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Cascais Marina

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  Cascais Marina 8 x 10 / 20 x 25 cm oil on linen canvas board Available on Etsy here

Ginger Tea

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 "Ginger Tea" oil on linen canvas board 8 x 10 / 20 x 25 cm Available on Etsy here

Shining Waters - Setubal Port

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 Shining Waters - Setubal Port 8 x 10 / 20 x 25 cm oil on linen canvas board Available on Etsy here

Costa da Caparica at the end of the season

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 "Costa da Caparica at the end of the season" 8 x 10 / 20 x 25 cm oil on linen canvas board  Available on Etsy here

Green Sea - Sesimbra

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"Green Sea" - Sesimbra  8x10in, oil on linen Available on Etsy here    

Silent Beach, time-lapse demo

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You can see how this painting was created in a video on my Instagram .  I have tried to post the video here, but blogger compression has made it impossible to watch.. "Silent Beach" , 8x10 in, oil on linen.

September Beach - Costa da Caparica

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September Beach- Costa da Caparica 9.8 x 11.8 in / 25 x 30 cm oil on linen canvas board Available on Etsy here  

The rains have come.

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Painted from the window yesterday October 24, 2016. 6 x 8 inches, gouache on board.

Surfing Lesson - time lapse

Surfing Lesson

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This is a plein air painting I did on the beach of Costa da Caparica last week. You can see how it was created in this video demonstration on my YouTube channel. "Surfing Lesson" 8 x 10 / 20 x 25 cm oil on linen canvas board Available on Etsy here

Morning Haze

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One more painting I did from my studio window.  "Morning Haze" oil on canvas board, 6.4 x 8.7 in / 16 x 22 cm Available on Etsy here

Caparica Morning Surf-

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"Morning Surf" - Costa da Caparica 9.8 x 11.8 in / 25 x 30 cm oil on linen canvas board Available on Etsy here

Sitting model

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 "Sitting Model", gouache

Summer morning in the park of Monserrate Palace in Sintra

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"Summer morning in the park of Monserrate Palace"- Sintra 9.8 x 11.8 in / 25 x 30 cm oil on linen canvas board Available on Etsy here

Still life with roses and small tulips

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"Still life with roses and small tulips" 8 x 6 inches / 20 x 15 cm gouache on board Available on Etsy here

Painting on IPad

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I paint a lot on my ipad. When I see something beautiful and have no time to set up the easel I take the ipad and in a few minutes do a color study of the subject. Some of these studies turn into real paintings, other stay in a digital form. I have done hundreds of plein air and still life studies on my ipad (Ipad Air, Procreate App) for the past couple of years. I will be sharing some of them with you. Every time you do a life study, you learn. No matter what the medium is.

Branding, the ship

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 Another painting I did during the "Art in the Open 2016" plein air festival in Wexford, Ireland.  "Branding, the ship" - Wexford Quay, Ireland 9.8 x 11.8 in / 25 x 30 cm oil on linen canvas board Available on Etsy here  

Plein Air Painting Demo - September Blues, Cascais

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"September Blues" - Cascais The original painting is available on my Etsy Shop here

Quiet Evening at the Carcavelos beach

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 Reposting a painting from a couple of years ago.  I really enjoyed working on this subtle evening condition.. Quiet Evening on the Carcavelos beach 11.8 x 11.8 inches / 30 x 30 cm Oil on linen canvas board Available on Etsy here

September Blues - Cascais

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 A demo painting I did a couple of weeks ago in Cascais, one of my favorite painting locations. The video (real time) will be published on my YouTube channel (lenarivo) next week ;) September Blues - Cascais 12 x 16 in / 30 x 40 cm oil on linen canvas board Available on Etsy here

Costa da Caparica plein air again!

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 I love going to the beach in September. This year I am loving painting there too :) I will publish a better photo of the painting later.

My Palette

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What is your color palette? How do you store your gouache? How do you keep your gouache moist? What kind of brushes do you use?     These are some of the questions I get asked almost every day. So to make it easier to share this information with those of you who are interested in gouache I decided to combine all my answers to the questions I get on a regular basis in one place. I have created a 20 page PDF in which I am covering all my painting equipment in detail. You can get the PDF by the link below. I hope you find the information helpful.  Gouache Painting Supplies PDF These are the colors I use in oil: Payne's Grey (Rembrandt. I use it only for grey skies) Raw Umber (W&N or Rembrandt) Raw Sienna (W&N or Rembrandt) Yellow Ochre Pale (W&N), Cadmium Yellow Lemon (W&N or Rembrandt) Cadmium Yellow Light (W&N or Rembrandt) Cadmium Orange (W&N or Rembrandt) Cadmium Red Light (Rembrandt) Permanent Rose (Rembra