I started this sketch during my layover between Iraq and the UK, but moment into it they called us to board – and move all the passengers to another waiting areas – so I had to finish this from a photo.
Sun-13-Sep-2026
125-3612 – Dubai arches
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125-3608-9 – Emirates obscured and Starbucks customers
Here are some more sketches I did on the way to Erbil in Iraq, after sleeping fitfully on the plane and arriving for a five hour layover with a headache. The first is of a plane in Dubai airport (not my plane and obscured by many things) – where I feel I made my usual mistake of trying to capture too much instead of focussing on one part. The second was done in Terminal 2 (which you have to get to by bus), where I had run out of steam and was just waiting for my flight to be called.
Tue-8-Sep-2026
92-2826 – Dubai windows
This is the last sketch from our holiday and the last one in sketchbook No.92! Our journey home was uneventful and our layover in Dubai was just long enough for me to sketch this. The teardrop shaped windows (which curve up to a peak) are covered with what seems to be an adhesive screen or mesh, which I guess is supposed to block the sunlight and keep the concourse cooler…it took me ages to copy the pattern!
Wed-21-Aug-2024