Tag Archives: Splashes of Paint

Happy Easter from Israel

Posted on March 27, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

Celebrating Easter in Israel is an odd experience for someone like me. Holiday preparations here are of course focused around the Jewish holidays, not the holidays of other faiths. The stores are not full of baskets, eggs, and the Easter … Continue reading →

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Purim Butterflies on Jaffa Street

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

Today Jerusalem celebrated Purim, a religious holiday that involves costumes and fun. We went downtown with the crowds and hung out, admiring the costumes and enjoying the festivities. This is a composite sketch. I combined the parts of several sketches … Continue reading →

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At the Jerusalem Market

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

Today I stopped by Jerusalem’s traditional open air market, the Mahane Yehuda Market, sometimes known as the shuk. It is a very busy place and I had been trying to get my courage up to draw there. I shouldn’t have … Continue reading →

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What Does It All Mean?

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

  I didn’t get a chance to sketch until the end of the day but fortunately I had an excellent model, sleepy but fixated on making sense of a lecture on his computer. One of my goals is telling a … Continue reading →

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Skype Sketch

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

The 10-hour time difference between Jerusalem and California makes for sleepy Skyping for our son, who stayed up very late to talk to us. When the talk shifted to technical work,  I got out my sketch pad, a pencil and watercolors, … 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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Early Thursday Morning

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Sarah Sullivan

The Jerusalem morning light pours through the blinds and adds warmth, good cheer, and a bright glare to our breakfast table. Drawing a blinding glare that obscures shape will take more practice but for now I used diffuse yellows and … Continue reading →

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