at the beach / nochmal Strand

I hope you don’t get bored but here is another sketch from the beach. We took a long walk along the shore at Boswachterij Westerschouwen and then back to the bicycles through the shady forest. It was a really hot day for mid September and the shade was very welcome! While I was painting (very…

Beach bar / Strandbar

On the second day of our holiday we took a long walk along the beach. Every now and then appears a beach bar where you can pause if you want. And then walk on to the next. And the next. And the next:-)   Am zweiten Tag haben wir einen langen Strandspaziergang gemacht. Der Strand…

Beach / Strand

So I’m back from a wonderful but way too short holiday at the sea in Zeeland. The weather was so marvellous with lots of sunshine and blue sky. This very fast sketch is from the first day. I headed straight down to the water and happily painted for a few minutes.   Leider ist der…

at the river Rhine / am Rhein

I had a day off and took my bicycle to the river Rhine, sat on a stone and painted the river. I tried this several times before with more or less success. But this time it was at least sunny and warm and I really enjoyed sitting there. And now I am leaving for a…

Flamingo

Last Saturday I visited the zoo once more (surprise…) to sketch a little bit. And I stopped pretty soon to try the flamingos. Did I ever mention that I love orange? 🙂 When I came home I saw that Susan had already posted her wonderful flamingo here.   Letzten Samstag hat es mich mal wieder…

Happy sheep / Glückliche Schafe

The last days  felt like no time for anythng but today I ignored all the things to be done for happy 30 minutes sketching these sheep!   In den letzten Tagen scheint mein gefühlter permanenter Zeitmangel noch stärker. Aber die to-do-Liste habe ich heute für 30 Minuten ignoriert und diese netten glücklichen Schafe skizziert!