Sketch of the Week: 36th World Wide Sketchcrawl + People in Santo Domingo

Here are some drawings from wonderful days of taking sketching workshops, hanging out with other artists, and sketching some more at Urban Sketchers Symposium in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Zona Colonial area in Santo Domingo where the Symposium was held is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it is filled with a wonderful mix of buildings with various styles, colors and age - a perfect backdrop for drawing and painting. Sketches from the workshops and notes on what I learned are coming soon!

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It is hot and humid in Santo Domingo. In the afternoon when the shade grows longer and sun starts to dip, people come outdoors to hang out under big shady trees while children play in the square. This is a sketch done near Parque Colón as part of 36th World Wide Sketchcrawl.

Parque Colón is next to a shopping street of Calle El Conde, and here are some people sketches from the beginning of the Symposium. Some sketches here fit this week's Illustration Friday topic, "Carry"- people definitely carry a variety of things to sell. A guy selling newspapers by walking around with a pile of papers on his head struck me as so retro - in my usual life in Los Angeles I rarely see people reading printed newspapers anymore (let alone street peddlers selling them).

Some vendors ride modified bicycles to sell plantains or ice cream. I like sketching food trucks and street food vendors, so these are nice reminders of my sketch-vacation.