Turkey, last sketches

I've dragged this on longer than I'd have liked to, but the good part is that Turkey has stayed with me vividly for weeks! Don't you hate it when life gets in the way of art,though? I do LOVE the warm palette that Turkey demands---and all the textures and patterns you see everywhere around you! In three weeks, I'll be gone again, but then I'll stay put until the end of the year. I'll be going to Normandy, with a quick side trip to Brittany---on the trail of gardens I have fallen in love with via the printed page! It'll be kind of a garden pilgrimage. I'll be sketching all the way, bien sûr! I'll be back here before I leave, of course. I'm always, ALWAYS trying to find the perfect sketching tools to take on trips and this is no exception. I'll be posting about that and also about my sketching process. Don't you hate to say goodbye to Turkey, though?

Comments

[quirkyartist]

Wonderful wonderful colours in the top one. Just love it.

[Janene]

Gorgeous!

[Cathy]

I also love the colours you used to paint and sketch Turkey!!!!!!

[Moreton Neal]

Yes, hate to leave Turkey -- these sketches are tantalizing -- but can't wait to see Normandy gardens via Laurelines.

[vivien]

absolutely gorgeous!

and I love the illustrated thank you note, your friends will treasure it :>)

[marly youmans]

Mike wondered if the gorgon head was from the underground Basilica Cistern in Istanbul--there are two gorgon heads there. If not, I gather that the heads on the columns were taken from older temples, so the ones he saw may have once belonged with yours...

He enjoyed identifying your subjects! Grand journaling of the world, as always.