Nostalgic of Puerto Rico
I have been missing my homeland. I was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico but moved to the states five years ago. I don’t regret...
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Sketchfully Yours,
LUIS E. APARICIO
ILLUSTRATOR–DESIGNER-CARICATURIST–CARTOONIST
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Oct 23, 2012
- 1 min
Sketching on both sides
Today one student told me another professor had taught him that he should never use the left side of his sketchbook. It is the second...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Oct 7, 2012
- 1 min
Pushing and pulling values
Value sketch with a Chartpak marker while waiting at Fine Arts Cinema. Practicing an exercise in which you take mid values and decide to...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Sep 30, 2012
- 1 min
Getting more comfortable with markers
I’ve been getting more and more comfortable using markers on my sketchbook. True, I hate the bleed thru, but I just ordered a sketchbook...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- May 10, 2012
- 1 min
The Pen isn’t my Friend
I’ve been reading a lot about sketchers using fountain pens and I decided to see what all the fuss is about. I went to a local shop and...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- May 3, 2012
- 1 min
Directly to Color
I had to shelter from the rain at Cuartel de Ballajá. Actually I’m blogging from there right now; the non-stop shower, although light,...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Feb 6, 2012
- 1 min
Second Post Today, More Sketches
Two posts in just a few hours? I don’t remember having done this before, but as I am now posting from my phone it gets a lot easier. ...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Feb 6, 2012
- 1 min
Mixed Media on Super Bowl Sunday
I did a few sketches yesterday with different media, charcoal pencil, graphite pencil, markers, pen brush and a felt tip point pen. Some...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Oct 3, 2011
- 1 min
Sketching non-architectural subjects
I always tend to sketch architectural subjects, buildings, sculptures or spaces; of course, that’s what I’ve practiced for years. One of...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Jul 19, 2011
- 1 min
Garabateando #6 @iupi
Last Saturday our sketching group Garabateando.com went to my Alma Mater, the University of Puerto Rico; it is affectionately called...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- May 29, 2011
- 3 min
A wonderful experience at Taller (D)Espacio
Two friends of mine, architects Alexandra Betancourt and Maitée Hernández started an amazing project about a year ago called Taller...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Apr 17, 2011
- 1 min
Sketchcrawl 31: San Juan, PR
I only could sketch for a couple of hours, as I had a class, but my industrial design students joined me at the end of the class and...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Apr 3, 2011
- 1 min
Virtual Paintout- Japan
Here I used my son’s Faber Castell Manga Shojo set and my Copic markers; I am really enjoying sketching this fast and loose. *edit: LOL@...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Mar 23, 2011
- 1 min
Lunchtime virtual sketch-out
I had an impromptu sketching session today at lunch; had almost 50 minutes free, so I went virtually to Cape Town once again, as part of...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Mar 17, 2011
- 1 min
Ode to Hideous
Could somebody PLEASE incorporate Aesthetics 101 into Engineering Curricula? When an otherwise beautiful landscape is completely...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Mar 17, 2011
- 1 min
Experimenting with Copics
Last Saturday Prof. Leytham lent me his Sailor brush pen so I could try it. It is designed for Japanese calligraphy, which brush can...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Feb 9, 2011
- 1 min
Overcoming my fears
Well, today I did my first sketch of a non-blob car as an adult. I decided that it was time I overcome my fears and start practicing...
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Luis E. Aparicio
- Feb 3, 2011
- 2 min
Are markers obsolete? I don’t think so!
Back in school I did most of my renderings with colored pencil and airbrush. I only used markers very sparingly, they were expensive and...
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