A final group of sketches from Portugal before I get to grips with scanning all the Istanbul pictures…
The tomb of Luis Vaz de Camoes, Portugal’s greatest poet, in Jeronimos Monastery, Lisbon.
Fountain pen with Carbon ink, water-brush with Lexington grey, watercolour, A5
One of Lisbon’s very distinctive fire hydrants, standing on the equally ubiquitous chunky mosaic pavement.
Fountain pen with Carbon ink, water-brush with Lexington grey, watercolour, A5
The lovely Bed and Breakfast we stayed in in Sintra…
Water-brush with Lexington grey ink, gouache, A5
… and the view of Sintra Palace from our bedroom window. (Interesting to compare with Jean-Christophe Defline’s sketch of the Palace and trying to work out where he was standing/floating to get that view!)
Water-brush with Lexington grey ink, water-colour, A5
Mostly drawing 