Charles Clore in good company

As Marina explained it very well in her last post, we've been lucky to sketch in good company last friday… I followed the "german team" in their last week end in Israel and enjoyed very much observing their enthusiasm and their talent !
From my side, I focused most of this time on portraiting…

Annika and Pey, German studients from Felix Scheinberger group

Annika and Pey (I loved her tee shirt !)

Sasha, Tatyana Pautov and Tatiana Papousheva, the russian delegation from Israel !

Our leaders ! Felix Scheinberger and Marina Grechanik !

It's been a long time I wanted to draw this horse called Ahouva. She is leaving in Yafo and I often see her following her owner, trotting after his bicycle to go to work in Charles Clore park…

While I was drawing the previous image, this boy, Mohamad, came to me and ask for his portrait…

… You understood that all the children had to get their own portrait after that!

Back to Charles Clore, I found my german friends again and kept on drawing with them ! 

The German team !

Saturday morning, back to work with a first drawing in the new train station

We walked through Tel Aviv and stoped in Rothschild Boulevard…

Drawing in Rothschild boulevard, Tel Aviv

Each time I walk on this boulevard - one of the most trendy of Tel Aviv - I am amazed by the mix of architectural styles. Bahaus or fancy houses at the feet of skyscrappers, looking at the city from above, typical Tel Aviv shutters overlooking the magnificent trees of the boulevard. People strolling and trying to catch the sun passing through the branches of the trees.

I often wondered where to start drawing to catch the diversity of this boulevard and the people passing by, a day of sketching seems a bit short to get the atmosphere of this long street.

But it was a very good start, I enjoyed it very much and especially seeing how sketchers, each one with different tools and abilities, translated their own idea of what is Rothschild Boulevard