Here are a couple of sketches I did while I had hours to kill in Erbil Airport. I was sketching to stay awake. Sleepiness is my excuse for struggling with the white on grey ceiling pattern, in the first one, which I fought to correct after I mucked it up. One sketch was not enough for the hours I had to kill, so I did the second one at the gate.
Fri-22-Aug-2025
Here are some sketches of brief moments in between hectic days of meetings making trips out with colleagues. As I drew these my head was spinning with all the information gathered but also some fantastic moments. One working day ended with a visit to farmers in Baghera and their vineyard overloaded with beautiful grapes and being fed to bursting with fresh figs. What an honour that was and what wonderful generous people!
It was a pity I didn’t have time on this trip to wander and explore Duhok. Our hotel was in an urban hinterland of highways and car showrooms…so going out to sketch wouldn’t have been fun…never mind the heat!
Tue-19-Thu-21-Aug-2025