Stabilo pen point 88/45
Crazy Ideas Sketchbook page 53
Dec 12, 2022
Dec 7, 2022
Dec 5, 2022
My apologies
I just realized I was not getting notified of pending comments and therefore a number of comments in the past year were not posted until today. That will not happen in the future. Thank you so much for posting comments and thank you for your understanding.
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Peço muitas desculpas por não me ter apercebido que eu não
recebia notificações de comentários submetidos. Só hoje pude corrigir. Muito obrigado
pelos comentários e pela compreensão.
Dec 3, 2022
Nov 28, 2022
A Farm, Forks Township Pennsylvania
Watercolor, 23x31cm Fabriano paper, rough
Glover Road, Forks Township
Nov 20, 2022
Forte de Santa Catarina, Figueira da Foz
Hopefully, I will finish this sketchbook sometime before I need to get my first cane.
Talvez eu consiga acabar este caderno de desenhos antes de precisar da minha primeira bengala.
Stabilo pen, point 88/22, Crazy Ideas Sketchbook, page 51
Nov 18, 2022
Nov 5, 2022
Nov 2, 2022
Oct 31, 2022
Oct 26, 2022
Monsaraz Castle Tower - Torre de Menagem
Stabilo point 88/65 pen, 0.4mm, Crazy Ideas sketchbook, page 49
Oct 5, 2022
Castelo do Rei Vamba
Trying a new pen, Stabilo point 88/45 fine 0.4 and not disappointed. I especially like the color, and the thickness is just right for the paper size of 8x10” (20x25cm). The drawing itself looks ok to me, but I need to improve the tree and vegetation textures.
Experimentei uma caneta nova, Stabilo point 88 fine 0.4, e não fiquei desapontado. Gostei especialmente da cor, e a espessura parece muito bem para o tamanho do papel (20x25cm). O desenho não me parece mal, mas preciso de melhorar as texturas de árvores e vegetação.
Sep 30, 2022
A Farm, Phillipsburg, New Jersey
I have been dragging my feet
with pencil drawings even though I love this medium. I especially like the
“broad-stroke” method which uses thick lines made with the pencil sharpened to
a chisel point.
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Tem havido pouca
atividade minha na área de desenhos a lápis ainda que eu goste imenso deste
meio artistico. Gosto especialmente do método “broad-stroke” (traço-largo) que
usa linhas espessas com o lápis aguçado em forma de cunha.
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Phillipsburg, New Jersey
Pencil, 9x12” (23x31cm) on smooth Stonehenge paper
Sep 28, 2022
When in doubt, paint a barn
Snyders Road Farm, Phillipsburg New Jersey
Watercolor 9x12" (23x31cm), W&N paper, rough
Sep 16, 2022
Sep 9, 2022
Sep 6, 2022
Monsaraz Corner
Some day I will stop painting things of Monsaraz. Today is obviously not that day
Um dia eu vou parar de pintar coisas de Monsaraz. Óbviamente
que hoje não é esse dia.
Sep 3, 2022
Tondela
I have been dragging my feet with ink drawings. And I need to some day finish my Crazy Ideas sketchbook.………
Tem havido muita preguiça com desenhos a tinta da China. E eu preciso de algum dia completar todas as páginas do meu caderno de desenhos.
Igreja de Tondela – Tondela Church, 6x8” ( 15x20cm)
Aug 31, 2022
Monsaraz III
Watercolor
12x16” (31x41cm) on W&N paper, CP
I almost never paint the same scene more than once, but this is my third try of this view of Monsaraz, a beautifully preserved medieval village in Portugal. That’s because the other two no longer belong to me, and I want my own version, which I tried to make a little looser. In any case, I always seem to end up with more detail than my good intentions.
Quase nunca pinto a mesma cena mais que uma vez, mas esta é a terceira tentativa desta vista de Monsaraz. Isso é porque os dois trabalhos anteriores já não me pertencem e eu queria a minha própria versão, que procurei fazer um pouco mais solta, com menos detalhes. De qualquer maneira, parece que sempre acabo com mais detalhes do que as minhas boas intenções.
Aug 25, 2022
Aug 18, 2022
Portas de Monsaraz - Gates of Monsaraz
Monsaraz, like some other villages in the Alentejo Province
of Portugal, is a place apart, a time machine that assaults the senses at every
corner. Looking at my photos from a year ago, I heavily cropped this scene from a wide view
of a side street and used it as a reference for the painting.
Watercolor 23x31cm, Winsor & Newton paper, rough
Aug 9, 2022
Velho Solar - Old Manor -Oliveira do Conde, Portugal
Watercolor 9x12" (23x31cm), Winsor & Newton paper, rough
Aug 5, 2022
Hamptons Mill, Long Island, New York
Being a commission, this involved a little more attention and effort and than a regular off-the-cuff painting. This of course does not guarantee better results but in this case, I am happy with the outcome.
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Old Mill, The Hamptons, New York
Watercolor 9x12” (23x31cm) on W&N paper, rough
Jul 24, 2022
The Henry House and Summer Kitchen
The Henry
House and Summer KitchenJohn Joseph
Henry and his wife Rebecca grew wealthy from their longrifle manufacturing
business and they built this house near the Bushkill Creek in Nazareth
Pennsylvania in 1832. After being occupied by five generations of the Henry
family, it is now an historical site along with the Pennsylvania Longrifle Museum.
Watercolor 9x12” (23x31cm), W&N paper rough
Jul 18, 2022
Jul 16, 2022
Jul 13, 2022
Jul 11, 2022
Jul 7, 2022
Train Depot - Raritan, New Jersey
It was in Raritan that I found my first grown-up job back in the 20th century
Watercolor,12x16" (30x40cm)
Jun 25, 2022
Casa de Infância - Childhood Home, Portugal
As minhas mais preciosas memórias da infãncia residem nesta velha casa de pedra. Felizmente que tem sido preservada com muito gosto e veneração pela sua história. Nos anos setenta, todos os sábados chegava de Viseu a Beijós no autocarro (a “camioneta”) e subia dois ou três quilómetros a pé até chegar a este lugar e deparar com esta vista que me enchia a alma de alegria pura.
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My most precious childhood memories reside in this old stone house in Portugal. I am thankful that it has been preserved and maintained with good taste and reverence for its history. In the seventies, while I was in high school, every Saturday I would walk a couple of miles through the woods from the bus stop and arrive here to this first glimpse of the house, and every time I would be reminded of the feeling of pure joy.
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Watercolor 15x22” (38x56cm) Arches 300lb paper, rough
Jun 22, 2022
Jun 9, 2022
May 31, 2022
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.
May 26, 2022
May 22, 2022
May 18, 2022
Lower Nazareth
Watercolor 23x31cm, Fabriano paper, rough
A scene south of Nazareth Pennsylvania, with Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in the background.
May 14, 2022
May 10, 2022
May 8, 2022
May 4, 2022
Muscari Season at Lock Ridge Park
Alburtis, Pennsylvania
Watercolor 8x10" (20x25cm), Arches paper, rough
Apr 30, 2022
Apr 26, 2022
Apr 16, 2022
Apr 14, 2022
Apr 9, 2022
Hills of Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Watercolor 8x10" (18x25cm), Arches paper, rough
A farm view from Bushkill Center Road
Apr 7, 2022
Winter Lingers On
The incessant rain is keeping me home against my will. On the bright side, I can always paint yet another barn.
Watercolor 25x35cm, Arches paper, rough
