Gouache Plein Air Painting in Northern Portugal.

Download my Free 40-Page E-Book “A Guide to Plein Air Painting“ at the link below: In October 2021, I took a three-week long painting trip to Gerês (Northern Portugal). Gerês is known for its beautiful landscapes with lakes and rivers surrounded by mountains. I decided to take that trip to challenge myself and paint subjects that I hadn’t painted before. I was a bit anxious about the trip because I didn’t know what to expect from it, but eventually I decided that I would allow Gerês to surprise me. And so it did. It turned out that the weather was perfect for plein air painting - cloudy days changed to clear sky days, and the mountains provided me with so many different scenes to paint. The biggest surprises were the stunning mountain sunrises and sunsets that I couldn’t resist painting. I did many studies of them and they taught me a lot. By the end of the trip I had collected so many small observations an