Category Archives: Telling a Story

View of Kfar Sha’ul

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

  I was just finishing up when a young woman jaunted down the sidewalk into my sketch and made all the difference. I love the tilt of her hip and head and the way it turns my landscape into a … Continue reading →

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Lunch Line

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

  I often sketch people interacting with each other over a long meal but this sketch is about five individuals who seemed to be on a short lunch break. There was something about their body language that said they were … Continue reading →

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Chagall Windows

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

Since sketching is such a great way to really see something, I went to Ein Kerem to sketch Marq Chagall’s stained glass windows in the Hadassah Hospital’s Synagogue. The twelve windows celebrate the twelve tribes of Israel and are arranged … Continue reading →

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What Do Researchers Do All Day?

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

My brother sent the following note about my February 26 sketch, “What Does It Mean?” “I like this sketch. It reminds me of an illustration that I saw once that was duplicated exactly into two cells. The overall caption was … Continue reading →

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Oh Nana!

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

  I wasn’t close enough to really hear the discussion but from time to time an, “Oh Nana!” would make it to my ears. The body language of their interaction, the intense attention of the young woman, the gestures of … Continue reading →

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Tired Tourists at the Tower of David

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

  The misnamed Tower of David is a museum that relates the 4,000 years of history of Jerusalem’s Old City by showing the different uses the site had over the ages. It is wonderful, huge, and exhausting, as can be … Continue reading →

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Street Drummer

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

At nearly five in the afternoon Yafo Street in central Jerusalem was full of hurrying people. A street musician began to play the hang drum and people stopped to listen. I was lucky to be already sitting across the street … Continue reading →

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