Thunder Bay

Watercolor 25x35cm, Strathmore paper, cp

I don’t use Strathmore paper very often but I when I do, I usually like the slightly different effects I get. I think it acts a little closer to hot-press paper even though it is technically cold-press.

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Eu não uso papel Strathmore muitas vezes, mas quando uso, gosto dos efeitos um pouco diferentes que obtenho. Mesmo sendo de grão fino (cold-press), os efeitos são um pouco mais parecidos com papel liso (hot-press).

Broad-Stroke

Pencil drawing 9x12", on Stonehenge Aqua hotpress paper

I love broad-stroke pencil drawings but I don’t practice often enough. This is done with pencils sharpened to a broad chisel cut. This is the first feeble attempt in years. It only looks easy when I am looking at the masterworks from Ted Kautzky, Ernest Watson, Frank Rines and Carl Purcell. When I look at my own drawings, it looks difficult.

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Eu gosto muito de desenhos a lápis “broad-stroke” ou seja, feitos com a ponta do lápis aguçada em forma de cunha. Mas não tenho praticado muito últimamente. Parece muito fácil quando olho para as obras-primas de Ted Kautzky, Ernest Watson, Frank Rines e Carl Purcell. Mas quando olho para os meus desenhos, parece bem difícil.

Farm House, Pennsylvania

Watercolor 9x12" (23x31cm) on Winsor & Newton paper, rough

Castle of Juromenha

Micron 005 and 01 sepia pens, Crazy Ideas sketchbbok, page 46

Lower Nazareth

Watercolor 23x31cm, Fabriano paper, rough

A scene south of Nazareth Pennsylvania, with Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in the background.

Castle of Noudar, Alentejo Portugal

Watercolor 12x16" (30x40cm), Winsor&Newton paper cp

Wall of the Morning Glories

Watercolor 20x25cm, Arches paper rough

The church of my childhood, Beira Alta, Portugal

Watercolor 30x40cm, Winsor&Newton paper cp

Muscari Season at Lock Ridge Park

Alburtis, Pennsylvania

Watercolor 8x10" (20x25cm), Arches paper, rough