Category Archives: Portugal

Virtually sketching

Posted on July 19, 2020 by Ed Mostly

Lockdown’s lack of group sketch-crawls has led to regular virtual meet-ups. Using Google Streetview you can freely wander a static location, get lost in side-streets and find a view that suits, joined by other sketchers on Zoom. Transcribing photos/2d images … Continue reading →

Posted in drawing buildings, Istanbul, Portugal, Spain, street scene, urban, virtual sketching | Tagged Google Streetview, Istanbul sketch, James Gurney, Lee Perry, Liver building sketch, sketch of Alhambra, sketch of Varanasi, virtual sketching | Leave a comment

Tomb, hydrant, B+B

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Ed Mostly

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, from life, Lisbon, Portugal, sketching, travel, urban, watercolour sketch | Tagged hydrant, Jean-Christophe Defline, Jeronimos, Luis Vaz de Camoes, Palace, Sintra, Spiritualized, tomb | Leave a comment

Toy museum

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Ed Mostly

A couple of sketches from the wonderful and surprisingly large Toy Museum in Sintra, Portugal. The museum houses the personal collection of João Arbués Moreira, who was there on the day we visited, keen to chat about his favourite exhibits and … Continue reading →

Posted in airplane, collections, exhibitions, from life, grisaille, Lexington grey, monochrome, museum, objects, Portugal, sketching | Tagged doll's heads, dolls, Edwin Starr, heads, model plane, Sintra, staircase | 3 Comments

Castelo dos Mouros

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Looking up at the ‘Castle of the Moors’ on the crest of the hill above Sintra in Portugal. The 8th century castle was restored in 1840, at the same time that the nearby Pena Palace was being built, and its … Continue reading →

Posted in clouds, from life, gouache, Portugal, sketching, travel | Tagged Castle of the Moors, crest, horizon, Norman Greenbaum, picturesque scenery, Sintra | Leave a comment

Lisbon views

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Fountain pen with Carbon ink, water-colour, A5 Marker pen with Carbon ink, watercolour, A5 Two views of Lisbon from the apartment we stayed in, with two different approaches to line. I loved looking across at a neighbouring roof-top and its eclectic collection … Continue reading →

Posted in buildings, from life, marker pen, Portugal, sketching, urban, watercolour sketch | Tagged aerials, architecture, chimneys, Lisbon, marker pen, Nancy Sinatra, pipes, roof-top, street, tiles, trams, tv aerials | Leave a comment

Strangeness abounding

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Ed Mostly

3 more sketches from the wonderful and mysterious gardens of the Quinta Da Regaleira in Sintra, Portugal. Looking up from the bottom of the 27 metre deep “Initiation Well” or “Initiatic Well”. It has a secret entrance at the top and … Continue reading →

Posted in animals, from life, garden, gouache, Lexington grey, Portugal, sketching, sky, travel | Tagged animal statues, gargoyles, grotto, Initiation well, looking up, Quinta Da Regaleira, The Monkees | 3 Comments

Afternoon shade

Posted on June 11, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Another one from Portugal using gouache and inks on tinted paper. Sketched while sat in the shade of a spreading oak tree on one of the terraces in the fabulously strange and beautiful gardens of the Quinta Da Regaleira in Sintra. … Continue reading →

Posted in botany, from life, garden, gouache, Portugal, sketching, travel | Tagged Lexington grey, marker pen, monochrome, oak tree, Quinta Da Regaleira, shade, terrace | 1 Comment

Sintra National palace

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Ed Mostly

Up on the roof at 7am, sketching Sintra National Palace as the sun rose over the hills. I used a handy folding ruler to draw some pencil guidelines at the start to get the foreground rooflines right, and found that their vanishing … Continue reading →