Limburg

End of November the regional USK groups of Rhein-Main and Cologne/Duesseldorf met half-way between Frankfurt and Cologne to sketch the old part of Limburg with its cathedral and lots of frame houses. So, no need for straight lines and right angles – very much appreciated!

 

Bretagne

The neighbours’ house at Concarneau, Bretagne.

 
View to the other side of the street.


Tug boat sketch at the harbour of Concarneau.

Visit in Douarnenez, where I met the awesome Rolf Schroeter, who incidentally spent his familiy holidays not far away from our place. You can see his version of the historic tug boat »St Denys« on his blog (in fact, his sketch is way cooler than mine ;-)).


An abandoned house nearby.




One of the highest lighthouses in Europe: Phare d’Eckmühl. Well, at least that’s the top of it.


The Kergonan stone circle on the Île aux Moines.


Twists and turns in our »holiday garden« (Zen meditation, part I).


Zen meditation, part II.

 
The entrance to the »ville close« in Concarneau.


The »Hemerica« belongs to the »Musee de la Pêche«, which is situated in the ville close.

Wiesbaden

Sketches from the RheinMain Urbansketchers Meeting on March 19, 2016. Some more »on scene« photos can be seen on the Urbansketchers RheinMain-Blog (german language).

Sennen Cove, Cornwall

Rectory of the ROC

As I’ve mentioned in the last post, the Russian-Orthodox Church in Wiesbaden is very detailed, so I’ll have another go with a longer session sometime. But the rectory nearby seemed to be a good »target« for one hour on a fresh but sunny sunday afternoon. And a good pastime till the election results for the german Bundestag came up...

Russian-Orthodox Church, Wiesbaden

Built between 1847 and 1855, this church is one of Wiesbaden´s landmarks. For many months I resolved to sketch it. Finally I managed to go there on purpose, willing to draw it... After a few moments I realised, that I was totally lost in the mass of details of the building. So I decided to take a back seat and draw a quick sketch and just some of the details and to enjoy the athmosphere of this beautiful late summer saturday. I´ll be back.

Sommertage auf Rügen

Old typical thatched house on the Island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea. The House is decayed at the moment, but will be reconstructed in the next months or years. The reconstructed houses next to it are cute, of course, but I can´t help it, for sketching I prefer this state...

This very small church dates back to 1360, it´s situated in the village Groß Zicker on the island of Rügen. Half way through the sketch it became clear that I´ve miscalculated the format (lack of practice? natural incapacity?...). So I decided to distort it to get the nice wooden top in my picture.

Quick sketches. Pencil and watercolour.

Wiesbaden

Different views on houses in Wiesbaden. Ballpen or Pencil with watercolour.