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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...
View ArticleBack 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...
View ArticleBack 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...
View ArticleSan 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...
View ArticleSan 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...
View ArticleSan 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...
View ArticleSan 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...
View ArticleSan 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...
View ArticleThrowback 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...
View ArticleNew 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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