URBAN SKETCHING-ITALY

DRAWING ITALY

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I AM URBAN PLANNER. I LIKE TRAVELLING. I LIKE ART and hand DRAWING. I LIKE SKETCHING AND MAKING ILLUSTRATIONS ABOUT PLACES I HAVE VISITED IN THE WORLD. ONE OF MY BIGGEST INTEREST IS THAT TO SHOW PEOPLE MY FEELING ABOUT THE MOMENTS IN DAILY LIFE WITH MY DRAWINGS AND STORIES ABOUT THEM.

LET'S CAPTURE THE MOMENTS!

TIBER RIVER-TRASTEVERE/ROME One of the most beatiful thing you can do is that walking near the river Tiber in Rome There is a long walking corridor that let you walk under trees with the view of Rome. That dat was cloudy and I was listening music while walking and I wanted to freeze the moment.

pIazza del popolo / rome After walking 10 km in historical streets at night in Rome, that was the time for having rest on the top of the Piazza del Popolo on 5.50 a.m. Here was like a balcony that let you big piazza del popolo square. On the other hand Villa Borghese was lying bacground us. Normally, you shuld be quick to ďŹ nd a place to see the view because it is fulling with people but for now, that was a special moment like this place was like if only seperated for us. Only silence, sound of Rome and lights around us.

VIA CAFFARO-GARBATELLA/ROME The view of Garbatella from my kitchen balcony.There is a pizzeria restaurant and on the left side of it there is a Bar that we can not see from this shot. But I wake up the coffe cup voices everyday. This balcony is only suitable for 2 person that means quite small but cute for memories..

colesseum-PARCO DEL COLLE OPPIO/ROME Winter was coming and colours were changing into the brown tones: Hello Autumn! What a beatiful view for sitting and sketching. The gilrs who sit there is my roomie but I do not know the man sitting in the banch but I can create so many stories about that day and moment.

bar EUROSIA/ROME In the mornings, I like walking in Garbatella. I discovered a ring that is suitable for me. There are old historical haoses, bars, parks and retaurants on the way. One husband and wife are operate this Bar. Sometimes, I go there for cup of coffe or Aperativo. It locate on the beatiful square. This region is not touristic and so many people know each other that creates a feeling like your are at home.There is also a girl working here and she always asks me "dove sei stato ieri?" if she do not see me. Because it is not a tourictic bar they do not charge you as a"tavolo" even you prefer sitting.

pIazza del popolo / rome Here is the Piazza Del Popolo around 13.30 pm. In this ours it s full of people. Ther is big entrance that seperated square from the main road. Beatiful weather and beatiful city in fron of me...

castel sant'angelo/ROME Have you ever walked at night in Rome? Walking at night in Rome is an unforgettable experience...Less people, amazing city under beatiful yellow light...

pIazza del popolo / rome In front of the Basilica di Santa Maria in the Piazza del Popolo, you can esaily see street musicians that fascinates you and you can ďŹ nd yourself while sitting on the stairs and just feeling that amazing moment...

VIA VITTORIO CUNIBERTI-GARBATELLA/ROME The architecture is different in Garbatella.This quartiere was designed for poor people (workers) in the past. Today, maybe proďŹ le started changing but this quartiere still warm looking with 2-3 oor buildings,their own gardens, stoned facades, hanging laundries and the other small details...

al bar / garbatella / rome I had morning route in the mornings and were my the other bars I went often especially in the mornings. AL Bar was also like a restaurant you can also have your lunch. The owner of the Bar Marco was playing enjoyable songs. When the weather is sunny, it was a very good choice to sit outside, listening to the silence square and watching to the people. Later, Marco also showed me how can I make a good cappucino:)

PIAZZA DI SPAGNA/ROME Suppose that you bought a tiremisu and ofďŹ cial do not allow you to eat it at Spanish Stairs and you do not want to wait more, what do you do?

VIA DELLA LUNGARA-TRASTEVERE/ROME The another side of the Tevere: Trastevere. It takes half an our to walk from Garbatella to Trastevere and this is nothing for a person who likes walking. Trastevere is an amazing quartiere to feel an old Roman life even it changed so much today; it still protects its own life.

VIA VITTORIO CUNIBERTI-GARBATELLA/ROME Every 3-4 building in this quartiere has their common garden that are semi-public areas but if you want to listen birds and rest on the corner nobody warn you.

PIZZA RESTAURANT-TRASTEVERE/ROME I was sitting at the pizza restaurant and was waiting for my pizza. There were so many pictures, things hanging on the wall in this restaurant.

It was one of the oldest one in the quartiere.

SPANISH STAIRS-PIAZZA DI SPAGNA/ROME It is not matter, how many times you have visited to Pizza di Spagna, everytime you will have different reason to go there, sit and watch people from the top of it...

FLAMBAR DI NICE CREAM-VIA FLAMINIA/ROME For the ďŹ rst time, I was taking time here before the Italian Course at La Sapienza University and then I kept going take a time there. There are too many sentences about life on the wall also it had so tasteful design.More than all, it was suiatbel for working with my computer because there was socket to charge my computer and nobody were looking you stangely when you sit your panini and coffe for ours while yu are working on the table. Normally this is not something as usual for Italians.

PANTHEON/ROME One day I got in and my head up and asked myself that is not this building one of the most imperssing one in Rome?

Mi piacciono le persone che non hanno bisogno di dimostrare niente a nessuno, che sanno chi sono e dove vanno, ma lo

bar-VIA DEL CORSO/ROME I was walking on the street and realised that I was hungry.It was around 3 pm. In Rome, before the dinner time after lunch people were prefer eating snackes at Bars or Pizzerias. I have prefered eating "Panini al Tonno" with cappucino but "caldo, caldo!". Here you can see a kind of simple old Bar.You have also too many options for drinking with alcohol or without alcohol in Italian Bar, too.

GARBATELLA bar / ROME Even the weather is amazing, houses in Rome can be cold. The best way having brakfast and feeling the sun with your special menĂź can be a kind of picnic at Garbatella Bar with your roomie.

pIazza navona/ROME It was so difďŹ cult to imagine now that here was one athletic stadium in ancient times once upon a time...Quite big and impressive square for now...

caffe guadaGNINO / GARBATELLA / ROME This Bar was so special for my life. Because it located in front of my department, I was drinking my coffe and cornetto here. The man has known what kind of coffe I like. Anyway he was so sweet guy; we were talking about daily things and he was helping me to improve my Italian.

SANT'EUSTACHIO / ROME TMaybe you will remember the coffe that you saw at the movie " Eat, Pray, Love":) Because It is also knwon with it's quite delicious coffe I wanted to try.

It was also such a nice feeling to rediscover places which you had seen it in the movie like this view and the berber nearby the bar !

veneZIA

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