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Tag Archives: oaxaca
Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: Life on the Streets
Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: Life on the Streets Continue reading
Posted in oaxaca, people, Sketch Journal, teaching, Travel, Workshop
Tagged location drawing, mexico, oaxaca, people sketching, perspective, reportage, travel sketching, urban sketching, watercolor painting, workshop
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Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: My Favorite Church and a Colorful Street
Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: My Favorite Church and a Colorful Street Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, location drawing, mexico, oaxaca, perspective, reportage, santo domingo, travel sketching, urban sketching, watercolor painting, workshop
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Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: Monte Alban and More
10 years after I visited (on my last trip to Oaxaca) I clearly remember the magic of Monte Alban. It’s hard to put it into words. There are more famous pyramids in Mexico. I’ve visited a few in the Yucantan … Continue reading
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Tagged black pottery, location drawing, mexcal, mexico, monte alban, oaxaca, pottery, reportage, travel sketching, urban sketching, workshop
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Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: Capturing Vignettes
A long, luxurious sketch is lovely. But what do you do when you travel with non-sketchers? Go on guided tours? Or when you watch a performance that won’t last very long? You find quicker ways to sketch. Perhaps you capture … Continue reading
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Tagged location drawing, mexico, mural, musician, oaxaca, travel sketching, urban sketching, vignette, workshop
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Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: Jumping Right in
I’m back from a wonderful week teaching a travel-sketching workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico. I thought I’d share sketches from the trip and take you along for the ride. We sketched in markets, and in the streets, at ancient sites and … Continue reading
Posted in oaxaca, Sketch Journal, teaching, Travel, Workshop
Tagged location drawing, mexico, oaxaca, travel sketching, urban sketching, workshop
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Small Setup
Testing a Small Setup, ready to sketch in Mexico! Continue reading
Quick Capture Video
I made this little video for those that have signed up for my Travel Sketching workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico, so I thought I’d share it here. 5 minutes is all it takes to capture a scene full of color and … Continue reading
Posted in mexico, people, teaching, Travel, watercolor, Workshop
Tagged gesture drawing, how-to, oaxaca, people sketching, quick sketching, travel sketching, video
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Throwback Thursday: Oaxaca, 9 years ago
Throwback Thursday: Oaxaca, 9 years ago. Sketching everything, then and now. Continue reading
Posted in mexico, Mexico City, Sketch Journal, teaching, Throwback Thursday, Travel, Workshop, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Tagged art leap adventures, mexico, mexico city, oaxaca, workshop
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Travel Sketching Workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico
Travel Sketching Workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico. 12 spots only on this amazing 6 day-5 night adventure! Sign up here: https://www.artleapadventures.com/sketchoaxacasuhita.html Continue reading
Posted in mexico, people, Sketch Journal, Travel, Workshop
Tagged mexico, oaxaca, travel sketch workshop, urban sketcher, urban sketcher workshop, workshop
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The Colors Of Oaxaca
Just got back from 8 days in Oaxaca, Mexico- what really, really struck me was the color- everything is a riot of color- and it wasn’t just special costumes and crafts, it was everyday stuff : the taxis, the markets, … Continue reading