Maastricht: Laank Gresje

 

Yesterday I could get out sketching again. Maastricht, Laank Gresje. That is the local dialect for: Lange gracht, or in English: the Long canal). On the right you can see the remnants of the inner fortifications wall. Maastricht was always fought over.

Copenhagen: Sne-Sol

 

Sne Sol: a self-built wooden house in the alternative community Christiania, Copenhagen. All houses here were self built. I talked with one of the inhabitants: all houses had their own names, like: the red dragon, Buddha's lounge, the pentagon etc. According to him Sne-sol meant: the sun reflecting in the snow. A beautiful name.

Copenhagen: Nyhavn

 

I made three drawings in Copenhagen, this was the last one. A beautiful old harbour with coloured houses, very pretty. But it was very very cold, my fingers where aching when I finished the ink work. I knew the watercolour wouldn't dry, it usually spoils the drawing. So I decided to colour it digitally at home. Done with Gimp.

Copenhagen

 

After the meetings in Malmö I took a day off to visit Copenhagen, just across the water. This is a church with a peculiar twisted tower, near Christiania, the "Vor Frelsers Kirke".

Malmö: foodcourt

 

Quick sketch of two guys eating a burger. At the foodcourt of the Emporium shopping mall in Malmö: the Se7en Sin Burger restaurant. I was enjoying a Pokebowl myself.

Malmö: harbour

 

Business trip to Sweden, Malmö. I had to attend a meeting for a project to improvements Kidney treatment on a sustainable way. Very intersting.

I managed to go out and sketch on location: this is a sketch I made on early monday morning, in the harbour of Malmö. It was very cold, but I sat protected against the wind, it was manageable.