More Photos From San Miguel de Allende
Posted on November 1, 2018 by Christina Merkley
Couple more days into Sketching Fast & Loose workshop in San Miguel de Allende. Lots of eclectic folk art and architecture. Beginning to move into people and gestures. Gonna need a private with Rhoda Draws on faces (no more faceless star people if I’ve got a bit of extra time). Catrina parade is tonight … mucho painted faces!
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Food is awesome, on a rooftop terrace… tacos & margs.
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Little carry purse works well for pencils and pens.
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Sugar ornaments that decorate the altars.
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Sugar Decorations
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Street vendors
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Marigold Door Frames.
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Folk Art Mask
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Folk Art Peacock
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Folk Art Devil
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Skulls Everywhere!
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First Take On The Peacock
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Mask in Pencil
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Wall Hangings Ink
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Merman and Catrina
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Church Square
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Dancing Couple
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Skull 1
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Skull 2
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Skull 3
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Take 2 on Mask
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Skull 4
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Posing with the Mojiangas
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Take 2 on Peacock
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Mojiangas Take 2. Do It Fast & Loose…
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Catrina in el Jardin
![Clay Catrina on fireplace at Mask Museum.](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4910/44925926665_7317dc0c25_n.jpg)
Clay Catrina on fireplace at Mask Museum.
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Sketch of Parroguia
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Moor Masquerader Masks
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Face Practice
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Mask from the Dance of the Viejos (old men)
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Sketch of Jardineros masks
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Random fast marker faces
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More fast faces via marker
![Celebracion de Carnifal](https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4849/44925927045_c31a9eaa70.jpg)
Celebracion de Carnifal