10 days into my 100 day Project and I’m learning how to improve my 15-minute building sketches.

5 days into my 100 day Project and I’m learning how to improve my 15-minute building sketches.

The February edition of the East Algarve magazine is available to read online.

I’ve been working on my Portuguese language skills for two years, and it’s been challenging. Part of the problem has…

The rear view of Tavira’s Igreja de Santa Maria do Castelo rendered in ink and watercolour.

The January edition of the East Algarve magazine is available to read online.

Have you thought about using Needle Tips pens for urban sketching? Read about the pros and cons here.

Sketching on different papers is an interesting way to experiment with different tools and techniques with great results.

See what inspired me to draw during a day out at Loulé Market with the Urban Sketcher’s Algarve group.

The Direção Regional de Cultura do Algarve printed a set of our urban sketched postcards of Tavira market, as part of the Mediterranean Diet festival this year. One of my sketches was included.

My sketch of a local wine bar featured in East Algarve Magazine.

My Algarve Urban sketches on show at a Tavira Market exhibition

I painted the same scene in two styles—Wobbly urban sketch and precise studio sketch.

First train trip to explore Faro and photograph buildings and scenes that inspire me to sketch.

I am the featured article in this quarter’s magazine Relish Portugal. Check out my contribution here.

A recap of my first urban sketching event with the Algarve group at the Tavira Market, where we were sketching scenes to be used at the Mediterranean Diet Festival later in the year. I also did some colour mixing to create a complimentary and cohesive colour to depict Tavira stone on the local buildings.

Our first trip to the Vila Real de Santo Antonio flea market via train.

Your choice of boat taxis to take you from the mainland to the sand bar beach at Cabanas de Tavira

My New Neighbours in Quarantine Checking in to Fly The biggest stress about travelling from the U.K. to Turkey during…

Borough Market is a foodie heaven, and my favorite destination when I have a layover visit to London.

Here’s the food and wine memories that linger on our tongues from our French Workaway adventure.

Greek hospitality is alive and well on Leros, an island in the Dodecanese chain untouched by mass tourism. A couple of nights here was enough to make us realize we needed to come back.

The picturesque Greek Island of Symi is next door to Rhodes, and is famous for it’s pretty harbour and their tiny red panfried shrimp, that are eaten whole.

Feature Image: Pothia Harbor, Kalymnos My first experience of Greece, was a day trip from Turkey to the neighboring Greek island of…