Lisbon Mosteiro Tiles
Last April I had a family reunion in Lisbon and as part of our trip we visited the stunning Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, built in the 15th century in the Portuguese Gothic Manueline architectural style. As most Portuguese historic buildings, it was full of beautiful painted tile panels (azulejos). This picture is inspired on one such panel. I included some “Found Flowers” to replace the center decoration and changed the color palette. Shaded and colored with Inktense and Pitt Artist Brush pens.
Here’s a picture of the Mosteiro's facade, and also the panel that inspired me:
Photographs by Eni Oken, all rights reserved
Here’s a before and after shading and embellishing:
I particularly like the overlapping braid on around the edges, but don’t know if there is a named tangle for such pattern.
The picture measures 4x6 inches on hotpressed watercolor paper. Here are some close-ups:
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I’m so pleased with this beautiful mandala I made using a stencil by Kathryn Costa (Four Gates Mandala). I mixed two techniques: 1) painting with Pitt artist brush pens and Inktense pencils and 2) embroidering on paper. Very very fun to make!