This sketch (my 700th!) was done in Amman airport on my way back home. The building has a rather elegant concrete dome-like structure…some engineer really had some fun on this building.
Fri-20-Apr-2018
Jordan
699 – Breakfast by the pool
I sketched this on my last day in Amman while having breakfast. The big guy on the right appeared half way though my drawing, so I had to add him in. All the time I was at the Bristol Hotel I didn’t see anyone using the pool – either because it’s too cold or because you’d be swimming in front of everyone at the restaurant.
Fri-20-Apr-2018
698 – Try again
This quick doodle was done one evening in my hotel in Amman while half watching the film ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. The World’.
Wed-18-Apr-2018
697 – Downtown
This is the last sketch I made at the citadel in Amman – there are fantastic views all around the city from up there.
Sat-14-Apr-2018
696 – Monumental gateway
Here is my second sketch done at Amman Citadel last Saturday. The only part of the Umayyad Palace still standing is this entrance gateway, built in the 8th century.
Sat-18-Apr-2018
695 – Citadel
Last Saturday I was lucky enough to have some time off so I walked to the Citadel in Amman to do some sketching. Walking there seemed a good idea when I began, but Amman is not designed for walking and neither were my shoes. By the time I got there I had blisters! Nevertheless I still enjoyed the sketching – this is the first one I did. It’s a Roman ruin – part of the Temple of Hercules built in the 2nd century AD.
Sat-18-Apr-2018
694 – Dirty windows
I often sketch my hotel room when I travel for work – this one is in the Bristol Hotel in Amman. The windows were pretty grubby and were tinted yellow, so the light in the room was quite strange.
Fri-13-Apr-2018
693 – Three chandeliers
Here is another dinner time sketch at the Warak Enab restaurant near the Bristol hotel in Amman. Instead of the multiple lampshades this time I drew the connecting openings between the rooms….where there is a chandelier (and a TV) hanging in each space.
Wed-11-Apr-2018
692 – Getting it all wrong
I haven’t posted in a while – work has taken over my time. But here is one done in Warak Enab restaurant near the Bristol Hotel in Amman. Somehow this seemed to turn out more muddy than real life.
Mon-9-Apr-2018