Apr 19, 2023
Apr 18, 2023
Apr 16, 2023
Star of Bethlehem (Pennsylvania)
Night scenes are always a big challenge for me, it’s always an experiment. This was done for a friend, and it shows the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania with its Christmas star up on the hill.
Watercolor 23x31cm, W&N paper, cp
Apr 7, 2023
Mar 27, 2023
Mar 25, 2023
Casa Do Passal - The Original
A original Casa do Passal em Cabanas de Viriato na Beira Alta terá sido construída no Século 19. Segundo Elvira Tavares, Aristides de Sousa Mendes herdou a casa de uma das suas tias. Depois de regressar do Brasil por volta de 1920, ASM levou a cabo a reconstrução e ampliação da casa em uma mansão ao estilo Francês. Esta aguarela é vagamente baseada numa foto antiga que foi divulgada por Leonor Oliveira no grupo do Facebook “Cabanas de Viriato”. Os meus agradecimentos. Como os detalhes da foto são limitados, eu permiti-me um pouco de imaginação e liberdade artística para esta pintura.
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This is the original Casa do Passal, which belonged to Aristides de Sousa Mendes. He was the Portuguese Consul in Bordeaux who saved thousands of people during WW2 from the claws of the Nazis by issuing visas against direct orders and eventually losing everything because of it. The house was rebuilt into a much larger French-style mansion around 1920. This watercolor is loosely based on an old photograph I found on the web.
Watercolor 23x31cm, Bockinford paper cp
Mar 23, 2023
St John's United Church, East Bethlehem Pennsylvania
St. John’s Church, East Bethlehem Pennsylvania
Watercolor 9x12” (23x31cm) Bockingford paper cp
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I tried a new paper today (Bockingford) and it is definitely different from my usual (Fabriano, Arches, Saunders). It is cold-pressed but it seems less absorbent, so it acts a little closer to smooth hot-press paper. I like that I get a more transparent look, but I have to get more used to it because I struggled with hard edges. Next time I will pre-wet the paper more.
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Tentei um papel novo (Bockingford) e é claramente diferente do meu normal (Fabriano, Arches ou Saunders). É de textura média (cold-pressed), mas como é menos absorvente, ele atua mais como papel liso. Gosto do aspeto mais transparente, mas preciso praticar e pre-molhar mais para obter transições mais suaves.
Mar 18, 2023
Mar 15, 2023
Mar 11, 2023
Mar 3, 2023
House & Garden
This is a commissioned house portrait. Commissions are always a bit stressful and they take me twice as long to complete as normal paintings. That does not mean they come out better, but I always put in extra effort.
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House and Garden
Watercolor 12x16”, Winsor & Newton paper (old), cold press
Feb 26, 2023
Feb 3, 2023
Jan 28, 2023
Tower of Belém
Stabilo pen 88/22 on Crazy Ideas sketchbook, page 56
More Pen & Ink drawings lately because I want to eventually fill all the pages in this sketchbook that Fatima gave me. It's slow going.
Labels:
Castelos,
Monumentos,
Pen & Ink,
Sketchbook,
Sketches
Jan 10, 2023
Jan 2, 2023
The Old Chapel (Nossa Senhora do Amparo), Beira Alta
Stabilo pen point 88/22 on Crazy Ideas Sketchbook page 54
I thank Pedro Abranches Mateus for the photo which inspired this drawing.
Agradeço a Pedro Abranches Mateus por ter publicado a fotografia que inspirou e serviu de referência a este desenho. Obrigado.
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
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