Urban sketchers Londrina #123

Urban sketching, Alameda Jardino, Londrina. Trying out the Saunders Waterford watercolor paper... as good as Arches.

Curitiba - Morretes Part 1

Trip to Curitiba-Morretes took about 20 minutes for sketches. Below Niemeyer museum "museu do olho". (Curitiba)

 Ponte velha sketch, Morretes

Lunch time, Nhundiaquara hotel, Morretes. A sign reads : "Nhundiaquara hotel. The oldest building in town. Preserves some of the walls remnant from the 17th century. At first, acquired in 1944 by the Alpendre's family and transformed in a hotel in the following year.

 Sketch of the bridge, 20-30min.

 Igreja Catolica Matriz, quick sketch, about 20 min. All done on Arches hotpress custom hand sewn sketchbook and derwent watersoluble pencil with some Lukas watercolor.

 About 20 min sketch of Jardim botânico greenhouse.

Urban sketchers Londrina #120 Strassberg

Urban sketch painting of Strassberg "Tortas alemãs"/ german pie. The façada was painted by my father, Sergio Russo quite sometime ago, paint itself is already fading.

Custom made oil plein air pochade.

 A pochade dedicated to oil painting, I've ordered custom-made to support canvas or other support up to 30x40 (or about 38x28 in the interior.

 All tied up with neodymium magnets, with retractable blades pieces glued on to the wood.

 A small coin of neodymium magnet holds two nails...

 That can be placed on the sides so I can hold a bigger canvas if I want to (or a 30x40/slightly larger)  I have not yet tried support larger than 30x40 but I suppose it might be too heavy for this pochade, so I'd likely have to find another solution anyway.

Trimmed hinge to hold shoulder strap...

 Inside the pochade, taped paper palette.

Small piece of wood with holes for the brushes, with two larger pieces of snap off blade...

 ...so I can use mediums and solvents (and blends of both) all held safely with magnets on the bottom glued with epoxy.

The bottom uses a piece of wood with a nut claw 1/20. I've used Titebond III for this wood-wood binding, and super bonder-like glue for all metal-wood binding.

Urban Sketchers Londrina #118 Encontro de Fusca

Urban Sketchers beetle meeting at History Museum, Londrina.

Urban Sketchers Londrina #117 Casa do Papai Noel

Meeting to draw/paint "Santa Claus" house in Londrina. Watercolor on Archers sketchbook. 

Urban Sketchers Londrina #119 - Cine Teatro Ouro Verde

Five years after the fire , Cine Teatro Ouro Verde is open again.

Urban Sketchers Londrina #115 Templo Honpa Hongwanji de Londrina

Buddist temple Honpa Hongwanji. Watercolor on Arches paper.

Urban Sketchers Londrina #114 Museu histórico de Londrina

Historic Museum of Londrina; watercolor on Arches Carnet de Voyage sketch book.

Urbank Sketchers Londrina #113 Panificadora Flumê

Rainy sunday, watercolor sketch on Arches Carnet de Voyage of a traditional Bakery.

Exposição -Traços Londrinenses - Museu histórico de Londrina

May 9 - 2017, exposition in History Museum of Londrina featuring Urban Sketchers reproduction work plus original chalk drawings on black wall. Org. Patrick Rocha, Odil Miranda.

Urban Sketchers Londrina #128 Parque Arthur Thomas

Joyful morning with Urban Sketchers Londrina at Parque Arthur Thomas.