Few days in Lisbon I Part 2

Here are the sketches I did this summer in Lisbon in my Leuchtturm1917 sketchbook dedicated to people…

I was staying in the area of Principe Real, near Bairro Alto, so there are of course a lot of drawings made in bars at night and in botanical garden during the day !

Happy hispter in a bar of Bairro Alto

Dinner at Time out market

Faces in a Bairro Alto bar

The chippest beers from Bairro Alto and the cakes from the day before but we felt like partying here all night long…

Principe Real Botanical garden 

Esplanada café in the Botanical garden, Principe Real 

The owner of this bar and his friends seemed to be set here for the 4 last decades

I am amazed by the quality of the hipster's haircuts in Lisbon… So much in control !

Few days in Lisbon I Part 1

After the Symposium of Urban sketchers in Porto, we went to spend 5 days in Lisbon with my husband. Full of the creative energy received previously, I kept on drawing Lisbon that I was discovering for the first time. Here also I divided my drawings into two different sketchbooks:  the moleskine for the colorful sketches… and the Leuchtturm1917 for the people. You will discover the second one in a next post.

First place you go when you arrive after 5 days of traveling ? The public laundry !

Second place you go ? To rent a motocycle and sketch while your husband is closing the deal !

Gracia neighborhood, The lady of the hill square : an amazing view on Lisbon

We staid between Bairro alto and Principe real. Very funny trendy bars to sketch at night…

… and more classy streets of Principe Real during the day !

Few sketches of LX Factory block, cool place to hang out !

Fancy restaurant in LX Factory

A shop in LX Factory 

 LX Factory again

Window shopping at night in Principe Real… Super sad but very unexpected model to draw.

The entry of our street

Our courtyard

Urban Sketchers Symposium 2018 in Porto I Part 2

Porto became one of the favorite destination for tourism in Europe.

The city definitely deserves this attention for its beauty but also for the kindness of its locals !

I kept the sketchbook offered during the symposium by the sponsor LEUCHTTURM1917 to draw the people I met there. To remind me of the atmosphere between the sketchers during the symposium, portraiting people from all around the world, so happy to meet again in Porto…

Openning reception in Alfândega do Porto

Openning reception in Alfândega do Porto

Openning reception in Alfândega do Porto

Openning reception in Alfândega do Porto

Drink and draw meeting in Ribeira square

Drink and draw meeting in Ribeira square

Drink and draw meeting in Ribeira square

Final sketchcrawl in Praça da Liberdade

Final sketchcrawl in Praça da Liberdade

Closing reception in Alfândega do Porto

Closing reception in Alfândega do Porto

Closing reception in Alfândega do Porto • The 3 great correspondants

Closing reception in Alfândega do Porto

… Then I sketched also people in the streets, locals taking care of their guests or having a nice meal in a small restaurant.

Near Alfândega do Porto • Refugio 112

Near Alfândega do Porto • Refugio 112

Refugio 112 • 112 rua Armenia (Near Alfândega do Porto)
Nina, the daughter of the owner, watched me sketching the 2 previous drawings so I asked her to stand in front of me to do her portrait

Dona Arepa, Venezuelian food • 221 rua de Cedofeita

Churrasqueira • 136 Campo Martires da Patria

Thanks to all the organizers, the volunters

My last and next post about Porto will be about the workshops I attended…