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ADV riders from Estonia – temple ruins

June 9 – 2012 – Update to this post:  As our weather was decidedly gloomy today, 
I stayed in and sketched all day.  So here is a new sketch from their ride report:
Not sure where they found this little guy!
June 7, 2012 – Apparently I’m not finished sketching from these yet!  Another sketch from the photos of the ADV riders “From Estonia with love”.  Reference photos for these sketches can be found on an amazing motorcycle ride report. (I will add location details at a later date.)

Monks moving huge drum in Luang Prabang, Laos

Loved the orange fabric here. It looks like they are working around this drum-like object.
This is also the very last page in my sketchbook! I’ve got two others started already! Sigh, what an addict I am becoming.
Another sketch from the photos of the ADV riders “From Estonia with love”. Reference photos for these sketches can be found on an amazing motorcycle ride report: advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480532 (Page 1)

More ADV riders sketches – “From Estonia…”

Old truck

Grass roofed hut in Northern Laos

A couple more sketches from the photos of the ADV riders “From Estonia with love”. 
Reference photos for these sketches can be found on an amazing motorcycle ride report: <a href=”http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480532″ rel=”nofollow”>advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480532</a> (Page 1)

From Estonia – Schoolgirls walking

It looks like rain here, but in the reference photo it was a sunny day. Splashing paint has its consequences!
Another sketch from the photos of the ADV riders “From Estonia with love”.  Reference photos for these sketches can be found on an amazing motorcycle ride report: advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480532 (Page 1)

From Estonia – Kariina’s getting lit by Allah in the dark Imam mosque, Esfahan, Iran

Reference photo was lovely and moody, not so happy with my result. (Apologies to Kariina!)
Another sketch from the photos of the ADV riders “From Estonia with love”. Reference photos for these sketches can be found on an amazing motorcycle ride report: advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480532 (Page 1)

January 28 – Can’t stop sketching these! Why am I?

More sketches from this amazing rider report. Love the brilliant saffron of the monk’s robes!
Thought I’d show the original photos with my sketches this time.

I suppose some of you are wondering, why does she keep painting from someone else’s photos? She’s never been to these places, she doesn’t have a motorcycle (anymore).  She surely doesn’t enjoy roughing it. 

Well, when I started reading their posts, their love of what they were doing was what made their photos so attractive.  Their passion about riding around the world, and sticking to it somehow came through and reached out and grabbed my attention.  The colors and composition, sure, but what I paint from these is a feeling.  Maybe that’s why it’s mostly people that I’ve used as reference.
So enough philosophizing, I’ll get more done soon!  And, I promise to go through their report again and review all of these, so I can add where they were taken and any other specifics.
If you haven’t yet read their ride report, at least scan through a page or two.  You will get an idea of the passion that was with them on their adventure.

Reference photos for these sketches can be found on this motorcycle ride report:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480532 (Thanks for sharing!)

Monk in saffron color robes – Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Buddhist Monk with umbrella
Malaysia, east coast – Muslim school girls

Sumatra – Women walking on beach





From Estonia…

More sketches from this amazing rider report.
Reference photos for these sketches can be found on this
motorcycle ride report:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480532
(Thanks for sharing!)
The ostrich photos are a riot!  I wonder if he nearly got the camera!
I still have about 50 to 80 more I look forward to sketching!
Jan. 23: just added the primate sketch. Love his intelligent expression.



From Estonia with love

Reference photos for these sketches can be found on an amazing motorcycle ride report:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480532
A young couple from Estonia took a motorcycle trip around the world.  It took them several years, and they kept a blog on the Adventure riders website.  Margus and Karlina traveled 170,000 km over 1,126 days, and traveled through 70 countries.  The photographs are what dazzled me – the quality, and the content – they have fantastic images of people, places and things they encountered.  I do not presume that my sketches are anywhere close to the quality of their photos, just that I was touched by them.  So, here are a couple – just a start.  I received their permission to post these.
If you have some time, stop by and read their report – you won’t be bored!

Ship on dry land, Cap Blanc, Mauritania

Mexico, San Cristobal de las casas native

Another sketch from their fantastic photos…

Turkana tribeswoman in Kenya