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Comment by Helder Vieira on February 20, 2011 at 18:46

Hi Kevin,

Thank you so much for sharing with me.

I love watercolours and oils, but I haven't got the time these days to go out and paint.

Too much work, so...

I hope I can do some plein air painting next month.

About Tintin, he is a guardian dog of the house. I'm not sure if he guards anything, because he is very friendly by day. At night he is a wonderful guardian.

My little companion pictured on my webpage is Tiger (imagine that!), 7 years old, 9 Kg, but we call him Tiggy. Wonderful dog.

And as I can see by the picture, you love dogs too.

Thanks again, Kevin,  I appreciate your comments very much.

Comment by Helder Vieira on January 16, 2011 at 18:04

Hi Norah,

Thank you very much.

This one was done on watercolour paper (Canson 200 g) very smooth.

I normaly use 300 g/m2 or more, but I use 200 g/m2 in this size (12x8 cm or 10x15cm). I usually buy A4 pads and then I cut them with a x-acto and make little pads with some glue on the side and that's it.

I have a little bag (about 10x15x6 cm), this little watercolour paper pad, a little palette box with half pans, a water tank brush, a pen and a pencil.

With this kind of very light weight equipment it is possible to carry it everywhere and do a small watercolour sketch in about 5, 10 or 15 minutes. It works great!

Comment by Norah Blount on January 16, 2011 at 16:42

A great fresh watercolour sketch - like the looseness, is it done on cartridge paper ?