The first picture was done from the bottom of the hill by the Darra River in Granada. There is an elaborate quai system with some old stone bridges and houses that creep up the hillsides. Then a steep forested stretch, before you come upon the castle walls of the famous Alhambra. This was part of that scene. This one is my standard pen and wash technique, ink and transparent watercolor.
The second one is from above and across the river at the San Nicholas view point, the most commonly painted or photographed view of the Alhambra Palace. I made sure to include a representation of the snow capped Sierra Nevada mountains in the background, though this isn't an exact representation, rather a composite of two viewpoints. The technique was intended to use more wet-in-wet technique and less defined edges, with just a bit of pen for detail. This is actually almost totally a transparent watercolor, with only a few lines added in pen.
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