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View of the Dead Sea from Masada
Today we visited a kibbutz for the day, taking lots of pictures but not getting any sketches. This is a sketch I began on the Masada trip and finished this evening. The view is from the top of Masada looking … Continue reading
Vase with a Sprig of Dried Flowers
Our furnished apartment here in Israel for the past three months came with a handmade vase and a sprig of dried flowers. I looked at it appreciatively countless times and included it in the background of several sketches. I wanted … Continue reading
Happy Passover!
I went several times in the past three months to sketch the enormous sculpture by Alexander Calder but ended up sketching the incredible view that the sculpture frames out across the Jerusalem Forest. The sculpture sits in a large plaza … Continue reading
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Rus Comes Over
My one sketch today, a sketch of our guest Rus. This sketch was done in Procreate.
Agave at the Sea of Galilee
Looking south down the Sea of Galilee, the lake seems almost to merge with the sky and hills at the far end where the River Jordan begins. I am working on creating a sense of depth in a landscape. In … Continue reading
Salt Deposits at the Dead Sea
Today’s sketch is based on another on line drawing I made at the Dead Sea Tuesday. My goal today was to give the landscape a sense of depth. I used cooler colors with less value for the Jordanian mountains, intending to … Continue reading
View of Jordan and the Dead Sea from Masada
Masada, the ancient fortress and winter home of Herod, is a great vantage point to look down on the Dead Sea and the mountains of Jordan beyond. It was a cloudy day with intermittent sprinkles but the view was gorgeous … Continue reading
Deliberate Sketching 