Old Gibraltar... by Jim Morris

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Excellent work Jim , the whole place is so full of history and it’s quite hollow as there were more roads in the rock than outside it at one point , hospitals, barracks etc .

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20/10/2023
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Paul (Dixie) will know this well, but the Moors of North Africa conquered the vast majority of Spain for almost eight hundred years (711-1492). Gibraltar (Quibralfara) and Tarifa where their main inital landings points (And all because the then King, Roderigo, thought he could have his way with the visiting Sultan's daughter without reprisal. How wrong he was... (apologies for being a history buff.) (-: Mixed media sketch.

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Jim Morris

I've reached 85 ( September 2024 ) years young and love to paint and draw. Watercolours are my preference used also with line and wash. I paint or sketch something most days of whatever takes my fancy. Glad to have found this site. I don't feel I have a set painting style but I tend to go for…

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