National Maritime Museum and Eden Project

Hino Contessa

Another »England«-sketch: Hino Contessa 1300, a french-italian-japanese co-production of the 1960's... The London Science Museum has a lot more to offer, of course, not to mention the nearby Natural History Museum. A sketcher‘s paradise. I didn´t get more than this very sketch, but the good news is, both museums will be there for quite a while...

Science Museum London

Port Isaac

On the way back from Tintagel Castle we stopped at Port Isaac – both on the cornish north coast.

St. Michael’s Mount, Cornwall

Had a great trip to Cornwall – one of the literally thousand places to visit was St. Michael’s Mount. It is located on a small island and can be reached by foot – as long as it´s low tide (similar to his french twin). At high tide you have to take one of the taxi-boats to get there dry. Although we had strong winds on that very day, we dared the passage...

Marazion is a cute little town – it´s the »bridge« to St. Michael’s Mount, worth to visit as well. We sat in the Chapel Rock Café with warm drinks and a superb cake - as a reward for the shaky boat trip to St. Michael’s Mount before.

Photos: Philip

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.

Eisenbahn- und Technikmuseum Rügen

Once visiting the Island of Rügen in the german northeast, friends of vintage cars, trucks and railroad vehicles should visit the tiny Railroad- and Technic-Museum between Prora and Binz.

Some of the exhibited cars are in good shape, some seem to be parked there rightaway from the street – rusty and bruised. What may seem to be a downside for aestheticians, is, in fact, a way to show the character of some »workhorse-cars« as a big russian Wolga, the chekoslovakian Tatra or some east german firebrigade-trucks. But you´ll find some shiny american and west-german cars as well.

I´ve visited the museum twice, I would have spent two more days, if only there were not the sun and the sea calling for me...

Tatra T2-603, Modell 69 – the chekoslovakian version of the Phantomas car. Fineliner and watercolour.

Barkas B1000

Old Tram vehicle, used in the city of Plauen. Beause of strong backlight I had to guess much of the details of the carriage...

On the doors of this Trabant were signs, saying »Einsatzleiter«. I guess, the ladder on the roof is meant to be a joke (in fact, it´s quite useless, only approx. 1.20 meters long). But I´m not so sure about that. (Sorry – only german speaking persons will get the twist...)

While sketching this little fellow, a woman approached me and commemorated weekend trips with her family back in the 1960s (2 adults and 2 children in this tiny, tiny vehicle!!). At the end she had tears in her eyes. Is it just us germans, who have such strong emotions towards cars? Or is it because cars companion us through our lifes and thus memories are tied to them?

Mercedes Benz 170 (W136)

Wiesbaden

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

Little Monsters

Selfmade cloth-monsters.

Citroen

Sketch of a little plastic model – that´s why there are nearly no details. Coloured pencil with watercolour on sketchboard.

Ella

To sketch dogs is very difficult. Once they fell asleep, chances increase. Pencil sketch