Camino Crafts: Painting

I'm not an artist - there's a reason why I studied Engineering and not art but these pictures are ones that even I can do so they must be simple!

Start off with a square of cardboard - 10cmX10cm (for those who use the Imperial system sorry, I have no idea how big that is sorry!)

Find a picture of the Cathedral that you like and draw a very rough outline of its shape

I think that you can make that out!

Then paint over this in white paint, go outside the lines as well so that they're covered up

Don't worry about the brushstrokes being visible, it looks better if you can see them

Wait for it to dry and then draw the Cathedral's outline in black pen

And now fill in the details

This isn't my best example maybe but it looks pretty cool!

The Botafumero looks good too

Or a different view of the Cathedral

Or a (badly drawn) Waymarker

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The Camino Primitivo

The Camino Primitivo (or the Original Way) is reportedly the very first Camino Way to Santiago in the 9 th century when most of Spain was under the control of the Moors and it runs from near the city of Ovideo in Asturias as it starts in Villavicosa (which also lies on the Camino Norte so many people follow this Way from Basque city of San Sebastian (Donosti in Basque) or in from the French border at Irun ( this route then hugs the Bay of Biscay passing through Guernica, Bilbao, Santander, Llanes before going under the Picos de Europa and then heads along the coast to Ovideo) before branching off onto the Primitivo which goes across the mountains and through the city of Lugo before joining the Frances at Melide. The route is 320km long. Image taken from https://viaalpina2013.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/camino-del-norte-camino-primitivo/

Symbols of the three main Christian Pilgrimages

The symbol of the Pilgrim to Santiago is the Scallop shell of which many can be found on the coast of Galicia and it is actually a symbol of the Pilgrimage (and has become a symbol of other Christian Pilgrimages too) partly because you could find the shell easily there and so could go back home and show it off as proof that you had done the Pilgrimage. It has also been included in carvings in some Churches.

Camino Mascot

Those who have walked the Camino will probably have seen one or more of the Camino mascots along the Way but do you know their names? http://m.elcorreogallego.es/xacobeo/ecg/xubi-jubila-pelegrin-mascota-xacobea/idEdicion-2010-06-08/idNoticia-555962/

On the Camino

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