Late posting of a drawing I did on Sunday. After working most of the day I walked downtown and ate a sandwich at a little café. This building has been designed by Zaha Hadid – an Iraqi-British architect, famous for wacky, fantastic and dynamic buildings. Unfortunately work seems to have halted – though someone at the café (who said he was one of the 5 key skateboarders in Lebanon…you meet the most interesting people when sketching!) said that he has seen them doing work on it.
Sun-9-July-2017
Yesterday afternoon I took a break from work and ate a snack in the René Moawad Garden. I sat on a bench under a ring of trees, their canopies linking in a perfect circle around a pond. The garden reminded me of parks in Aleppo, where I used to live – full of families and kids playing, people reading and enjoying the atmosphere – exquisite!
Sat-8-July-2017
Here is the last sketch I did in Lebanon – haven’t been posting much recently…but I’ve still been sketching!
Wed-8-Mar-2017
This is the view I have from my hotel. Just for a change I got up early enough to have half an hour sketching before I went to work.
Tue-7-Mar-2017
Another drawing in my hotel room – too much work to do at the moment, but drawing to relax is good therapy even if I’ve drawn this 100 times.
Mon-6-Mar-2017
Here is a quick ink and watercolour sketch from the weekend in an outside cafe. It’s nice that the weather here is now warm enough to sit outside.
Sun-5-Mar-2017
I did this sketch in ink and watercolour really quickly while waiting for a snack and coffee to be ready before I went in to see a movie…the ceiling was a very complicated arrangement of lights and panels, which I didn’t have enough time to capture. I should have picked a simpler subject!
Sat-4-Mar-2017
Another quick doodle of a beer bottle and a water bottle in ink and watercolour. I love to draw transparent and reflective objects as you can play with the colours so easily.
Thu-2-Mar-2017
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything – but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been drawing and painting. Work has been taking over a bit and a truly dismal internet connection in my hotel doesn’t help. Anyway here is an ink and watercolour sketch (with lots of watercolour pencil) done in my hotel room – a scene I’ve sketched many times before.
Thu-2-Mar-2017