During our recent trip, the sun set with brilliance in San Pancho. At times, the sky seemed as vibrant as cadmium red straight from the paint tube. I wanted to catch the feeling of being on a beach surrounded by red in this sketch.
On our last morning in San Pancho, my sister went down to the beach and took several interesting photos of her shadow. I was captivated by them and used one as a reference for this sketch.
A young woman and her dog sat near us on the beach, sunning and eating together all afternoon. At first, I sketched her because she was nearby, but then, as I watched her, I noticed how much she liked her dog and tried to capture some of this relationship in these two sketches.
There is music wherever you wander in San Pancho, day or night. These two jazz musicians, performing from a corner of Su Made Pancha’s patio, were quite a treat.
I thought it trusting of this woman to put her cot so close to the water’s edge. As I sketched her, the waves came closer, but she maintained her pose and composure, never moving until well after I finished painting.
While painting the red kayaks last week, a woman came by, turned over a boat, pulled it into the water, and set off across the bay. Her confident air caught my eye, and I took quite a few photos. Later, I used one as a reference for this sketch.
Deliberate Sketching 