The Medina offers endless possibilities but gets very crowded after mid-morning. Eric Davis and I sketched early so we could establish where things were without getting in everyone's way. Then I tended to paint outside the walls.
The Moulay Hassan square was convenient for its own sake and also close to good views of the Medina walls:
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| Place Moulay Hassan - Late Morning (10x12) |
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| Place Moulay Hassan - Mid-afternoon (8x12) |
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| Place Moulay Hassan - Late Afternoon (8x10) |
The other main street had the clock tower in it:
I rushed this one and wished I had chosen a better angle. The avenue also provided a view back towards the Bab Doukala:
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| Avenue oqba Ibn Nafiaah (8x10) |
The sketches were done in pen and coloured in a little with brush pens:
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| Communal Tap, Ben Achia |
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| Towards Bab Marrakech |
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| Avenue L'Istiqlal |
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| By Souk Jdid |
The next blog part will cover the Medina walls, particularly the sea wall seen from the rocks at low tide.
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