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One last post from Brazil
One last post from Brazil. This one’s a little bit of a hodge-podge. Remembered bits and pieces, single-image memories, one long, sketch-filled day in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio and well, more bits and pieces… Coming to Rio after … Continue reading
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Tagged brazil, centro, copacabana, location drawings, rio, rio de janeiro, santa teresa, suhita, Travel, urban sketchers
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Never Fear the People: A Workshop in Paraty (and a free download)
Teaching at the 5th Urban Sketchers Symposium in Paraty, Brazil was an incredible experience. The diverse mix of attendees, their shared passion for urban sketching, and a beautiful city made for a dream mix. Add in some rain, trekking across the … Continue reading
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Tagged how-to, location drawings, Travel, urban sketchers, workshop
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Paraty’s churches
Paraty is a little town, with only a handful of churches. Here are 4 I sketched over my stay. The Santa Rita church, the oldest one in the city. Drawings buildings is fun, but add in a scaffolding and a guy wheeling a … Continue reading
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Tagged brazil, church, location drawings, paraty, suhita, Travel, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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Paraty by the Sea
In Paraty, you never forget you are by the sea. There are, of course, the colorful fishing boats (which I sketched a lot ). And then there is this fascinating flooding of the city. Paraty was designed so that the streets are flooded by the … Continue reading
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Tagged big island, boat, brazil, flood, high tide, location drawings, paraty, sketch, Travel, travel sketch, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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The streets of Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The streets in the historic part of Paraty are narrow, roughly cobbled and lined with whitewashed houses on both sides. The uniform white of these houses is broken by their colorful doors and windows and terracotta roofs. I sketched them over and … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, brazil, location drawings, paraty, Travel, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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Boats of Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Historic Paraty is a town of whitewashed homes and churches. Only the bright doors and windows and the terracotta roofs add spots of color. But the boats of Paraty are a different story. They are unabashedly colorful with equally colorful … Continue reading
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Tagged boat, bright, colorful, location drawings, Travel, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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Sketching on Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I’m back from an incredible 10 days in Brazil at the Urban Sketchers Symposium. And I’m back with a head full of ideas and inspiration, and long lists of things to work on and learn. But instead of recording my trip from … Continue reading
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Tagged brazil, corcovado, location drawings, rio, rio de janeiro, sugarloaf, Travel, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
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