A morning urban sketching people at cafes and a mobile screening unit in Tavira. Experimenting with different backgrounds and page layout compositions.

Urban Sketching afternoon at the Tavira Plaza to capture people in ink and watercolour. Experimented with a V-shaped Composition, tonal shading with a spot colour background, and creating depth with desaturated colours.

Day 58 of sketching people in ink and watercolour. A visit to the Tavira Municipal Museum with the Urban Sketchers Algarve chapter of the Urban Sketchers Org. A warm-up sketch of Tavira rooftops and washing line, and while other sketchers were sketching the Tile Exhibition, I focused on sketching my fellow sketchers.

Day 47 of sketching people, a busy day at the Tavira second hand market, municipal market, and at a nearby café. Also sketched my uber driver going there and coming back. Different people sketching styles, and some interesting perspectives and colour choices.

Day 32 of sketching people. Out and about at Tavira Market, in search of sketching shoppers with dynamic poses. I urban sketched in Pencil and then added ink and watercolour later.

Day 28 of sketching people in ink and watercolour. Today was an urban sketching session at the Tavira Plaza Mall, where I spent a couple of hours in the Food Hall sketching and painting diners.

Sketch of participants a the Open Mic Event in Tavira for the 2025 Festa dos Anos de Alvaro de Campos, where I performed a poem in Portuguese and English.

My practice sketches for creating ink and wash bougainvillea in vibrant watercolour.

A collection of my ink and watercolour sketches of Tavira and the surrounding areas in the East Algarve in Portugal.

Tavira’s Roman Bridge with the Igreja de Santa Maria peeping through the trees. Rendered in ink and watercolour.

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

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

I used a different viewpoint for my ink and watercolour painting of Ermida de São Brás church in Tavira.

40 days into my 100 day Project and I’m putting what I’ve learnt so far, into my 15-minute building sketches.

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

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

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.

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.