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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

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 →

Posted in buildings, from life, journeys, kit, Lexington grey, monochrome, Portugal, sketching, waterbrush | Tagged architecture, chimneys, early morning, gouache, Palace, roofscape, satellite dishes, Sintra, tinted paper | 6 Comments