Sketch of Tile Detail and on Location
This is the latest pair of sketches I finished of some tiles that I found when I was visiting the National Tile Museum in Lisbon, Portugal and the detail of those tiles.
Latest sketches from Portugal
I kept a sketchbook on my summer trip to Portugal. Because I was going to the International Urban Sketchers Symposium in Porto, I wanted to have all the sketches in my sketchbook be started on site wherever I was on my trip. However, I let myself finish them up later if need be.
This is a page that I just completed by adding color to a couple of sketches. I love all the tile, but the paving stones were pretty nice too. These are from the ground at the Sintra train station. The flower is probably nerium oleander that was happily in full bloom next to the bus stop in Lisbon I was waiting and drawing at.
New Cards of Cuba Now Available
New notecards have arrived and are now available for purchase in my shop. I now have 8 images and two sizes of cards, (4.25" x 5.5") and (5" x 7"). I also have a limited number of postcards of the Small but Important Things in Cuba to Know drawing.
Two sizes of Notecards are Now Available!
I now have two sizes of notecards available with some of my drawings from Cuba! There is a smaller size of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" or regular size of 5" x 7" (pictured above). Just click on the link to the Shop to order.
Everyday items in Cuba
I like to do travel journaling in my sketchbooks. This is a page from one of my Cuba sketchbooks that I completed recently with some of the bits and pieces brought home from my trips. I have fun with trying to make the items are realistic as I can within the ink and watercolor format. The coins, bills and card in this sketchbook spread (11"x8.5"/28cm x 21.6cm) are real size. I like to record the memorabilia of receipts, tickets, pamphlets, maps and odds and ends in my sketchbooks. I will usually mix them in with sketches related to the event. What do you like to record?
Fancy carved wooden door in Habana Vieja, Cuba
This was an amazingly detailed and carved wooden door that I came across on the main shopping street, Calle Obispo, in Habana Vieja, Cuba. Part of the attraction aside from the ornateness, was how tall and incredibly narrow it was. No grand pianos or sofas are going through that!
Wires and More Wires
This is the entryway that leads to who knows how many apartments inside, but from the number of wires, it looks like a lot. I love this picture for the brightly painted column and post, the fancy grillwork for the bannister, the tiles on the path in, and the mass confusion of wires.