Sketch what you see

That is what you read very often when it comes to urban sketching. But what if the scene is boring? There are so many sketchers out there that can do magic on a dull scene. When it comes to me I can at least say that I did my very best 🙂 Der Plan war,…

Beach feeling / Strand am Rhein

Another favorite place at the river Rhine. It is always a little crowded even in these times. And I was there too but only for a sketch on my way back from shopping. Ein weiterer Lieblingsplatz in Himmelgeist am Rhein, aber von der (auch in diesen Zeiten) gut besuchten Sorte. Einen kleinen Skizzenabstecher nach dem…

Opposite side / Das andere Ufer

Recently I decided not to take my regular way along this little creek but to try the way  on the opposite side. Funny how different the world looked! Eigentlich radele ich immer auf der anderen Seite vom Brückerbach in Richtung Himmelgeist, da ist asphaltiert. Doch dieses Mal war ich neugierig, was auf der anderen Bachseite…

High water / Hochwasser

This is one of my favorite places with a good view over the River Rhine. And it is very lonely. Normally. In this times lots of people seem to look for lonely places so this time it was nearly crowded i.e. every few minutes someone passed. I sketches quickly and went home. Normalerweise ist einer…

Too hot / Zu heiß

Last week it was very hot over here. Too hot to sketch. The paint was dry before the brush touched the paper. Although I found a nice spot in the shade most of the water that hit the paper was sweat dripping from my nose! 🙂 . Letzte Woche habe ich trotz der Temperaturen zu…

River Rhine / am Rhein

Last week I spent a very nice time sitting on a rock near the river sketching and enjoying the sun. The cormorant really sat there and was company for a while. . Letzte Woche hatte ich eine schöne Stunde am Rhein. Bestes Wetter und Zeit zu skizzieren, einfach perfekt. Und der Kormoran hat mir dort…

River Rhine again / nochmals der Rhein

The first sketch was made on a very hot Saturday near Meerbusch Nierst and was done superquick because of some wasps being very curious what might be under the hat I was wearing. Diese Skizze zeig das Ufer bei Meerbusch Nierst und ich war sehr schnell fertig. Zum einen war es ziemlich heiß und zum…

More river Rhine / nochmal der Rhein

Yesterday I was in Himmelgeist in the south of Duesseldorf to have another look at the flood water. It wasn’t too cold at first so I started to sketch. Some of the people seemed to find this more interesting than the river itself:-) Starting from this spot in summer you have to go about another…