City

Sketches from Istanbul

Two continents, one waterway, and ferries that hand you a new skyline every twelve minutes.

finished sketches from this city

span of the log

media used

longest single sitting

Drawn	Kind	Sketch	On site
23 Sep 2026	Spot sketch	Two skylines from a moving ferry window, 110 minutes	110 min

Place card

Istanbul

1 sketch · Türkiye

Seven hills, tiled facades and a tram that rattles through every drawing you attempt.

Granite, iron balconies and the Douro folding the whole city into one grey-blue plane.

Ochre walls, cedar doorways and shade that moves faster than your pencil.

Low slate roofs, copper spires and a harbour clean enough to draw straight into.

Hanok eaves against glass towers — the fastest lesson in drawing two centuries at once.

Awnings stacked like scales, air-conditioner boxes and alleys that never run straight.

Steel, soot and the elevated loop — structure you can read at a glance and draw in an hour.

Tilted slabs, painted market stalls and a haze that flattens distance into value shapes.