Viseu, Portugal

Vasculhando gavetas, encontrei um pequeno desenho a tinta da china de 1989. Ontem imprimi uma copia e addicionei alguma cor. Eu tenho muito esta mania...preservar o desenho original e depois aguarelar. Mas neste caso, usei lapis de cor. 

Rummaging through drawers, I found a small Pen and Ink drawing from 1989. Yesterday I printed a copy on card stock and added some color. I do have this habit...preserve the original drawing, then add watercolor washes. In this case however I used color pencil.

Old church tower - Torre de velha igreja

From a drive-by photo by Maria Rodrigues as we were crossing the city of Binghamton, NY.

Desde uma foto-relâmpago by Maria Rodrigues durante a nossa travessia da cidade de Binghantom no estado de New York.

Color Pencil on Moleskine Sketchbook

Largo da Portagem - Coimbra

Alminhas - Estrada Velha - Portugal

Alminhas (Little Souls) - Granite stones sculpted into cross-shapes by roadsides since we Portuguese can remember. Legend has it that they were refuges for travelers as protection from storms and robbers.

"Alminhas"...esculturas em granito de que nós Portugueses nos lembramos desde que nos conhecemos. As lendas contam que estas eram refúgios para os viandantes  contra tempestades e malfeitores de estrada.

Pen and Ink, with Color Pencil, Sketchbook

Towanda, Pennsylvania

Sketchbook - Pen/Ink and Color Pencil

Viseu – Praça de D. Duarte

Onde eu fui para a escola secundária. Eu odiava a escola secundária na altura.

Eu amo esta cidade agora.

My high school town in Portugal. I hated high school then. I love this town today.

Sketchbook, Pen and Ink and colored pencil

Capela N.S. da Pégada

    Sketchbook - Pen and Ink with colored pencil

Ithaca Falls, New York

There really was a fisherman, wading in the ice water when I was there a few days ago. I bet he thought it would be easier to catch the fish when they are still dizzy from the trip down the mostly frozen waterfalls.

Sketchbook Watercolor

Havia mesmo um pescador na água gelada quando passei aqui há uns dias.  Aposto que ele pensou que seria mais fácil apanhar os peixes ainda atordoados pela queda na cachoeira.

Moleskine Sketchbook

               1. Chãs, Beira Alta

               2. Óbidos

               3. Palheira do Mateus, Póvoa da Pégada, Beira Alta

               4. Paranhos da Beira, Beira Alta

A few recent sketches on the Moleskine Sketchbook that my Brother gave me. I am filling it up slowly but surely.

Lulas Grelhadas - Charcoal-Grilled Squid!

As melhores lulas grelhadas no carvão, na face da Terra.

The best charcoal-grilled squid in the world.

Cabo da Roca, Portugal

Tinta da China, Moleskine Sketchbook.

Azenhas do Mar, Portugal

 
    Pen and Ink, Moleskine Sketchbook

Forest Fire - Fogo Florestal

Venice - Veneza

Watercolor, 10x15 cm

Route 86 West, NY State

          Watercolor sketchbook

Nelas, Portugal - City Hall - Câmara Municipal

 
     Sketchbook Watercolor and Pencil

Óbidos, Portugal

          Watercolor Sketchbook

          Aguarela, Caderno de Desenho

Dusk - Crepúsculo

        Watercolor sketchbook
        Aguarela, Caderno de Desenho
       

Lakeside Park, Watkins Glen NY

      17 x 11 cm, Watercolor Sketchbook  

Seen better days

   Route 414 between Corning and Watkins Glen, NY
   Watercolor, 18 x 11 cm,  Sketchbook

Barn – Montour Falls, NY

      Watercolor, sketchbook ,  18 x 11 cm