tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76224268249277443102024-03-18T00:37:21.667-07:00omar-paintomarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.comBlogger349125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-7651906691692140272017-12-01T00:41:00.000-08:002017-12-01T00:41:07.292-08:00Book Launch: Urban Sketch Book: Urban Sketchers in German speaking countries.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you happen to be in Berlin next week come to the launch of this interesting book. </div>
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The book portraits Urban Sketchers in German speaking countries. The list become so big that it was necessary to create two books. In band one you have sketchers from the north area. Me and other sketcher will be signing your books. Come for meet. talk or sign your copy. I will be happy to see you.</div>
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com77tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-43022880326705476392017-12-01T00:33:00.001-08:002017-12-01T00:33:32.462-08:00Digital sketchwalk in Apple Kurfürstendamm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A lot of people came to my sketch safari (Zeichensafari in German) to the Apple Store Kurfürstendamm, Berlin. This was part of a collaboration between Apple and Urban Sketchers to celebrate 10 years of Urban Sketchers. Similar sketch walks took place the same day in Hong Kong (with Rob Sketcherman) , Singapore (with Don Low), and San Francisco (with Uma Kelkar).</div>
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Apple provided all participants with an iPad pro and a pencil. After a short presentation about my work and some information about the app procreate we went to the Bikini mall to draw the area.</div>
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It was a sunny day but cold, but people seemed not to care much. We did a short exercise there and we finished the drawings back in the store. Thanks to Apple for this opportunity and all the people that came.</div>
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com6Berlin, Germany52.520006599999988 13.40495399999997552.21073109999999 12.759506999999974 52.829282099999986 14.050400999999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-8562774671287726972017-08-30T13:19:00.000-07:002017-08-30T13:19:07.019-07:00Drawing Human Figure with Ink<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Lately I am looking in ways to abstract reality, to be able to tell a story in a different way. I love portraits and the human body, but I don't want to depend on how attractive is the person in order for my drawing to be appreciate by people.<br />
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In these portraits I used a twig and ink to draw the figure. The challenge was to draw with less lines and still get a recognisable image. It is difficult to find the balance. I added some washes of diluted ink and some marks with red pencil.<br />
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Here are some of the results. You can see the other drawings in this <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/omarpaint/albums/72157688346309425" target="_blank">flickr album</a><br />
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-8413777635561650252016-11-19T05:49:00.000-08:002016-11-19T05:49:03.553-08:00My presentation at the Apple Store in Berlin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have to thank Michael for the nice pictures and Binod for accepting to pose as a model for a portrait.<br />
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-18736602070200436882016-11-03T09:36:00.001-07:002016-11-03T09:36:13.292-07:00Drawing portraits with the Ipad on the Apple Store Berlin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I invite you to come to this little free workshop where you can learn a few tricks how to draw with the app procreate. The workshop will take place at the Apple Store in Berlin. Registration is required, since there are only few places available. To register click on the image:</div>
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-73623905722291712222016-10-03T14:20:00.001-07:002016-10-03T14:20:33.416-07:00Tausend Bar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I won't tell you where the Tausend Bar is. You can look for the address on internet, but nevertheless with out somebodies help, you won't be able to find it. It is a secret, one of Berlin secret places. When you get inside you get surprise but a very elegant futuristic atmosphere like a James Bond movie.<br />
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And there in the darkness was Miss Natasha Enquist singing,<br />
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I had my last day of my dry twig workshop and I was still in the mood for that technic. The music and a mojito helped me a lot.<br />
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-2481212631320116692016-09-10T13:05:00.001-07:002016-09-10T13:05:10.585-07:00Omar paints Odeon PlatzI arrived to Munich a little early for the second Germany Urban Sketchers Meeting. With a few hours to kill I went walking and stopped to draw the Odeon Platz. It was a good idea because the Sunday when we went back there was a street festival on the square blocking this view.<br /><br />
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Music: "Weltgeist by Miss Natasha Enquist.<br /><br />
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It was suppose to be a digital drawing with my iPad, however she is just a great model that I had to draw here with different techniques. This was with pen and watercolour, but I started with the watercolour first. Enjoy and please give me some feedback of what subjects you want me to draw.<br /><br />
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Find her album "MNE" at: </span><a class="_553k" href="http://missnatashaenquist.bandcamp.com/album/mne" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">http://missnatashaenquist.bandcamp.com/album/mne</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />
For more info: </span><a class="_553k" href="http://www.natashaenquist.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">www.natashaenquist.com</a>omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-18083979724118090522016-08-21T15:12:00.001-07:002016-08-21T15:12:53.360-07:00Omar paint Iah MoontraRecently I bought a go pro camera to record the way I paint. Here is a time lapse video I did last week.<br /><br />
This group Iah Moontra is really amazing, they really transform the space where they play...very Berlin in some way.<br /><br />
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Here is the final drawing:<br /><br />
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Wow! After I created the PDF of my Zanzibar sketchbook I forgot to share it here. Here it is, I hope you enjoy it.</div>
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-53278823619287255062016-06-19T14:02:00.000-07:002016-06-19T14:02:32.916-07:00Portrait delight<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Lately I am more interested in portraits. My friends have to suffer<br />
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Karam is from Syria. We are doing a language exchange. I am teaching him German and he teaches me Arabic. I used blue Caran D'Ache Watercolor Pencil to draw him, sprayed with water, let the colors fade a littel and thed apply watercolors. The hair is done with a dry brush technic. As paper I am use a Stillman & Birn Beta (for watercolor) sketchbook.<br />
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I went with Najeed and other friends to the lake on a sunny day. I drew him first with Pencil and added Watercolor. The skin color I created with Alizarim Crimson and some yellow, in parts I added cerulean blue to get the tones darker.Notice the red dots on eyes, nose, mouth corners and ears. These are color bridges and help to direct our eyes around the face.<br />
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Elvis is a dancer. we go together to the gym and sometimes later have a beer and enjoy the sun. I have drawn him many times. I drew the portrait with pencil and added watercolor later. For the lights of the hair I used a base purple and later cover it partially with sepia and dark blue.<br />
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-25066418748170210962016-03-18T08:40:00.000-07:002016-03-18T08:40:19.057-07:00Guido Westerwelle ist tot<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
That is the headline today in German Newspapers: Guido Westerwelle is dead. He was a German politician from the FDP Party. He became foreign minister and vice chancellor between 2009-2013 during the previous Merkel government.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJPvOnsINbZyNYTOvdMZ1yvAqGBml66ZY7nNQjDbzGhSzu4OPv4TJ96RGbGebUyXSc0Yi9ojWD55-y8Iaq4rGpppLdoaL9VlULRyQas4-jq-J0szizjDtI63nLsIQfJU1DK4GKz4oUtk/s1600/berlin115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="382" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJPvOnsINbZyNYTOvdMZ1yvAqGBml66ZY7nNQjDbzGhSzu4OPv4TJ96RGbGebUyXSc0Yi9ojWD55-y8Iaq4rGpppLdoaL9VlULRyQas4-jq-J0szizjDtI63nLsIQfJU1DK4GKz4oUtk/s400/berlin115.jpg" width="490" /></a><br />
I draw him 2013 during an "open door" day at the Foreign Affairs Building. He was there talking to the public, without any knowledge about his leukemia. A year later after he retired from politics, he got the diagnostic after doing some tests for a minor operation. What shock me about his death, is that he was young and he was suppose to start a new life, and from nowhere he got this illness. He was just 54. It could happen to me, it could happen to anybody. R.I.P</div>
omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-35062401437790814272016-02-29T07:14:00.001-08:002016-02-29T07:14:28.384-08:00Drawing Tristan<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i8ceixemj6g" width="480"></iframe>omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-66107146025065365682016-02-08T12:53:00.000-08:002016-02-08T13:04:02.552-08:00My review from the paperworld fair<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As some of you know, almost every year I visit Paperworld / Creativeworld fair in Frankfurt. Sometimes I work there, sometimes I visit. This year I was working at the Caran d'Ache booth. On the last day I took some time to visit other booths and here is a review of some new products I found interesting this year.<br />
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However my happy discover was the <b>blender: </b>a wax stick that blends colors together, blur edges and increase the intensity of colors and mixes. I made a test to explain it. You can use over permanent or watercolor pencils, but since it is a wax, it would mask watercolor pencils against water after applying it.</div>
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It is good to keep an eye on this korean company. Every year they have new products, with good quality, competitive prices and great packaging.<br />
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If you are an architect or designer probably know their alcohol based <b>Touch Twin </b>markers. I use their watercolors so I was very happy to see this new watercolor palette, very robust, nice design, transparent acrylic interior, an extra small removable palette also comes inside, but was not available for the photo.<br />
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Did I mentioned that I learnt to paint with White Nights watercolors? They offer professional quality for a reasonable price. They have now a small portable case practical for sketchers and what is great: <b>Kolinsky sable brushes</b>, very very affordable!! amazing !!!<br />
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Leuchtturm1917 have many practical planners and notebooks in many colors, However this is my personal favorite: a business card holder. Isn't it cute?</div>
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-35648775132250487262015-11-23T12:50:00.000-08:002015-11-23T12:50:00.232-08:00Fish-eye perspectives<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am still learning it. I took <a href="http://paulheaston.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Paul Heaston</a> Workshop in Paraty two years ago and although I think I got the idea, I have to constantly practice to get it right. So every time I have a new material I try it again as an exercise.<br />
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Winter is coming in Berlin, or it just arrived since today (Sunday) was snowing. Time to escape to a Cafe. I find cafes very boring for drawing. So in order to make it interesting I tried the fish eye perspective again. This is my friend Alejandro by the way, We often meet to draw together. His drawing today was very good, the markers and his drawing style work well together. </div>
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Stone Town is a city that changes according to time, in the morning before noon, there is market, a so in some streets and squares you will find people selling their products.<br />
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After walking close to the Market we stopped at a corner.<br />
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Stephanie was drawing an old guy, and when I finished my drawings I took some pictures with her camera.<br />
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-67590287937006560272015-11-01T13:24:00.000-08:002015-11-01T13:24:46.701-08:00Mönchengladbach in drawings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Mönchengladbach is a small city close to Düsseldorf, in the State of NordrheinWestfallen, Germany.<br />
The Santander Bank has it German headquarters there. For their new building they commission me to draw on a 22 meter interor wall the most relevant places and buildings of Mönchengladbach .<br />
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I went around the city to make fotos and sketches of the buildings. The sketches on site were very important since they helped me to notice important details. I used Molotow acrylic mark to paint the wall.</div>
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It was so much fun to go around sketching with <a href="http://stephanie-ledoux.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Stephanie Ledoux</a>.. we stopped at this street to draw the door but at the same time fascinated by the people seating on the side.</div>
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Although we couldn't communicate when people noticed us drawing they started to interact with us in non verbal ways.<br />
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This guy was definitely posing as he realized that we started drawing him. He stayed in that position for have an hour..<br />
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The little Nabil came to us to watch what we were doing, His mother join him later he hold him with one arm and in the other texted with the phone. I like to portrait this kind of contrast in Africa, Technology is there but people keep their traditions. To hide technology would be to romanticize reality, like these colonial tourist postcards, something that I don't want<br />
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-40246507946312245882015-10-24T03:25:00.000-07:002015-10-24T03:25:00.774-07:00Jaw's corner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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People mentioned many times "Joe's corner" as an important square on my way. and I was asking myself who could be this famous Joe. It turned out that they mean "Jaw's corner" because of a picture in the wall of a shark like in the Spielberg's film.<br />
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A funny note is the phone hanging on the palm... if it really work?</div>
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I started drawing maps to understand the space, I keep finding beautiful carved doors. Stone Town is famous for them. This one bellow is in Indian style, you can recognize because of his bronze peaks. In India they are used to stop elephants, in Zanzibar there are no elephants, so they only have a decorative purpose and therefore they are not so sharp.<br />
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I am kind of lazy, so I don't think I need to draw all the carving, specially if it is a pattern that repeat constantly.</div>
omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-61181381105845967402015-10-23T03:15:00.000-07:002015-10-23T03:15:14.837-07:00Getting in lost in Stone Town<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I tried to find my way back to the market following the route my guide showed me the day before. At the same time I was checking in a map to follow the names of the streets. Not map helps you there. Very soon I realized that the narrow allies in Stone Town were like rivers, with buildings between it course and the the end all them end in the big see that is the market. In the many ways I follow I always found something interesting so getting lost was all the time a pleasant experience.<br />
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I cut a window in the title page to show a glimpse of the next one. Stephanie was teaching me calligraphy,<br />
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There were many beautiful carved doors on the way..<br />
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A trick to draw people is to start drawing an square and start adding people as they jump inside the painting..<br />
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Soon kids came and started asking for portraits<br />
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-43305296063584617552015-10-17T09:55:00.000-07:002015-10-17T09:55:13.147-07:00Again on Tv <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last Thursday there was again a reportage about Urban Sketchers Berlin in the Program "Stillbruch" by local Television RBB. I was interviewed while sketching refugees in Bantabaa, a local organization in my neighborhood that offers German courses for refugees, that are not accepted by the system. I like it very much. The conversation with me was in English, so that the refugees in the room could also understand it. Later we moved to a Market in Moabit.<br />
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-29180373664127231642015-09-30T08:30:00.000-07:002015-09-30T08:30:02.068-07:00Meeting Stephanie Ledoux in Zanzibar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On the Second day Stephanie arrived. Stephanie Ledoux is a fantastic artist. Stephanie is also a great photographer and travels a lot. Specially to far and exotic places.<br />
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Before she traveled she prepared an old photo album with collages and color backgrounds to draw over later. She keeps collecting things in the streets to add to her sketchbooks. She does not draw chronological in her book, but rather choose a page appropriated to the motive.<br />
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We connected immediately, and soon we were wondering through the city and drawing together. I showed her the areas I already know. We didn't had a plan, so we moved at our own pace. It was wonderful how good we traveled together..being able to understand the other's need to stop and draw and most of the time encourage with the example the other to also do a drawing.<br />
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We encountered for example this fantastic scene: Two guys playing Bao. When I finished I started drawing her. Check Stephanie's <a href="http://stephanie-ledoux.blogspot.de/2015/07/le-joueur-de-bao.html">post</a> in her blog Stephanie-ledoux.blogspot about this experience here.<br />
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omarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09297615624293595580noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7622426824927744310.post-61747255001434542082015-09-30T06:05:00.000-07:002015-09-30T06:05:00.305-07:00Trying to get a SIM card.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Where can I get a SIM card for my phone? I asked at my hotel.<br />
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Stone Town is a labyrinth of small alleys. I was constantly looking at the map trying to make sense of it. Soon a guy started offering me a tour...that I rejected but he started following me and asking where I want to go.. he offered to take me there for free but in every interesting corner he would tell me something about it...<br />
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A cardboard box is all what these two young entrepreneurs need to have their Sim Card store at the market.<br />
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Some drawings I did the next day, like this alley in the Spice Market.<br />
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Markets are great places for drawing people.<br />
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Dar es Salaam means the residence of peace. I arrived at night at my hotel, but very early in the morning I started hearing the sounds of the city. I drew the view from my hotel window.<br />
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The hotel was not far from the port. From my window I could sketch the city. There is certain beauty in the chaos. The text on the left side is part of a page I had to cut, since the guy insisted on having "his" portrait.<br />
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Although I grew up country with a colonial past: Ecuador, I forgot that I should have expected a variety of cultures, races, and colors. The many buildings in construction in Dar es Salaam show that there is money in this city, but also lot of poor people in the streets.<br />
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The VIP area in the ferry was comfortable. Juices and water where complimentary. There was a great view of the other passengers.<br />
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Zanzibar used to be part of the Oman trade routes, and for a short period even its capital, which explains why the majority of its population is Muslim. The Stewardess in the boat wore colorful headscarves. To draw people in a Muslim in country is a sensible issue, especially women. Even asking permission could be consider rude, I usually start drawing something around and let them to ask me to draw a portrait.<br />
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