I had a chance to visit Sorolla's home while in Madrid a number of years ago. We were on a busy tour schedule, and had an arduous 24+ hours of flight/wait/flight/run/flight to arrive in Madrid, as tour companies sometimes do. The next day we were supposed to visit the Prada, but I knew time in Madrid was short, so arranged to grab a taxi up there with my daughter, then 11 years old. Walking across the threshold took my breath away. It was as if Sorolla just stood up and walked away from his studio. His home is now a museum, with paintings hanging throughout the rooms. It was wonderful. I love the blue and white jars in which he kept his paint brushes. I'm not sure what they contained originally.
I hope I get the chance to visit again. This is my thirty-seventh daily drawing. As always, thank you for looking.
A number of years ago, I was fortunate enough to get to Sorolla's home in Madrid. I took my then 5th grade daughter on a school trip to Spain. We began the trip in Madrid, where we opted out of an afternoon at the Prado for a taxi ride to Sorolla's breathtaking home and studio. I'm so glad we went. Sumptuous color, brushwork, design... and in his studio, a cubby hole of a bed, right in the middle of the studio. February's theme for my painting group was "palette". I started thinking about paint and harmonies and color, and other meanings of the word "Palette". "Pallet" is a homonym, meaning a type of bed. When I thought of the other pallet, I remembered the bed in Sorolla's beautiful studio, and thought of the pallet within the palette, so to speak. So, here's a line drawing of Sorolla's studio, with added color.
Thanks for looking.
