The Cantabrian Landscape

                            Friday, 9/10/21, Usil or Mogro Beach

During the fall of 2021, we spent several weeks exploring the coast of Cantabria

and the beaches of Santander.  Each cove had it's own unique character and offered many 

different views, plant life and rock formations to paint. 

The body of water is the Bay of Biscay,  where the Cantabrian Sea is located and is an arm of the 

Atlantic Ocean on the northern coast of Spain. 

The three scenes above are painted from Sardinero Beach in Santander.

 You can see  Mouro Island with it's lighthouse, the only thing on the island.

 I really like this rock formation.

I think it's a metamorphic rock called Schist.  

                            Tuesday, 9/14/21, Usgo Beach with limestone or rudist cliffs. 

                            These cliffs, and reefs, were built by mollusks called rudist clams. 

                     Monday, 10/4/21, view from the coastline below the Cabo Mayor Lighthouse

Thursday, 9/14/21, Usgo Beach

Sunday, 8/29/21, first day's impression of Sardinero from our window

I didn't have my easel with me so these are all small 4" x 8" studies.

Painting these watercolors is my way of learning about a new landscape

and becoming comfortable with my new surroundings.