Spring is comming

Abbasi Hotel is one of the most famous hotels in Isfahan and Iran. This hotel is in Amadegah Street and it has really beautiful views from outside and inside. Maybe in future I sketch some views of it, but here are two works from the structures that have made a complete complex with this hotel. Really beautiful composition.
First, a view from the Chaharbagh school dome. I had done another sketch of it here in USK blog.

Other one , a view from the Abbasi bookstore complex. I know that this perspective is not very clear.

I had done them with pastel and marker. After finding some tricks to simplify the works, working with pastel became really delightful for me. I wish you also enjoy.

I also share one of related works of the bookstore complex from the past years with a view from the above. (The dome is on the right side)

Isfahan Bazaar

This monday I and some other sketch friends went to bazaar. It was a wonderful experience with some talented people that I can learn alot from their works and also behaviors.
At the begining I had a little time to sit at the north side of the square (we say "meidan" in Farsi) near the main entrance of bazaar that called Qeisarieh  and sketch panoramic view of "Naghshe Jahan square" .



 

Then we entered bazaar. There are different kinds of "caravan-serai", "serai" and "timcheh" in relation with bazaar. They have different definitions and their definitions needs more surveys and discusses about.
But I must say that "Caravan-serai" is larger in size and has more functions in comparision to others. Also "Timcheh" has a roof that covers it's yard. You can find two pictures of Iranian caravan-series here and here.
We went to serai-e-Mokhles and timcheh-Malek. I have used my pastels for these sketches. Wish you enjoy them. 

 

serai-e-Mokhles - (not main view)