I’m an Urban Sketcher…
Gallery
Tag Archives: Istanbul
Travel thumbnails #3, planes
More travel thumbnails in gouache, this time the view from an airplane flying Istanbul to London. The window shapes and wing-tips are a bit wonky… All in Black Pigma 1mm pen, water-brush with Lexington grey ink, gouache, A5 Taxiing down the … Continue reading
Posted in airplane, airport, from life, gouache, journeys, sketching, sky, thumbnails, travel, urban, weather
Tagged airplane windows, aviation, clouds, gouache, Heathrow, Istanbul, London, sketch, Thames, travel thumbnails, window shapes
2 Comments
Tea please
Some of the many cups of black tea that I enjoyed in Istanbul, in a variety of media. Good practise for drawing ellipses; it’s very obvious when they’re right or wrong…
Posted in cafe, collections, from life, Istanbul, objects, sketching
Tagged black tea, drawing ellipses, ellipses, Istanbul, tea, tea cups, The Rutles
Leave a comment
Two storey pool
A beautiful fountain/pool I saw in Istanbul last Summer. It was in an old bath-house, now a market, and connected the ground floor and basement. When the stall-holders saw me sketching they kindly put the water-pump on full, then they … Continue reading
Waiting #1
The plane that took me to Istanbul, and below a couple of fellow passengers. Sketching helps to pass the time… Fountain pen with carbon ink, watercolour, A5
Tree shadow
Sat with my back against a tree, watching its huge shadow move across the grass and creep up the wall opposite. Late afternoon on a high terrace in Istanbul. Fountain pen with Lexington grey ink, A4
Galata tower
The view to the North-West from the top of the Galata tower in Istanbul. It was very windy, with other visitors hats being blown down into the streets below. Marker pen, A3
Bazaar
Deep inside the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, while sat at a table at the Fes cafe. The subject of the sketch, and especially his friends, were amused by the picture. Fountain pen with Lexington grey ink, watercolour, A4
Corny
A roasted corn stall next to Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. This took about an hour to do so I briefly became part of the street scene, sat in the shade of the ‘Fountain of Ahmet 3rd’, dropping out of the flow … Continue reading
Mosque terrace view
A view from the terrace of the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul at dusk. Pencil, watercolour, A4
Mostly drawing 