This is a scene at San Diego Art Museum.
565. Sorolla with Grandpa Watercolor painting by Mariko Irie
I was really happy to watch these Grandpa and Granddaughter were enjoying looking at paintings together.
The girl is looking at the painting by JoaquÃn Sorolla y Bastida.
I have seen his paintings on books. I was not so interested in his paintings till I saw his original paintings at the San Diego Museum of Art for three years ago. They had a fantastic exhibition of JoaquÃn Sorolla y Bastida. I went to see this exhibition with Plain Air Group “PAPASANâ€.  Several truly great plain Air painters were in this group.
Anyway back to paintings of JoaquÃn Sorolla y Bastida:
His light, colors are incredible. His brushstrokes are so alive. A lot of his paintings are huge.
I recommend to watch “Art of Sorolla” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovV4HsXwems
He said, “I could not paint at all if I had to paint slowly,” he once said. “Every effect is so transient, it must be rapidly painted.”
In the studio Sorolla would sometimes use a palette the size of a grand piano lid and 3 foot long brushes to allow him to stand back from his painting.
Wow!!!