Manzanillo Mexico Sketching Trip

I was lucky enough to be invited to join fellow Sketchers Phyllis, Faye, and Sue in the perfect weather & beautiful vistas in Manzanillo, Mexico.  We sketched every day, and here's some of my sketches from scenes at the beach.

 I'm pretty crazy about this sketch, "A smoke on the beach."

This couple really knows how to enjoy retirement.  They were all set up in front of a wonderful restaurant called "Oasis," under huge umbrellas, with delicious food and cool beverages.

More Manzanillo Sketches

I apologize for being a blog hog, but I told some folks I met in Mexico to check the blog in a week to see some of these sketches. So I have to post them in case they actually check!  I did these on our excursions away from Casa Maya.

Annie's fabulous art studio on the 3rd (or was it the 4th?) floor of her casa.

Calle Cinco, Manzanillo

Marianna, Emily y Eric - Manzanillo Chinese Restaurant

Guitarist on Chicken Beach

The movie was so bad I started sketching Barbara

The Braider and the Braided at Chicken Beach

Guitarist at Senor Gao's restaurant

Family dining at the next table at Senor Gao's

Barb on her 2nd date with the cowboy chaperoned by all the sketchers.
She told him she comes with a posse and she wasn't kidding!

'Tuba y Pina' vendor at Chicken Beach

Birds, bathing beauties and balloons at Chicken Beach
This is a pretty crappy sketch, but it cracks me up. Those 3 figures heading into the water are Phyllis, Barb and Faye.

Casa Maya Sketching

Casa Maya was our home during the sketchers' week in Manzanillo. Everything was just spectacular - the views, the house, the art, and the company. Big hugs and kisses to Phyllis for making it all possible. A grand time was had by all.  Here are some sketches I did in and around la casa. (I know, it's too many to post, but I lack restraint.)

View from Casa Maya's balcony

Sketching everything in front of me from the shade of the palapa

Julie and Phyllis sketching in the palapa

Casa Maya interior

Hibiscus on the pool deck

Walls of painted masks above the bar in the palapa

Yellow casa next door as seen from Casa Maya's roof in morning light

Pink hibiscus in Casa Maya's entry

Phyllis naps in palapa

Yellow Casa as seen from the pool

View of hillside from Casa Maya balcony

Hibiscus by the pool

Mayans on the wall

Truman relaxes after a night swim.

Poolside bougainvillea with Mayan god head

The view from my bed at Casa Maya