Mosques in Istanbul, Turkey / Part 3

Here is a last post about my trip in Istanbul, Turkey beginning of july… A first drawing trying to catch the atmosphere of the street, a game of baggamon, houses built on the top of each other. Then a walk in the huge Gran bazar of Istanbul:  its 4.000 shops and 12.000 people working there daily. After that, I tried different ways to draw the mosques, so many, so beautiful… a great way to say goodbye at night  to Istanbul :  a fish and salad on the bank of the Bosporus, watching and drawing the mosque

Area where we staid : Beyoglu, european side

The Gran Bazar and its beautiful alleys

A hidden court yard in the Gran Bazar

Sultanahmet Camii, the Blue Mosque

Last night in Istanbul, a dinner on the bank of the Bosporus, a mosque every kilometer

Galata Bridge and the Yeni camii, the mosque Yeni

The mosque Yeni from the other side of the bridge Galata

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul - Turkey / Part 2

Topkapi Palace is a great place to draw:  a lot of visitors for the ones who love to draw people, magnificent objects for those who like patterns and fabrics and amazing buildings and decorations.
Not enough time to really go deep in all these subjects but some little sketches just to remind myself to go back there…

Istanbul - Turkey / Part 1

While all the urban sketchers (almost !) were in Barcelona in july, I was in Istanbul with my family, discovering this surprising and huge city, meeting these amazing people and civilization… Here is the first part of the travel sketchbook I did there. We decided to do a small cruise on a boat on the Bosporus, a good way to have a first impression of the geography of the city

You can see the complete collection of drawing on my flickr album :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aurorevigne/sets/72157634845138927/

Waiting for the boat to leave, in front of the Mosque Yeni

(On the left) A stop in front of a beautiful palace, didn't figure out what it was… sorry !

On the left the Bosporus Bridge that changes of color at night - On the right the Topkapi Palace very far away

People inside the boat were as much interesting to draw as the outside !