Meeting of USk Germany in Hamburg | 30.08.–02.09.18

A tiny part of the »Deichtorhallen / Haus der Photographie«



An old Police-vessel, now towed at the historic harbour at »Hafencity«; sketched during a workshop of Joao Albergaria (entitled »The Intimacy of boats«).

Sketches from »Harrys Hamburger Hafenbasar«. This wild mixture of exotic wooden masks, little statues, stuffed animals and even some shrunken heads (maybe faked, maybe authentic) is located inside an historic floater crane.

The »Fleetschlösschen, as seen from the opposite side of the »Fleet«. 

A vintage car was also at hand – a Morris Minor 1000, parked next to »Hoheluftbrücke« Metrostation and »Isestraße«.

Not too big, but quite famous: the »Oberhafenkantine«, slightly inclined because of eroded ground

V Urban Sketchers Workshop in Ischia (Part II)

Sketches done during the workshop, when strolling around Castello Aragonese and Ischia Ponte.

Frankfurt x 2

Trying to be a it less lazy with scanning and uploading here: two sketches done in Frankfurt. The first one shows a pavillon of a korean garden inside the Grueneburgpark. The second sketch shows the so called I.G.-Farben Haus, built in the late 1920s, now housing a part of the University of Frankfurt.

Ruhpolding

Spent a few days in the bavarian alps in the small town of Ruhpolding. Arrived in a cold but greenish setup. Winter arrived one day later. It snowed for hours, turning the landscape into a winter wonderland... I gave it a try and sketched the chapell and church of St. Georg on top of a hill in the middle of the village. And also visited the "Heimatmuseum", sketching historic local items.

 

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.

1st annual meeting of Urban Sketchers Germany

Just a little bit late – here are some of my sketches done during the »premiere«-meeting of Urban Sketchers Germany in Darmstadt. Two days in September 2015 (September 4-6), fantastically organised by Jenny, Birgit, Clara, Lena and Roman, with lots of demos, workshops, a Sketchcrawl on Sunday and a final exhibition at the end.


  

Madrid

Knocked out by a flue, but nevertheless impressed by this great city... Short sketch before leaving to the airport.

Bethmannpark, Frankfurt am Main

Sketching with fellow »Rhein-Main« sketchers Jenny, Lena, Thomas, Andreas, Katja, Markus and Clara at the Chinese Garden inside the Bethmannpark. Afterwards we took the short walk to the Römerberg, which was crowded and busy on this day... Besides, there was a anti-Putin-demonstration of Ukrainian people and supporters going on.

Winter pickings

Glad, that the indoor-season is over and spring's here - although I´ve had really nice times with fellow sketchers at different museums in Mainz, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt.


 

Freiburg

The results (sketchwise) of a weekend trip to Freiburg in the south of Germany: Historic »department-store«-building (from 1532) opposite to the Cathedral (Münster). Then, driving a few meters up (1.200 m), my first and probably my last snow for this winter (for the temperature now is almost springlike) – and some fast sketches out on the streets during the »Straßenfasnet«, the street carnival that happened to take place on that weekend...

National Maritime Museum and Eden Project

Sennen Cove, Cornwall

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