the sketching begins!

first day sketching today for my art & architecture class! I actually had a fun say solo exploring the city. walked down paseo de gracia which is the Barcelona equivalent of 5th Avenue. Lots of bougie stores like Miu Miu and Burberry. then I took the metro down to Plaza Catalunya and checked out the mall, which is actually a former bull fighting arena called La Arena de Barcelona. it had a lot of cool stores like a Tin Tin store that even sold the old books, and some familiar ones like Mango, Benetton, Sephora, and Claire’s. I went to the top of the dome and looked down at the plaza, I spent less than an hour sketching the two towers in the center of the Plaza from a really good view. this was pretty much the view I had and the picture I tried to sketch out to prep for my class:

note to self: bring camera when going on sketching field trips, take more pictures, and come back to the plaza to enjoy the view again! anyway, I met up with the class and sketched the German Pavillion, a modernist piece, and the Casamorena, a modernista piece. I really love this class - I get to check out more sites in the city and sketch them to really appreciate the work.