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Color. People. Lots of both. Noise. Madness. And endless energy. Mexico City is all that. There is just no way I can blog all the different things I saw and sketched, so here are a few highlights. We...

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Back in Mexico City , Part 1

6 years ago, I visited Mexico City for the first time. So I was excited to go back for a few days before heading to San Miguel Allende. Nothing like starting out with a meal at Cafe de Tacuba. Ornate...

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Back in Mexico City , Part 2

More from Mexico City. Food first, as always… Sanborns is a local chain where the servers wear the strangest cape/collar. Worn over a blouse and skirt, it looks like a a mashup of traditional  mexican...

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San Miguel Allende, Part 1

Everytime I visit a completely new place, a different landscape, a new country, I spend the first few days being totally thrown off by the light, the color, the new energy, new things to see. I’d been...

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San Miguel Allende, Part 2

An early morning sketch from my hotel, looking out at the sloping street beyond the arched doorway. The greyest scene in this city is not without a pop of color. In contrast to the rest of the day, the...

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San Miguel Allende, Part 3

I’m not an early riser except when I travel. Then, I’ll get up early, get out and get a quick sketch in before the rest of my family wakes up. This is how 2018 started. Out on the streets, at a little...

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San Miguel Allende, Part 4

One of my very short side-trips from San Miguel Allende was to Guanajuato. So beautiful, so much color, so much to explore and I spent just one brief afternoon there. Here is a sketch I did around 5pm...

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San Miguel Allende, Part 5

And just like that, it was my last morning in San Miguel Allende. So many things I hadn’t sketched yet. From that last morning of sketching, this is Centro de Cultura. I’ll miss these sloping cobbled...

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Throwback Thursday: Oaxaca, 9 years ago

I thought I’d do a Throwback Thursday every once in a while, it’s fun for me to look back at old sketches and maybe it’s interesting for you too? Plus, I have Oaxaca on the mind since I’m going back...

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New Workshop: Magical Mexico City

Timed so it falls just before “Dia de los Muertos” this workshop in the beautiful historic center of Mexico City is a travel-sketching workshop designed to get you to capture the energy and excitement...

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