Bucharest, Romania

Parcul Izvor, Bucuresti
(view toward Podul Izvor / Teatrul Bulandra)

This sketch was made sitting on the People's Palace side of park and looking across the vast greenspace toward the city. It's a nice place for sitting and reading or sketching on sunny days.

This is an iconic view in Bucharest looking toward the center of the city and the river. This same building is shown on an old image of bucharest.














source: (http://www1.pmb.ro)

Dog Park - A: Parcul Izvor. With views of the city and a big open area with lots of trees and grass and other people with dogs.

BTW: Depeche Mode will play at Izvor Park on May 16th for their Tour of the Universe 2009. I guess it'll be a long tour. http://www.depechemode.com/
















Piata Universitatii / Teatrul National, Bucuresti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_Square,_Bucharest

This sketch was made from the sidewalk on the university side.....there are about a million people that walk along that make it a challenging place to try to concentrate, and the traffic going by at 50 kph is also a challenge for breathing.

Piata Universitatii is the place to get the most interesting martisor, by the art students who congregate here at the University a few days before Martisor. The next best place is at Muzeul Taranului around the same time.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mărţişor
if you're a guy in Romania, then you have to remember the three biggest days of the year, Valentines, Dragobete, and Martisor.

















Parcul Cismigiu, Bucuresti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ci%C5%9Fmigiu_Gardens

Cismigiu Park is sort of the Boston Public Garden or the Central Park of Bucharest....same general timeline, same general idea, sort of the greenspace in the city, a botanical garden and central lake. In the summer, there are festivals for music and folk art. This sketch was made sitting in the entry court just in front of the Primaria.
















Cretulescu Palace, Bucuresti

This sketch was made while sitting having a cup of coffee at the Planters across the street. The palace is now the site of Unesco, and sits overlooking Cismigiu Park. From the street side, the palace has an imposing broad front along the street. From the Cismigiu side, it has more of a picturesque, assymetrical front to follow with the naturalness of the garden.