For centuries, travelers have explored the beauties of countries like Greece and have recorded them on paper, bringing home unique images of towns, landscapes and people. In the age of smart phones and social media, places like Greece are still a source of inspiration to architects and artists who choose sketch in their travels.
Here Elias hosts and shares his sketches and drawings from Greece and other countries, inviting you to explore them in a different way: a classic experience to travel. Enjoy!
Who is Elias? Architect born in Greece, graduate of Yale School of Architecture, Bezalel Academy and the National Technical University of Athens. Elias practices, writes and teaches about architecture, and leads workshops on sustainable design. more
What is Elias Blue? It is the color that Elias uses in his sketches, inspired by the Greek sky and Aegean sea. The name was coined by Elias' peers at the Yale School of Architecture to express the unique blue color that Elias painted the walls of the Yale Art & Architecture front gallery for his travel sketchbooks exhibition in 1992. The color can be technically defined as Pantone 293 or Pantone Uncoated 293U.
'I use the blue color to enhance my sketches when I travel - especially in Greece! This color symbolizes the unique sky of Greece, and what Greece is about: inspiration, relaxation and spiritual renewal,' says Elias.
Read through Elias' sketchbooks:
sketchbook #1 : athens
From Elias' travels in Athens, Greece.
sketchbook #4 : aegina
From Elias' summer sketching and writing at the island of Aegina.
sketchbook #7 : jerusalem
Elias' 2021 sketching session with design students from HIT
sketchbook #2 : greek islands
From Elias' travels to the Greek islands.
sketchbook #3 : patras
Elias' 2018 session with Architecture students from Patras University.
sketchbook #5 : patras
Elias' 2019 session with Architecture students from Patras University.
sketchbook #6 : patras online
Elias' 2020 first online session with Architecture students from Patras University.
the mosaic of aegina
Join Elias' and Yvette's campaign to protect the ancient mosaic, belonging to a synagogue of the 4th century CE.
sketchbooks exhibition
Vitrina Gallery, HIT (2019). VIDEO
sketching in greece #1
(2020). VIDEO
sketching in greece #2
(2020). VIDEO
join jewish sites tour in greece
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join sketching in greece
Join Elias in the next sketching workshop. Contact Elias for more details!
