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Emma Bolton
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Artist and writer based in Granada, Spain. She/they

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A watercolour sketch I still love of this cute kiosk in Bib Rambla, Granada's busiest square.

#art #urbansketching #acuarela
Watercolour sketch by Emma Bolton of a pale blue kiosk called Golosinas and an orange banner reading no. 25. The kiosk has fake columns decorating the front, a candy machine and brightly-coloured signs. It has navy trim, windows and an awning on the left. The sketchbook is being held up in front of the real kiosk in Bib Rambla, Granada on a sunny day.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Patio de Banderas takes my breath away every time I visit Sevilla. You pause under an orange tree to take in the white buildings with their golden details, tiny balconies and green shutters. Over the top of the walls and through the archway you glimpse the Cathedral (closer than it appears)
Gouache painting of Patio de Banderas, Sevilla by Emma Bolton. A white woman with long brown hair and wearing a yellow singlet and long pink skirt, walks in the square away from the viewer. She's staring at the Catherdral, the top of which can be seen above the two-storey white building with their yellow details and green shutters. Two tourists stand in the distance next to an archway, and there's a few orange trees.
November 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Making the most of the early fall sunshine with some urban sketching in the Albaicín, Granada
Watercolour sketch in an A5 sketchbook by Emma Bolton of a one-storey white building in two-point perspective with a wooden door, terracotta roof, strong shadows and a cobalt sky held up in the Albaicín, Granada. There's a small palm tree to the left in front of a much taller building. A sign next to the door says Carmen de Nevot. Emma Bolton Art in a pink pomegranate watermark.
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Can't decide if these women are feeling connected to the landscape or just trying to decide what to eat for lunch!

Watercolour painting of Mirador de San Nicolás and the Alhambra, Granada

#Art #Acuarela #Watercolor #Spain #TravelSketching
Watercolour painting of two white women in brightly-coloured jackets looking out towards a pink Alhambra and the Sierra Nevada mountains. They have their backs to the camera and sweaters tied around their necks. In the mid-ground are conifer trees and a terracotta roof. A watermark of a pink pomegranate that says Emma Bolton Art.
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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The Mirador de San Nicolás is a place that inspires people to be present, if only for a moment between a flurry of photos.

These tourists might be feeling connected with the landscape, or maybe they're just thinking about lunch!

#Art #Watercolour #Alhambra #Granada
Watercolour painting by Emma Bolton of three people sitting on the wall at Mirador de San Nicolás in Granada with their backs to the camera. They're wearing brightly-coloured jackets and looking out across the tiled roofs and greenery to the Alhambra and Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance.
October 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Unexpected joys: tomatoes growing furiously out of the compost we spread on the lemon tree this summer. They're starting to ripen but still so tiny!

#Gardening #Granada
Bunches of tiny tomatoes starting to ripen on the plant above a hand for scale, with wooden slats in the background.
September 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Our first batch of homegrown serrano chillies are ready to devour!

#granada #gardening #chillies
A white hand holding two red serrano chillies in front of greenery.
August 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Catnaps at the garden centre
A cat napping peacefully on fake grass while surrounded by a ladder, seeds, a red bike and terracotta pots.
August 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM