Touristic tour in Jaffa

It's always funny to realize that because you live in a very touristic place, your everyday walks look like a touristic tour… and your sketchbook like a guide book !

Let's visit Jaffa together…

First the port of Jaffa… I went to draw a plane that crashed 2 or 3 miles away in the sea. The 2 pilots were testing the plane, they both swam to the shore and are safe!

 Always nice to seat in Loveat coffee shop and draw the customers

My kids are always begging for ice scream flavor Smurfs and chewing gum…

Then a tour on the big park of Jaffa, in front of the sea

To go back to a crowded and lively area, the old city offers nice opportunities to find a good spot to seat

 Here with Felix Scheinberger, our urban sketcher german friend !

Time to go to the flea market

When the evening comes, the market is finished, HaMalabia coffee shop installs its tables in the market

Not to late to visit a friend and draw her nice arab house…

… before going back home and have a stop to sketch Beit Ali on Yefet St.

Maybe tomorrow, I'll go on Sharey Nikanor and have a fish in Cafe 60

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 !