Oaxaca beach hippies

Comics, Mexico, Sketch, Street scene

An ink sketch of fellow travellers on the beach in Oaxaca.

San Cris felt souvenirs

Mexico, Sancris en Colores, Sketch, Street scene

Would you buy a multi-coloured felt cow with goggly orange-rimmed eyes? Of course! They are endearing! These marvels of creativity are sold by scores of handicraft sellers in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Chiapas, Mexico, and once you start looking, you start noticing how amazing they are. The quality of the felt, the sense of colour combination, the finishing, the creativity… Felt bulls and chickens are classics, and the current fashion is for felt unicorns and Tyrannosaurus Rexes.

Sketch of the day: Tulum seaside

Mexico, Sketch

I was wearing a sweater against the afternoon wind, but got some sketches of fellow beachgoers…