A Farm, Forks Township Pennsylvania

Watercolor, 23x31cm Fabriano paper, rough

Glover Road, Forks Township

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

Farol do Forte da Barra, Aveiro

Watercolor, 23x31cm, Fabriano paper, rough

Coimbra, Couraça de Lisboa

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

Aguiar da Beira

Stabilo pen, point 88/45

Crazy Ideas Sketchbook, page 50

Richmond Road

Watercolor 9x12" (23x31cm), W&N paper (old), rough

Youngs Hill Road

Watercolor, 9x12" on W&N (old) paper, rough

Monsaraz Castle Tower - Torre de Menagem

               Stabilo point 88/65 pen, 0.4mm, Crazy Ideas sketchbook, page 49

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.

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

When in doubt, paint a barn

Snyders Road Farm, Phillipsburg New Jersey

Watercolor 9x12" (23x31cm), W&N paper, rough

Tondela

Always trying to loosen up, always with mixed results.

Sempre a tentar simplificar, sempre com resultados mistos.

Watercolor 23x31cm, W&N paper, rough

Lewes Inner Harbor, Delaware

Watercolor 8x10", Arches paper, rough

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.

 Watercolor 20x25cm, Arches paper, rough

Tondela

I have been dragging my feet with ink drawings. And I need to some day finish my Crazy Ideas sketchbook.

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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)

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.

Castelo de Juromenha

Watercolor, 12x16" (31x41cm) W&N paper cp

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

Velho Solar - Old Manor -Oliveira do Conde, Portugal

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

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