The merciless ocean of Santa Cruz, Portugal, as seen from the cliffs. I took the reference photo for this piece last summer, during the Santa Cruz International Watercolor Meeting, surrounded by world class watercolorists. But it took half a year to gather the confidence and skill to have a go at it! I invite you to take a look at the video and see what you think.

The mid-western region of Portugal has a lot to be discovered, and Oeste Sketchers are doing a hell of a job with it! Moledo is a small hamlet upon a windy hill, on the road down to coastal Lourinhã.

Oeste Sketchers made the town of Bombarral their site for the global celebration. It couldn’t have been a better location! Sketchers roamed around the beautifully tiled train station and the peculiar Abel Pereira da Fonseca house during the morning.