here come the “indians”!

Plaça Àngels

It appears Barcelona has become the scenery for some cowboys and “indians” action, or at least…

Carrer Joaquin Costa

… thanks to local graffiti artists Francisco de Pàjaro, here come the “indians”! ;)

Carrer Ramelleres

Squares + circles

Plaça del Mar

Happy Monday! Every week is  like a new game on a board, where Mondays are square one, and we hop from one space on the board to the next, squares + circles, until we arrive at Sunday… This thought came to me while I spotted these decorative elements on several of Barcelona’s buildings, so I thought I’d share them with you today.

Plaça del Mar

Can you imagine playing hop-scotch on the walls of this building in the Born? Or moving checker pieces on the doors of the Santa Maria del mar?

Santa Maria del Mar

Plaça Sant Miquel

The squares + circles on the City Hall building on Plaça de Sant Miquel would make for a wonderful playground to hop from one square to the next, or throw balls into the circles, don’t you think? How about we make this week into a game? It sounds more fun that way, doesn’t it? In any case, and whether you are game or not, have a wonderful week, everyone!

Plaça Sant Miquel

Recipe for a good weekend

Sunshine – Port Vell

Going for a ride – Carrer Avinyò

Casual wear – Passeig de l’Exposiciò

Good food – Carrer Joaquin Costa

Checking out local beauties – Carrer Gran de Gràcia