a simple sketch of Obidos

I was ambitious to try a big format for Obidos. But there was no time. So I had to keep it very simple. Colours were added later and I kept it as simple as I started on site. Less lines and textures, just shapes and simple colours.

This was the last one inside the walls. Size 200 x 400mm or 8" x 16" ink and watercolours.

Day trip to Obidos

We took a day trip to Obidos on Monday, 25 July, 2011. I did two big format sketches and this is the very first one at size 200 X 400mm or 8" x 16".

I then moved on to do the second piece on a square format. You can spot Pramote and Ana in the picture too. For this piece below the size is 200 x 200mm or 8" x 8".

Sintra & Obidos after Lisbon

After the symposium ended on Saturday 23 July, on Sunday 24 July, a few of us were invited to join the USK Lisbon group for a celebration at the beautiful weekend house of Pedro Cabral and Rita, his wife at Sintra. The group worked very hard to make the symposium a great success! Among the Lisbon sketchers, there were also talented and really professional guitarists and singers.

On Monday, 25 July, 2011, I also joined Asnee, Pramote from Thailand, Ana Luisa Frazão and Dulce Nunes from Portugal for a day trip to Obidos to sketch. It was like a mini symposium. These five sketches were done in the Muji Sketchbook.

Obidos, a old walled town, is 100km in the north of Lisbon. Bougainvilleas were everywhere and the town retained some authenticity when no new building was permitted and only the existing structures within the walls were used as shops. The walls of the old town were painted white, with blue or yellow ochre trimmings. The town was occupied by the Moors before falling into Christian hands and that explained the Moorish patterns everywhere.