Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Somewhere in a suburb / Algures num subúrbio


Some quiet suburb, where rapacious and unruled urbanization seems to have not arrived yet - it's just a matter of time - and where there is still a typical mix of old homes with some urban feature with farms and other vestiges of a much more rural time, as may just be what looks like an old cellar in front of which two old men enjoy the quiet and cool shade provided by the vine branch. Better do so: The leaves have started to change their color, and it is possible that within a couple of months all of them will be on the floor.
Um qualquer subúrbio sossegado, onde a urbanização desenfreada parece não ter chegado ainda - é só uma questão de tempo - e onde persiste a característica mistura de velhas casas já de alguma feição urbana com quintas e outros vestígios de um tempo bem mais rural, como poderá ser aquilo que parece uma velha adega em frente da qual dois velhotes desfrutam do sossego e da frescura proporcionados pela sombra da ramada. É bom que o façam: As folhas já começaram a mudar de cor, e é possível que daqui a um par de meses estejam todas no chão.
Fabriano cold-pressed 7"x5" - 140lb (18x12,5cm - 300g/m2) paper
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8 comments:

  1. Paulo, After looking through pages and pages of your paintings I am blown away. What gorgeous statements of time and place. You make me want to enlarge them to peer longer at all the surprise details you add. I also like seeing the sketch and then the finished work. What is your process for building your work after the sketch?

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  2. So happy you liked, Loriann.
    Usually I re-draw the scene in a transparent paper over the sketch and then transfer it into the watercolor paper, then re-draw again with a sharp pencil to enhance the lines.
    You can read a detailed explanation in a post I made about this:
    http://bit.ly/CDpvu
    Also you can see a step-by-step demo in the painting stage:
    http://bit.ly/OOJBL
    Wish a great day and plenty of inspiration: Your art is simply beautiful!

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  3. Ola, Fernando, thank you and also congratulations in your wonderful work.

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  4. Hola Paulo, me gusta mucho este trabajo, el dibujo esta fenomenal, con todo lujo de detalle hasta los azulejos típicos de tu país, que a mi me maravillan, y la atmósfera tranquila de estos pueblitos del norte, también la luz esta muy bien , un gran trabajo pese a su pequeño tamaño.Gracias por pasarte por mi blog, voy a pasar un rato viendo tus trabajos, saludos.

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  5. Hola F. M. Marrouch muchas gracias por tu visita y tus palabras. Estoy también encantado con tu trabajo, no solo me gusta tu estilo como además esos maravillosos paisajes de Galicia, tierra que conozco poco pero que me gusta como si fuera la mia.
    Saludos y mucha inspiración :))

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  6. Uma riqueza de texturas, luz, perspectiva aerea...e como sempre...de imaginacao.

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