Yep it's Hacienda Encantada Resort & Residences in Cabo San Luca, I finally asked and he told me. I was starting to fantasize trips to it. He posts on it daily on my FB feed. Quite annoying actually. ;-D (In the sense that now I want to go - but not alone, plus no time. Ugh.)
Agree on paint nites. You kind of have to do the same painting - to get the technique down and also have some sense of a goal in mind? It's kind of similar to having everyone in a close doing the same still life or live model. (I drew more naked live models than still life's in my classes. Because I like to draw people.)
But the downside of everyone drawing the same thing - is a tendency to compare? I've been avoiding the paint nite route because that's a weakness of mine - a tendency to get too distracted by what others are doing, and shutting down. Drawing people from memory on the subway - gets me away from that, also not drawing from a set photo or anything helps - because then I have more flexibility and more allowance for the happy accidents. Less struggle for perfectionism? At least for me. I am easily distracted in group setttings for some reason. Although paint nite sounds like fun. Meetup Groups used to have a drawing class where you went somewhere and drew people dressed up in costume in a specific locale - say a musuem, a restaurant, a bar. But I was always nervous to do it. Also, I didn't have my own easle that I could lug with me. And it was at 6 or 7 or 8 at night - which is problematic for my work week. I found excuses, as you can see. LOL! I don't know if they still do it now.
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Agree on paint nites. You kind of have to do the same painting - to get the technique down and also have some sense of a goal in mind? It's kind of similar to having everyone in a close doing the same still life or live model. (I drew more naked live models than still life's in my classes. Because I like to draw people.)
But the downside of everyone drawing the same thing - is a tendency to compare? I've been avoiding the paint nite route because that's a weakness of mine - a tendency to get too distracted by what others are doing, and shutting down. Drawing people from memory on the subway - gets me away from that, also not drawing from a set photo or anything helps - because then I have more flexibility and more allowance for the happy accidents. Less struggle for perfectionism? At least for me. I am easily distracted in group setttings for some reason. Although paint nite sounds like fun. Meetup Groups used to have a drawing class where you went somewhere and drew people dressed up in costume in a specific locale - say a musuem, a restaurant, a bar. But I was always nervous to do it. Also, I didn't have my own easle that I could lug with me. And it was at 6 or 7 or 8 at night - which is problematic for my work week. I found excuses, as you can see. LOL! I don't know if they still do it now.