Transatlanta Watercolors: Ainda na Serra

May 2, 2010

Ainda na Serra - Still in the Mountain

E a noite ainda não caíu.

And the dark of night has not yet arrived.

Aguarela, 12 x 17 cm, papel Fabriano cold press

5 comments:

giulia5/4/10, 5:06 PM
Nice colours. It seems that you like mountains. Un abrazo...
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Julio Rodrigues5/4/10, 8:26 PM
Gracias giuliaszavo. I do like mountains and I miss them. Here, everything is flat.
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giulia5/10/10, 2:47 AM
I miss the green of mountains from my country. Hear, the mountains are rocks. Instead... I have the blue of the sea... It´s somenthing more than
I ever dreamed.
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Julio Rodrigues5/10/10, 9:10 PM
You are lucky. I miss the sea. I am too far away.
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Luís Bonito5/15/10, 12:28 PM
Muito bem conseguida esta aguarela. Céus intenso e lindo com sempre.
Abraço.
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Watercolor = Aguarela

From a young age, I have been fascinated by watercolor paintings. The transparent paint allows the light to go through it and to be reflected back to the viewer by the white surface of the paper. This results in a luminosity difficult to achieve through other methods. My favorite subjects are buildings and townscapes of historical interest. I admire many watercolor masters, especially Winslow Homer, John Pike, James Fletcher-Watson and Edward Wesson. And, from my native Portugal, Roque Gameiro, Alvaro da Fonseca, Alves de Sa' e Julio Amaro.

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Desde pequeno, sempre tive um interesse especial pela aguarela. A tinta transparente permite que a luz seja reflectida pela superfície branca do papel, o que resulta numa luminosidade difícil de conseguir por outros processos. Os meus temas favoritos são de natureza arquitectónica, especialmente estruturas de interesse histórico. Admiro muitos mestres de aguarela, mas destaque vai para Winslow Homer, James Fletcher-Watson, Edward Wesson, and John Pike; e em Portugal, Roque Gameiro, Julio Amaro, Alves de Sa' e Álvaro da Fonseca.

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