Attendance… Optional? Thanks but no thanks…
The other day I invited my whole class to go out and sketch at Old San Juan. It’s true that I told them attendance wasn’t required, but I didn’t expect no one would come. One of my students, who...
View ArticleCould the iPad be the newest sketching tool?
I’m in love with the iPad2… I just downloaded an app called ASKetch after reading a review of it. This was my first sketch with it; the app is extremely simple and it just simply works. It feels like...
View ArticleQuick lunchtime sketches
I had almost forgotten how much I enjoy sketching with pencil, same old #2 pencil we were forced to use for math classes in grade school. I’ll be using pencil a bit more, to practice value, shades and...
View ArticleGarabateando@Old San Juan
We had planned to go sketch at the historic Cemetery of San Juan, but it happens that it is closed on Saturdays at noon. We tried to sketch it from the nearby hills, after all it is a wonderful view...
View ArticleGarabateando@La Catedral de San Juan
Yesterday we met at the Cathedral in Old San Juan. Sketchcrawl 33 was also held yesterday, so we participated in it as well. We also sketched some of the neighboring buildings. I was using a few new...
View ArticlePosting from my iPhone
This is the first time I post to my blog from the phone, hope it comes out alright. This is a pic of a tree I sketched while on a staff meeting at work. No, it wasn’t that I was (that) distracted… My...
View ArticleSketching at Lunchtime
This week I’ve re-taken sketching at lunchtime, practicing with graphite some non-architectural subjects. These sketches were done in about 5 minutes each, except the last one, that took me twenty...
View ArticleDoodling with Coffee, Wine and Watercolors at La Campechada
We spent this past weekend participating in the event called “La Campechada”, a multi-disciplinary union of artists, musicians, performers, urban artists and actors remembering José Campeche y Jordán,...
View ArticleLoosening up once again
For a couple weeks I’ve been trying fountain pens, but I really haven’t get used to them. I feel much tighter, thinking too much about holding the pen in such a way that it doesn’t skip. Today I got...
View ArticleMy new places
My family and I have recently moved from Puerto Rico to Wilmington, Delaware. We’re looking for better alternatives of treatment and rehabilitation for our son. A change was probably very needed in...
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