אודה קצרה לזבל

מכיוון שעבר שבוע מאז המפגש הזה ב-urban sketchers, אני מצליחה להבין מה קרה לי בציורים הפעם. 

1. דברים שלמדתי לפני שנה וחצי אצל מורה הנהדרת אנה לוקשבסקי מתחילים להתיישב, וביניהם - הפורמט צריך להיות גדול.

2. חומר קובע, או לפחות מוביל. אני כבן אדם שמנסה להבין כל הזמן, מוצאת את עצמי כבולה. אז בשבילי החומר שאי אפשר לשלוט בו - הכי טוב.

3. אפשר לצייר עם כל שטות, ויש המון שטויות על הכביש. זבל, שברים, ענפים. הידד לזבל!

Love you all

Ksenia

Brunch at Jaffa port

Brunch at Jaffa port

I'm not sure I like visiting the renovated Jaffa port. Too much of a tourist attraction. But visiting as a sketcher is a whole different experience. Its always fun looking at people looking at things. The tourists themselves become an attraction. And the boats at the docks are a great fun to sketch. Coming to think of it, many places that seems unpleasant to visit, are a heaven for sketchers. So, when are we going to sketch in the Central bus station?

Ink & Beer

Ink & Beer

Thursday evening, rushing from work to pick up my "tools" and then to no.18 bus to get to Jaffa on time to meet the rest of the sketchers. Getting lost in maze of streets surrounding the market and finally arriving to "Sifo" on Nahman 3 st. to find the group busy and quite, each in his own sketchbook. Man, I'm late again :( 

Sitting, greeting the those who are deep into their work (and second glass of "Goldstar"), taking a big breath and starting the fight. A strong espresso suppose to lift my energy up but the 500ml beer gets me all mellow. Its been a long week and I'm tired. So, I'm letting my mind taking a nap and allowing my new Lamy Safari pen do the work for me. And it does. The ink flows freely, the beer follows. 

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 !