One of our favourite things about Chiapas, Mexico was all the weird and wonderful people we met! Crazy ex-pats, hippy artists, talented local ladies making spectacular textiles, bar hopping locals, business owners and other volunteers. Some of whom we are still in touch with and see on our travels! The city of San Cristobal de… Continue reading Colourful Characters of Chiapas
A selection of Mark’s commissions and travel illustrations from 2015! Hoping for an arty and commission filled 2016… To see more and for details on commissioning Mark for personal pieces, e-book covers, and illustrations for your blog please visit Mark’s new (unfinished) site: www.markpaul-sobral.co.uk, or email mark@markpaul-sobral.co.uk
Travelling through Mexico overland is genuinely characterised by ease. The top notch ADO buses between cities in Mexico are comfortable, clean, quick, fairly priced and play decent films/nature documentaries. There of a similar standard if not nicer than coaches in the UK. We recently took an overnight 10 hour bus from Merida to Palenque, and… Continue reading Transport in Mexico
This piece was inspired primarily by us having spent Dia de Muertos in the Quinta Roo region, where it’s actually known as Hanal Pixan in Mayan. Contrary to our expectation we found that, in general, the approach to the day was not one of mourning but of joyful remembrance, celebration and weirdly humour. In fact Mexican… Continue reading The Mexican Approach to Death & Demise
This is a quick watercolour piece Mark did of Eyal our diving instructor from Agua Clara Diving school in the beautiful Casa Cenote!
For this upcoming storyboard, it’s important to know that Laura had previously been stung by a jellyfish, the ordeal was very painful and brought about a fear of the squishy things. It was in our time in Scotland and the Mull of Kyntire that Laura came face-to-face with her fear.
This is a 30 minute digital speed painting I put together on Photoshop using my Wacom Intuos Tablet. This is piece is based on a photo of Laura and I on the summit of Ben A’an – a small mountain we hiked up in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs Park.
Backpacks & Daysacks 