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Written by Teresita Blanco (The Artsy Sister)
La Cocina Mexican Restaurant in Xcaret Review
Today, I was in the mood to reminisce about the last vacation I took. This time I wanted to blog about in specific about La Cocina Mexican restaurant. This was a buffet restaurant in the Nature park of Xcaret. The place has some good ambience and decoration. The waiters though stoic, are efficient. Once you get your drinks, you are left to your own devices. It is up to you to get the food you want to eat. The buffet has quite the varied selection. It has all the core ingredients for you to make the best tacos...
Tulum Revisited Highlights Travel Tourism
Last July, I revisited Tulum with my family. On our second visit, we had more time to fool about. We arrived there pretty early in the morning. Despite the early time, it was pretty hot. From time to time, a cloud would pass over the horizon to provide a bit of shade. The ruins looked a little bit more ruined. They were a few archeologists trying to restore some of the ruins. A hurricane had passed over Tulum recently. It did a number on the archeological site. In spite of everything, Tulum survived more or less in one...
Ink Art: Pulsing Red Heart and Orange Yellow Emoji Hearts Paintings
Today, I wanted to show you my latest ink art heart paintings. I was trying out simple shapes with my ink art paintings. I also wanted to do a heart of each color. The first painting features a red heart. I started with a simple red heart in the middle. I then added a red ripple effect coming from the middle of the painting. In order to add a bit of interest to the painting, I used the colors blue and green for the empty spaces between the red pulses. Blue and Green are the split compliments of...
Self Portrait: Yayoi Kusama and Howard Finster Style Painting
I did two new self-portraits. They were done with ink and watercolor paints. I first drew the face with pencil. I then added the ink before erasing the pencil lines. Lastly, I added the watercolor paints. This is the basic steps I take when painting watercolors. I am going to now talk about the paintings in specific. The first painting I made was done Howard Finster style. I first took a selfie. I then drew myself. I was not trying to do a carbon copy of the original self-portrait. Rather, I am just trying to mimic the style. I noticed...
Hollow Knight Pale King Fanart Charles Le Brun Painting
Today, I did a new Hollow Knight fanart. This one is a reference to a Charles Le Brun painting called The Chancellor Seguier. I saw this painting in an art book that I was reading. The book is called What Great Paintings Say. The Chancellor looked like such a snob in this painting that it inspired me to make this Hollow Knight fanart. I simply changed all the human characters for Hollow Knight characters. Instead of a horse, I used a Grimsteed. The person ridding the Grimsteed is the Pale King. He is going to the visit his...