When coloring my sketches, watercolors are my weapon of choice. Ever since a notorious sketching trip to Istanbul, I adopted watercolor as a portable and practical tool, that would quickly turn my usual black and white sketches into lively eye-candy onsite reportages.

The exhibition in Museu Leonel Trindade about the Castro do Zambujal, was the perfect excuse to visit the city of Torres Vedras, last December. It had been years since the last time I was there, and there’s a lot of talented sketchers and watercolorists in the region, worth getting to know. I couldn’t imagine a better way to spend a slow Saturday on the weekend before Christmas.