Street with Pink House (Foz in Porto)

Street with Pink House (Foz in Porto) Originally uploaded by randubnick

This is a photograph I took in Porto during my first trip to Portugal. I love driving in the narrow little streets of the Foz. This photograph was the basis for one of my watercolors of Portugal that is now on display in Salem, but I also like it for its own sake. I thought of this image today because of a conversation at the reception about the colors in those paintings. Watercolor is great for painting the subtle colors of Porto, which is sometimes overcast or foggy. In my watercolors, I start with the naturalistic colors in my photographs, but then I intensify them just a bit, to reflect the excitement of the trip itself.