Just came back from a cultural visit to Barcelona with my college. It was an enlightening trip, got to know my college friends better, and look at original work by some of my favourite artists.

I hadn't been abroad for a few years, and it was very refreshing to get amongst other people for a while. I enjoyed conversing in catalan, and sometimes french, and I really loved the vibe of La Ramblas.

I really got into my work, spending alot of time by myself sketching or taking photographs. I completed two sketchbooks while I was there, and I am working on a scrap book of paraphenalia that i found, as well as anecdotes and personal responses to my experiences in the city.

I love going to museums, so my highlights were the visits to the Joan Míro fundacío and the Salvador Dalí museum. Míro has been my favourite painter ever since i first saw his work, and i had never seen anything face to face, my charcoal was working through my sketchbook really quickly, copying out his line work for reference, i had to get a new sketchbook from the gift shop.