27/08/2009 Thursday

City view of Aleppo

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I needed to meet someone in Aleppo so I directly moved to the city from Damascus on the day I arrived at Syria. I sketched the view from the hotel room right after checking in because it was almost sunset. It was on the 4th of August, 2009.
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19/11/2008 Wednesday

Street at Zubayliyya

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I stayed a flat at a residential area of Zubayliyya, next to Ash-Shawbak town, Jordan. I climbed up to the rooftop and sketched the street. It was on the 20th September, 2008.
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18/11/2008 Tuesday

View from Al-Karak castle

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Al-Karak castle is a famous crusader castle located on the hilltop of Karak city, Jordan. This is a view from the castle to the west, direction to Dead Sea and Palestine. Unfortunately, it was cloudy but I heard that Dead Sea could be seen when the whether was fine. On the 23rd of September, 2008.
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01/11/2008 Saturday

Mosque on the hill

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I stayed in a village called Zubayliyya, suburb of Ash-Shawbak, Jordan. I sketched a mosque from a rooftop of the flat I stayed. It was on the 22nd of September, 2008.
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18/10/2008 Saturday

Amman suburb

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It's been long since I last updated this blog... I was travelling Jordan in later half of September for another archaeological project that I am involved in. This is a view from a hotel room in Amman. I sketched this sitting on a bed looking out of the window on the 27th of September, 2008.
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08/09/2008 Monday

Backyard

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After moving back to Nairobi, I sketched a backyard of a hotel where I stayed looking out of the window at twilight on the 28th of August, 2008.
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02/09/2008 Tuesday

Sunset in Kisumu

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I'm back from Kenya. I stayed in Kisumu, western Kenya for a couple of weeks. Kisumu is located at eastern end of Lake Victoria, and is famous for its beautiful sunset. Unfortunately, it rained everyday (usually, this is a dry season but... I don't know why) and I could see beautiful flaming sunset only one day during my stay. Now, this is the one I painted at the time! It was the 21st of August, 2008. Facing to the central Kisumu —the tower is the broadcasting tower.
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08/11/2007 Thursday

View from the hotel room in Damascus

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I'm travelling Syria. I stayed at Damascus for one night and moved to Ar-raqqa. I'm connecting to the net from a cybercafe in Ar-raqqa. I have painted this sketch in the morning before I leave Damuscus, 6th November, 2007.
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27/06/2007 Wednesday

Colonial house in Nairobi

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Getting back to the old days... this is one of my first OP paintings. I started oil pastels in Kenya because I couldn't carry oil painting tools from Japan. This house is the office building I worked for, and partly the accommodation as well —I lived there around a year in this house.
I used only very cheap hard oil pastels on the pencil draft. Oh, the way I paint has changed a lot. I cannot get back to the way I did like this... now I am used to use soft oil pastels like Senneliers and Holbeins. This work was painted on the 21st of April, 2002.
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22/02/2007 Thursday

Savanna

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Back in the old days again...
This is also the work I painted when I lived in Kenya. I was on safari to Naivasha and killed time painting this landscape till the dinner. It was the 10th September, 2002.
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