Looking Out To See
This is a spread of different scenes from the ancient site of Persepolis in Iran. My point of view to sketch was somewhat restricted by a complete lack of shade to be found anywhere – July in the deserts of Iran is no laughing matter! I did what I could from life and filled in […]
After visiting Kashan my new friends and I moved onto Isfahan, which in Persian means “half the world”. I couldn’t resist sketching this shop front, tucked down a side street in the corner of Naqsh-e Jahan Square, the second largest square in the world. Around the outside of the square, there are approximately 2km of […]
The next stop after Tehran was a small city called Kashan. It was evening when we arrived so we went straight to Negin Hotel, converted from a traditional house. It’s beautiful, the dining area in particular with a fountain in the middle, and decorations around the edge. It really did impress me, and I loved […]
We went to explore Tehran after I had got roughly 2-3 hours to rest having been awake for over 24 hours. No sleep for me on the two flights I took – especially not after my heart nearly exploded running from one end of Istanbul airport to the other to desperately attempt to catch my connecting flight to […]