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Miniatures and sketches from Istanbul

July 7, 2024October 18, 2015 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Istanbul has had its moments of beauty and grandeur. You can relive a bit of it’s heyday in the Hagia Sophia, the Archaeology Musem and the Topkapi Palace.

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The Topkapi Palace, home of the Sultans, his harem and the eunichs since circa 1450:

Topkapi Palace Entrance (mini, acrylics)

Topkapi Palace Courtyard (mini, acrylics)

While we waited to get into one of the rooms at the Palace (we thought it was the main entrance, but we’d already passed it. It was just one of the rooms!) I sketched a section of the lovely old wall.

Turkish woman in bus:

Drawings from Tallinn, Estonia

July 7, 2024October 10, 2015 by Gary Kirkpatrick

September 2015

We visited the capitol of Estonia, Tallinn, for a week. We’ve become fans of this small city of a small country just 200 kilometers from the Russian border.

Selfed At Fat Margaret Squate in Talinn — At Fat Margaret Square in Tallinn

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Giethoorn miniature paintings

July 7, 2024September 17, 2015 by Gary Kirkpatrick

This small village is thick with canals, 180 foot bridges and brick houses with thatched roofs, making for picturesque scenes at every turn. It was founded by Franciscians circa 1200. Now 2600 people live there. We took a boat through the canals. Here are my favorite spots. All are miniatures, approximately 4″ x 6″. The watercolors are on post card stock.

Giethoorn Two Houses - watercolor on post card stock — Giethoorn Two Houses – watercolor on post card stock A6 approx 2″ x 4″

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Giethoorn, Boat Nears Bridge, watercolor A6 approx 2″ x 4″

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Sketches of the Dutch

July 7, 2024September 8, 2015 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Here are some drawings and sketches of the Dutch.

Drawings:

Rembrandt in Hat (from a self portrait) ink

dutch girl on train — Dutch Girl on Train

Sketches:

woman in bar zaandam (mini) — Woman in Bar, Zaandam (mini)

detoog eet cafe man taking bite (mini) — Detoog Eet Cafe- man taking bite (mini)

Jazz Singer, painting

July 7, 2024August 25, 2015 by Gary Kirkpatrick

Jazz Singer, acrylics, A3, 16.5 x 11.5″

I was inspired by her natural warmth and the way she connected with her audience, which I hope I captured.

Tall Ships 2015: Miniatures Paintings and Drawings

July 7, 2024August 24, 2015 by Gary Kirkpatrick

[Every 5 years 3-5 masted sailing ships, most of them training vessels, come to Amsterdam. We sat on the side of the North Sea Canal where I sketched. And ate pofertjes! (Small pancakes). Here are my drawings and paintings from that event.

Cats!

July 7, 2024August 18, 2015 by Gary Kirkpatrick

One of my favorite topics! Here two kittens play in the botanic gardens in Valencia.

cats long — Cats Long –pen and ink (sold)

cat reading red book — Cat Reading Red Book

Paris drawings

July 7, 2024August 16, 2015 by Gary Kirkpatrick

These are pen and ink drawings together with water colors from our time in Paris. Some are from Courbevoie, famous for the impressionist paintings done on ile de la Jatte. I spent a lot of time meeting with friends at Bar de la Gare and Cafe Bert in Paris.