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India Summer ’22: Weekly Market at Padel Canteen
India Summer ’22: The weekly market comes to the village. Continue reading
Posted in India, people, Travel
Tagged deogad, food, india, market, people, people sketching, ratnagiri, seller, sugarcane, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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India Summer ’22: Panjim Market
India Summer ’22: You haven’t been to a place until you walk in to the markets. This is Panjim market in Goa. Continue reading
Posted in India, people, Travel
Tagged fish, food, goa, india, mango, market, panjim, people, people sketching, urban sketch, urban sketchers
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Seattle, Part 1 of 2
A spectacularly sunny weekend teaching in Seattle…and no, that’s not an oxymoron. Continue reading
Posted in Seattle, teaching, Uncategorized, Workshop
Tagged fish market, gum wall, location drawing, market, people, people sketching, people sketchng, pike place, pike place market, seattle, urban sketchers
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Bijapur, Part 2: India 2017
More from Bijapur, India. Continue reading
Posted in India, Travel
Tagged bijapur, india, location drawing, market, masjid, mausoleum, mosque, temple, Travel, urban sketchers
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Impressions of Italy: Back Streets, Little Bits
Back Streets and Little Things… Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged artisan, Basilica de Santa Croce, fish market, florence, instrument, ironwork, Italy, location drawings, market, mask, music, people, police car, rome, scooter, urban sketchers, venice, vespa, viola, violin
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Valladolid, Part 2.
Casa Hamaca, the bed&breakfast we stayed at in Valladolid is a big part of what made the town so lovely. An old home, it is beautifully restored and filled with art collected by the owner Denis Larsen. This is the kitchen … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Uncategorized, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Tagged casa hamaca, food, location drawings, market, mexico, quintana roo, urban sketch, urban sketchers, valladolid, yucatan, yucatan peninsula
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Isla Mujeres
Isla Mujeres is beautiful, just like every tourist guidebook will tell you. It has the finest, whitest sand I’ve every seen and the ocean is a beautiful gorgeous color. It’s just that I don’t really enjoy beaches like Playa Norte, … Continue reading
Posted in people, Travel, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Tagged beach, cancun, ferry, isla mujeres, market, people, tourist, yucatan, yucatan peninsula
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Cambodia: The markets of Siam Riep
The main market of Siam Riep covered a whole block. Around it’s perimeter were stalls that mostly sold dry good, like this seller of tens of varieties of rice. And this cart selling satay. But the inside of the market is … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia
Tagged cambodia, fish, fruit vegetable, location drawing, market, siam riep, suhita, Travel, urban sketch, vendor
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Sketching in Goa: Part 4
Fisherwomen are fun to draw, with their brightly printed saris and dresses, hair decorated with flowers, gold jewelry and often-colorful language. I spent a morning sketching in Panjim market, with the Sunday morning crowds often blocking my view. This lineup of women … Continue reading
Posted in India, Travel
Tagged boats, deogad, fish, fish auction, fish market, fisherwomen, fishing, fishing village, goa, goat, india, maharashtra, market, meat, mutton
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Sketching in Goa: Part 3
Back to mangoes. My all-time favorite mango? The Alphonso mango. Lucky me, my parents own a mango farm and I visited during mango season. This is what a fully grow Alphonso mango looks like. Green, with just the barest touch of yellow. Picked … Continue reading
Posted in India, Travel
Tagged alphonso mango. padel, deogad, deogad mango, location drawing, mango, mangoes, market, urban sketch
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