I really love strolling through the market and eat tacos, sweats and whatnot. We bought some really delicious fish from this lady, fresh from the local river. She gutted them right there.
Tag: Drawing
Formerly green house revisited in Malinalco
The formerly green house… This is what happened since last week. They are still in the process of painting it.
Friday night in Malinalco, Mexico II
I went for a walk with my friend, the poet.
He showed me his favourite street, which is this one, overhung with trees that are in bloom right now. The street lights illuminated the colours beautifully in the dusk.
I tried to do a more watercoloury drawing style, but I think the paper is not really suitable for it. I still like how it turned out though.
On the streets of Malinalco, Mexico IV
There is this absolutely lovely tiny old lady in my street. She must be 75+ and is half my size. She is there every day all day, sitting in the sun with her two dogs, selling whatever they have straight from the garden. Sometimes her friend, man about the same age, joins her for a chat.
I go almost daily to buy mangos, avocados or granadillas which I had never tasted before but now love.
Friday night in Malinalco, Mexico
I heard some commotion outside of the gate and after a while I got curious and looked outside. This is what I saw. White horse in the car lights that were passing by. He seemed rather bored and unhappy being parked on the sidewalk.
Means of transportation for the cool kids at the weekend.
On the streets of Malinalco, Mexico III
This guy, parked on the sidewalk. Second donkey I have seen so far.
At the market in Malinalco, Mexico
Every Wednesday is market day. There are plenty of street dogs around, either patiently waiting for leftovers or simply using the shade to take a nap.
Nice to see that the people and dogs at the market are very polite to each other.
Colour confusion in Malinalco, Mexico
Surprisingly no beetle in sight on this street. Also the green house is a bit too bright for my taste. But it certainly caught my attention. I prefer the other one. Well, or I should rather say, the formerly green house.
I went for a walk this morning when I passed the house again and first I didn´t realize that it is it, and then I thought wtf am I colour blind or is my memory failing me completely!?
They have started to paint it dark red and in order to paint over the green they have smeared some yellow over it in the front… so it looks rather wild right now. I will try to capture the process maybe tomorrow.
Same thing happened just yesterday. There is this gift shop here in my street. I took this picture last weekend.
And this was when I passed the place yesterday and I thought my eyes are playing tricks on me…. wow, I felt confused.
Streets of Malinalco, Mexico
Green house is my favourite so far.
On the streets of Malinalco, Mexico
These guys napping in the shadow during the afternoon heat. There are plenty of street dogs around here but most of them look well fed and they are very friendly towards people and vice versa.
They didn´t even blink once when I passed and watched them.
In Malinalco, State of Mexico
Moving on from Tulum.
After a week in La Ciudad de México (CDMX) I got to Malinalco. I had no idea what this place was about before I arrived here. 115 km south west of CDMX in the State of Mexico. Elevation 1740m, population 8000, very rural and it is considered a Pueblo Mágico…
And most importantly it has way less air pollution than CDMX which I highly appreciate and approve of.
It is certainly very colourful. During my first walk around town.
On the streets of Tulum, Mexico XIII
This is the last one from my bike tour around Tulum. These guys are selling tepache de piña, a fermented pineapple drink. Unfortunately I did not get to try it yet.
Otherwise you can find a lot of really cool street art around Tulum.
And then there was this place who probably got rid of the guy who did the spelling… No, the name of the place is not Restaun. I checked.
On the streets of Tulum, Mexico XI
What can I say, I took a lot of photos of dogs. This one just stood there for a while not sure what to do next. Then he started to wander off.
On the streets of Tulum, Mexico IX
One thing that struck me while wandering around was, how clean the streets are. Saw this guy doing his business on the palm tree with a can dedicated to chicle – chewing gum. On the tree beside it was a can for cigarette butts.
On the streets of Tulum, Mexico VII
I haven’t seen this many VW beetles since… I can´t remember. They got rather rare in Germany and if you see them, then you never see them in anything else than perfect condition. Here, they just are. I saw several of them and they are just lovely. What do you think about them?
I´m still trying to figure out where and how much white space to leave when colouring with these watercolours…
Observation: Lots of beetles around here.
On the streets of Tulum, Mexico VI
Plenty of colourful houses around here. What colour is your house or you would like it to be?
Observation: The brighter the better.
Finally finished this one.
On the streets of Tulum, Mexico V
Based on a really bad snapshot I took during my bike tour through the town of Tulum.
Observation: Cables, cables everywhere!
And the before in my sketch book. The other one is still unfinished…
I did like their slogan… Mas por menos.
On the streets of Tulum, Mexico IV
Another truck. I enjoyed watching them while they were throwing boxes and bottles up and down.
Observation: There is so much green around here.
On the streets of Tulum, Mexico III
These big delivery trucks where pretty much everywhere.
The first draft looked like this. I really start to have fun with the water paintbrush that I bought. I think it gives you a completely different watercolour experience than with a normal paintbrush. Also it is less messy.
