Arizona Travel Sketches

Yesterday was very productive in getting several travel sketches done. I'm posting a few from the Arizona chapter, driving through the Navajo Nation.

 

Travel With Me: From Moab to the Grand Canyon and Back

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Arcosanti sketches For Travel Book

This weekend was very productive as far as doing drawings for my 2nd Travel With Me book.
These sketches are for the chapter on Arcosanti, AZ:
 

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Starting on Arcosanti Sketches

I'm starting sketches on the Arcosanti section of my travel book.
Here's the first quick sketch:

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Sunrise in Arizona

Watercolor sunrise from a picture I took at a campsite in Arizona, right outside of Flagstaff.
The combination of snow on the ground, overcast sky and rising sun piercing through the clouds created an amazing blue-ish atmosphere.

I tried to re-create that morning below, from a picture I took then.
Take one:

Take two:

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Sketches From Williams, AZ

Both sketches are from pictures taken in Williams, AZ, on the way to the Grand Canyon.

Here's where we stopped for breakfast:

This really cool door to what I imagine is a staircase was tucked in a narrow alley between two buildings: 

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More Monument Valley Sketches

More Monument Valley sketches today, playing around with the watercolor.

Entrance view into Monument Valley:

The two Mittens Formations, and an abandoned roadside Navajo jewelry stand: 

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Monument Valley Sketches

Quick pencil sketches of the entrance into Monument Valley, AZ.

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