Alwyn Crawshaw's Watercolour Cruise Training (part I)
DVD5 | English | DVD video | 720x480 | MPEG2 ~5600 kbps | 29.97 fps | AC3 192 kbps | 2 hours | 4.06 GB
Genre: eLearning / Watercolor Painting

“This series follows Alwyn on a fabulous cruise on board the Saga Rose, an elegant ship built for Cunard in the 1960s. The series starts in Jordan, and from there Alwyn cruises down the Red Sea to Egypt, then up through the Suez Canal to Israel.
Finally, he crosses the Mediterranean, spending a day in Sicily before reaching his final destinations, Cadiz and Seville. Alwyn visits and paints some wonderful locations during the cruise, including the rose red city of Petra, the banks of the Nile from a felucca, the Pyramids, Jerusalem and Seville. Combining travel with painting and Alwyn's infectious enthusiasm, this popular and colourful series gives a real flavour of the exotic places he visits and various painting techniques. ”

CHAPTER 1: PETRA
Alwyn introduces the series from the ship as it sails into Aqaba. From there he travels to Petra, the ancient city carved into stone and reached only by a narrow passage through the Shera Mountains.
Painting and sketching subjects:
The Siq, a natural gorge that connects the famous Treasury to the rest of the city, and the Urn Tomb.

CHAPTER 2: AMMAN
Starting at the The Citadel, site of the ancient city of Philadelphia, Alwyn takes us around the Jordanian capital, visiting an archaeological dig, the spice market, two mosques, a pastry shop and a street-side cafe.
Subjects:
The Temple of Hercules; archaeological diggers; the spice market; the Blue Mosque and a man smoking a hubble-bubble.

CHAPTER 3: LUXOR AND THE SUEZ CANAL
Arriving at Safaga on the Red Sea, Alwyn crosses the desert on his way to Luxor for a trip on the Nile in a felucca, followed by a visit to the Colossus of Memnon. Finally, he cruises through the Suez Canal, on his the way to Cairo.
Subjects:
Feluccas, camels, boatmen and the Temple of Luxor, all done on board a felucca; the Colossus of Memnon; a variety of subjects along the Suez Canal.

CHAPTER 4: GIZA
Alwyn spends the entire programme at Giza, the site of the Pyramids.
Subjects:
The three main pyramids from a distance, the Pyramid of Chephren with the Sphinx in front, a profile of the Sphinx in close-up, a camel.