Drawing Albania: a celebration
Rugged mountains extensive vast plains welcoming coasts, fertile river valleys. A fascinating country and cultural influence on the rest of Europe! Across our time in Albania our constant companions were the Drino river, the country’s longest and the Vjosë, one of the last intact large river systems in Europe.
From Byliss down to the Vjosë, River Gouache on Paper 30 x41 cm
The first in a series of Albanian paintings. Gouache on Paper. 30 x 40 cm. Celebrating the country’s rugged mountains, vast plains and fertile river valleys. Rivers begin in the east of Albania and loop towards the west into the Adriatic.
During eight days in Albania our constant companions were the Drin river the country’s longest and the Vjosë, one of the last intact large rivers in Europe.
Live demo of me creating this painting here https://youtu.be/ro9KeXZxtZE
Second Painting: Across to Corfu from Albania Gouache on Paper 30 x41 cm. We had stopped on the way to Butrint, just outside the kiss-me-quick town seaside town Sarandë gazed across to Corfu. A chalk white track cut through trees and sage bush and deep orange soil.
See this being painted here https://youtu.be/AH2bG_95770
Add to this the country’s quite remarkable history…The rule of Greece and Rome, then a Byzantine playground and they stepped aside for the Ottoman turks: Fast Fwd to a post WW2 Communist rule (42 years). Independence at last from 1992. A fascinating country and cultural influence on the rest of Europe!
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