Tangier

About this work

This painting shows a hillside town with flat-roofed buildings packed closely together. The colors are soft and warm—yellows, browns, and blues—with patches of green and white. A river runs along the bottom, reflecting the buildings and a few small figures on the bank. The brushstrokes are loose and quick, almost like a sketch. The artist used watercolor, blending colors to create light and shadow without hard lines. Look up watercolor to see how this technique works.