March 2014: Trip to Israel - Tools

Well, apart from a rain jacket which saved me on this trip, I took quite a few very portable tools for sketching on the go. Most of them were used - especially since part of my company was sketching almost as much as I did. Not pictured here were more color pencils - I trimmed a set to a "bare minimum" and it got some use but not as much as what you will find on the sketched below.




The last piece is a small - pocket watercolor album which proved to be the best size for my pocket and the first one to be pulled in a jiffy hence most used. I would draw in it during any and then tear out pages to tape them in my main journal at night (or early in the morning) with additional comments. I had only 2 pages left after this trip and hence will add it to my list of "art supplies I must bring with me when traveling".


This concludes my sketched story about the trip - you can see full set here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23173190@N07/sets/72157643038176185

March 2014: Trip to Israel - Treasures

Things I found in Israel, things I saw in passing, things I ate and things that fell on me, some of these were gifts - all here :)

March 2014: Trip to Israel - Bits and Pieces

Below are quick jots of bits and pieces done between figuring street names in Hebrew, eating in the best local eateries and looking at the most amazing layers of history.

March 2014: Trip to Israel - Three very different places

Gamla:
 

Qechet Cave:
 

Haifa:
 

March 2014: Trip to Israel - Grottos

March 2014: Trip to Israel - Dead Sea

A Day long trip to the Dead Sea brought us close to waterfalls, ibexes, hyrax (closest relative of an elephant) and lots of amazing light effects above the colorful desert and the deepest hypersaline lake in the world.

March 2014: Trip to Israel - Jerusalem

A wet and rather cold trip to Israel stated in Jerusalem - with many people, cats and wonderful guides.

I looked at the city from rooftops, between market stalls, under centuries of history and inside buildings and churches.







We went into abandoned village of Lifta and spent afternoon looking at glorious sky above trees growing from most of the buildings standing on terraced hills.