Sunday, February 01, 2009

Fantastic Day


And so we all headed for the Huntington Gardens... chinese new year festival awaiting for us.
Perfect day!, great light, great temperature. Following Craig's suggestion I brought marker and sketchpad. We both stopped right opposite the japanese garden area which we drew from there.

23 comments:

  1. ¡Qué apunte, My God!.
    Combinas la inteligecia de un trazo seguro (nunca das puntada sin hilo)con lo espontáneo y fresco de un apunte al natural.Creo que conseguir ese equilibrio hace que tus dibujos sean algo fuera de lo normal.
    ¡Bravo,maestro!.

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  2. ¡Qué grande eres, Marcos!
    Y que suerte tienes con ese tiempo californiano. Aquí hace un frío que pela!
    un abrazo

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  3. wow! this is beautiful marcos!

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  4. That is a GREAT sketch. I like the limited palate. I gotta get down there and do some sketches.

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  5. AW man....looks Great with the color Marcos!! Definitely a good time man...wish we could have drawn more. Will have to do another outing soon.

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  6. Very cool! I wonder if that trip had anything to do with a Kung Fu Panda sequel???:D

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  7. -Gracias Lutgardo!

    -Muchas gracias Juan, y si es cieto que este invierno es mas una primavera que otra cosa!

    -Thanks a lot Jason.

    -Thank you Jeremy. Well I think you should visit the place, It's beautiful and relaxing indeed, and a source of inspiration.

    -Craig I agree, we should do this more often and also I enjoyed doing landscape rather than only character for a change.

    -Thanks Hans, and btw nothing to do with that!

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  8. Marcos, i love the way you got the structure of the landscape down with such simplicity and contrast. Everything is completely clear and evocative.

    BTW at first glance I thought i was a hi-contrast photo!

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  9. Marcos, gracias por tus palabras sobre Palacios, que un artistazo como tu tenga la humildad de un fan dice mucho en tu favor.
    Un abrazo.

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  10. Beauty!.....love those loose yet confident marker strokes.

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  11. That's a great sketch. I love the heavy strokes that define the dark areas of the sketch. i saw your comments on Armand's blog about the Disney Layout crew photos and that led me to your blog. I love your work and I'll be checking into your blog on a regular basis.

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  12. Marcos, I love it.I got particularly drawn to the reflection on the water.lovely to see your drawings. They nearly make me hear your voice.

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  13. Wow, this is a tremendous sketch. I've been to the garden, and it is a great place to sketch.

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  14. Qué envidia, todo lo que haces tiene buena pinta. Unos pocos trazos y se puede ver la luz que había ese dia, estoy seguro.

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  15. Te conteste esto en el blog, Marcos:

    "¿NO ES BELLISIMA ESTA FOTO?...ME HACE PENSAR EN EL PICASSO DE LA EPOCA ROSA."

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  16. Marcos llegué acá por un mensaje que dejaste en el blog de Grillo... y estuve viendo tus trabajos y dibujos tanto aquí como en tu web. SIN palabras, no sé qué me impresiona más.. si tus trazos o la manera en que coloreas tus ilustraciones..
    Voy a pasar seguido por acá para seguir aprendiendo.
    un abrazo desde Argentina

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  17. Hola Marcos, cuanto tiempo!

    Què mas puedo decire con todo lo dicho en esta ristra de comentarios, me sumo a todo lo comentado!

    Abrazos!

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  18. -Thank you very much Will! I usually treat light as the main issue when it comes to a scene like this, and in this case it was made easy by the landscape around. Such a cool place.

    -Gracias Manuel, tu post sobre el maestro es fantastico. Me sigo pasando como siempre por tu blog...

    -Thanks Jared.

    -Thank you Tom, and it's really good hearing from you after so long! You were definitely one of the 'first faces' I ever saw in animation after I started at Amblin, and I'm glad now I can follow your art and news through your blog!
    All the best.

    -Thanks Valentina. Nice having a visit from you!

    - Thanks Moe!, It indeed is a great place, and the day was perfect too! Here is another location for all of us to show at and sketch our pads away!

    -Muchas gracias Guillermo. Un saludo!

    -Thanks Susini!

    -Oscar! gracias por tu visita, tu comentario, y tu siempre vigorizante intercambio de ideas! Siempre ves el lado apasionado de las cosas y esto no tiene precio.
    Un abrazo!

    -Muchas gracias por tu comentario Jocomic. Un saludo de vuelta.

    -Gracias Paco!

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  19. Hiroshige would be proud!

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  20. Beautiful drawing!! Did you check out the new Chinese garden also? Great seeing you today at Dreamworks BTW ^_^

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  21. -Thank you Lovelace

    -Thanks Alina and great seeing you too!
    Actually Alfie and my friends did visit the chinese gardens while Craig and i stayed behind and drew the japanese garden.

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  22. Oh how I love this, I love it almost as much as how you draw.

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