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WST Trip: Morocco Sketchbook

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All my sketches from World Sketching Tour Morocco Trip is now ready to see in this page.
I must say that I enjoy everything in Morocco. If you haven’t been there, it’s a “must go” place!
The colors are amazing and theres magic in the air. It’s easy to get lost in the streets and is almost impossible don’t get sick of your stomach because of the many spices they have on the food.
Because I just did the coast part of Morocco, my next time there will be desert and mountains!

WST trip: Morocco, Rabat

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Before I start writhing about Rabat, Its a must say some words about Asilah.
Its a small village were you can find a small Medina build by the Portuguese near the coast of ocean. It’s really clean village painted in tones of blue and white. I had a great time there sketching and accidentally I met two nice artists.
Jose Antonio Sencianes Ortega is a Spanish talented illustrator living in south of Spain. We didn’t have much time to talk but I will search him for sure when I pass by his place on my WST adventure! To him: Was really nice to meet you my friend and lets sketch together some day!
The other is a urban artist but I didn’t find yet any information of him in the web, but his work was great. He uses cement paper to sketch, tea water to mix with pure spice like saffron and also pure blue. He is doing this for around 14 years, he said. The funny part during the meeting was when he wanted to exchange their work for my sketchbook. When i said “i can’t because this is not for me, it’s for a guy make a guide book about Morocco” so he ask me to stay one month with him to draw a full sketchbook, with bed and food for free… well, I smile to him, we change contacts and I said “In future I will be here, and next time I’ll do that, I promise.” I feel like my day was “completed” in that time. Love to find new people with the same interests and discover how they live with drawing.

Let’s move on!

WST trip: Morocco

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Tanger 06

New year, new sketchbooks, new life!
I start 2012 like that in Tanger, Morocco really motivated with the incoming World Sketching Tour and the opportunity to travel in this continent that I never been before: Africa. In this trip I didn’t had time to write anything along so I will put some memories that I will never forget of Morocco. I had this conversation in Tanger custom when i was receiving the visa to get in:
Morocco Police: Profession?
Me: Artist..
(because they don’t know what is a designer)
Morocco Police: Artist of what?
Me: …illustrator..
Morocco Police: …we don’t know that, another?
Me: …painter… artist painter!
…and for the first time in my life, one of the professions I have more respect, I “became” on a painter artist just like that. Actually it was just in paper ;)