Sketch book art is the purest form of art for art sake. It is more about the feel of a place than the actual likeness. The Bedouin push their wares, smelly camels saunter by and my guide waits on the side as my pencil works it's magic. And I have my sketch.
Petra is amazing with all the buildings carved right out of red sandstone. This is one of the magnificent royal tombs, the Urn Tomb. Sketch on the left, photo on the right.
As you pass the Treasury and come out onto the avenue, you are struck by the Royal Tombs.The first tomb in line is the Urn Tomb, a well-preserved monument that faces out over an open terrace fronted by a double row of vaults. A colonnaded cloister runs along the northern side of the terrace. The elaborate facade fronts a single, unadorned room, this one measuring nearly 20 metres on each side. The walls of the room are smooth, the interior corners exact. The only decoration to be seen at present comes from the beautiful whorls of different-coloured sandstone in the walls, ceiling and floor of the chamber. It is truly a sketch artist's delight.
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