Watercolor 9x12" (23x31cm) Arches paper, rough

This was an exercise in rapid painting (about 35 minutes). Results are mixed - main buildings too distorted, conflicting shadows, and maybe ...

Watercolor, 9x12" (23x31cm) Saunders paper, rough

Watercolor 9x12", Saunders paper, rough

Watercolor 23x31cm, W&N paper (old), rough

Watercolor, 12x16" (30x40cm), W&N paper (old) cp

Based on a photograph expertly taken by my sunshine Maria de Fatima Rodrigues Watercolor 12x16" (30x40cm) on W&N paper CP

The first painting from my recent visit to Portugal. Not to be the last. A primeira aguarela saída da minha recente visita a Portugal. Não s...

Always trying to loosen up, always with mixed results. Sempre a tentar simplificar, sempre com resultados mistos. Watercolor 23x31cm, W&...

Watercolor, 8x10" (20x25cm) Arches paper, rough Thank you Isabel Cunha for the photo reference  

Watercolor 25x35cm, Winsor & Newton paper, rough  

Watercolor 25x35cm, Arches paper, cp  

Many thanks to Eulalia Aderneira for kindly allowing me to use her photograph as a reference for this painting. Watercolor, 23x31cm, Saun...

Casa do Castelo Watercolor 7x10" (15x25cm) Stonehenge paper cp

Watercolor 30x45cm, Fabriano paper, rough

Rua do Aido Watercolor 7x10" (18x25cm) on Stonehenge Aqua paper cp

Certain places, because they are so picturesque, become clichés as painting subjects. Nevertheless, that by itself is no reason to avoid p...

Maybe one day I will decide that I painted enough scenes of Óbidos and stop. Obviously today is not that day. ………………….. Talvez um di...

Watercolor, 9x12" (23x31cm), Fabriano paper rough

Watercolor 23x31cm, Fabriano paper rough