Tag Archives: Exaggeration

Jaffa Street

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

Downtown Jerusalem has a long street shared by pedestrians, stores, sidewalk cafes, street musician, and light rail, but not cars. I was puzzled at first by what looked like a lack of barriers between the light rail and people but … Continue reading →

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Bus Stop

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

My learning goal for this week is to understand how to draw stone walls and stone buildings, which is pretty important if you want to do landscapes in Jerusalem. After a long morning of sketching stone without much progress, I … Continue reading →

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A Hedge and a Path

Posted on February 13, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

Jerusalem has a system of shortcuts for pedestrians, walkways that keep you out of traffic and let you cut across huge blocks. This particular footpath is near our apartment and one of my favorites now that its massive aloe hedge … Continue reading →

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Another Coffee Shop

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

There is no doubt about it, I like to be warm when sketching. Temperatures in the low 50’s are just too cold for my California bones. This is a scene in the warm library coffee shop at Hebrew University. The … Continue reading →

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The Old City

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

If you stand at the Montefiore Windmill in Jerusalem, you can see down into a valley and across it to the walls of the Old City. It is hard to take your eyes off of this view, you could spend … Continue reading →

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Watching the Winter Storm

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

  We two Californians were mesmerized by the clouds that came in to Jerusalem this morning. Sitting in the warm apartment I looked out and captured this scene on our balcony. I went back and forth with including the Jerusalem … Continue reading →

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Belgium House

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

  The Belgium House at the Hebrew University is a great place to get a cup of coffee, some sunshine and a sketch. The gardens are lush, inviting and set up for groups and individuals. I started off drawing the … Continue reading →

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