As late afternoon sun
floods Monsaraz, its steep hilltop position creates deep and sometimes
unexpected shadows punctuated by brilliant bursts of orange light. Part of
Portugal’s charm for the urban sketcher is that there is such a range of
buildings, from the palatial and pristine to the rustic and ruinous. Here, location
and building combined seamlessly. I chose a building at the more derelict end
of the scale, fronting the castelo,
where the light and topography combined to capture the mood of the town as a
whole.
I placed my sketching
focus on the old doorway, and only hinted at the main streetscape with its
church spires dominant in the middle distance. A restricted palette of orange,
red, blue, and grey reinforced the dramatic light.
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