My new blog
- where you can find more easily some of my architectural sketches from my big overseas trips and where I plan to share tips and ideas on how to understand architecture through sketching .... it is called
Sketching Architecture

Friday, November 6, 2009

The Bear in Wales

While waiting for me to get around to doing some more scans... here are some photos of the Bear in Wales....
BB@HayonWye
Our first afternoon tea break at Hay on Wye
Liz & BB doing Mary Jones walk
Doing the first .25 miles of the 25 mile Mary Jones walk
BB supervising painting at Castel y bere
BB supervising painting at Castel y bere
BB@Harlech
At the top of Harlech Castle– focusing on BB is sometimes hard!
BB@Harlech with Ynyr and tea
Harlech with Ynyr and the tea that I purchased (Earl Grey) and was given (oolong)
BB@Beaumaris
At Beaumaris Castle
BB@Penrhyn Castle01
BB@Penrhyn Castle02
Small details of mega huge Penrhyn Caslte- a single capital and ivy that covers parts of the back façade
BB@Penrhyn - Context
I just thought I would upload one more photo... just to explain that although borromini is very photogenic and a bear of many different expressions and moods - yet it is challenging to take a typical tourist photo of him in standing in front of a important landmark - he is just too wee! (oops - still got my scottish lingo hanging around!) Click on the photo and Hit all sizes if you can't see him (in the one on the right - no hope on the left photo because he is not actually in this one!) See if you can see a Liz in the reflection for some human scale!

5 comments:

marancat said...

Ohh! I have so enjoyed these sketches and photographs. More soon, please!

Liz Steel said...

Thanks Marancat... more is on its way soon I promise!

Krista Meister said...

I love seeing your delightful Borromini out and about the town! Looking forward to seeing more of your sketches in Kate's journaling class.
-Krista Meister
www.kristameister.com

annie said...

Caught you on URBAN SKETCHERS and jumped from there to follow Borromini
up on those dizzy heights. I am so glad that you use the flickr enlarger to view your pictures there. I wish everyone else did. Some photos and sketches become so
evocative when enlarged.
annie

Gillian said...

I've really enjoyed your Welsh sketchbook. I live about half an hour from Hay on Wye so your sketches are especially savoured. Beautiful work!

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