Holiday in Saumur (2)

 

View from the balcony of our caravan towards the neighbour.

Random face

 Study in black ink.

Scheveningen Kurhaus

 

I helped organize a National Dutch Urban Sketching weekend. Saturday 20th in the Hague, Sunday at the beach in Scheveningen. It was really hot there, we have a record breaking heat wave at theis moment.

After managing the central meeting post, I had some time left to make this drawing on the Boulevard, at the seaside: the old Kurhaus building. Ink and watercolour in my Khadi sketchbook.

Santos

 

A drawing inspired by a similar subject by Joao Santos.

Schinveld, Nonke Buusjke

 

This afterrnoon, I took a nice ride on my bike, wanted to draw some cows, couln't find hem, so I drew this old farmhouse instead. It's a open air museum showing domestic life 100 years ago, and called Nonke buusjke (local dialect, to be translated as: our uncle living in the woods).

Something different

 A random image of a face, inspired by an image I saw on Pinterest. Just fun to do. Sepia ink and watercolour on Khadi paper.

Brunssummerheide

 

We had temperatures of above 20 degrees this week, very early. I went out to the Brussummerheide, a forest area a few kilometers from my home. I usually run there. Two impressions in ink and watercolour.

Hair in ink

 

Portrait in Ink, based on a vintage picture I found on the internet. Could not find the photographer.

Washed out ink on Khadi handmade all-cotton paper.

Gouda Goud Asfalt

 

Quick sketch across the canal in Gouda, and asphalt company unloading into ships.

Laboe harbour

Forgot to scan this drawing from Laboe, Northern Germany. I made this in the harbour, when I needed a break from the exhibition and library opening. Ink and gouache on toned paper.
 

Maastricht, de Ruiterij

 

Made this inkdrawing entirely on location, last Saturday. Added colours digotally with Gimp.

Maastricht Ceramique

We had an Urban Sketching Meeting in Maastricht, yesterday. Thew sun shone, it was cold evn though it improved during the day. This was made behind the glass of the library, with a view between modern buildings towards the old city center.
 

 

Black Ink

Quick portrait in black ink. After a picture somewhere.

 

Maastricht, Helmstraat

 

Maastricht, de Helmstraat. This morning. Ink and watercolour in a A5 Moleskine watercolour sketchbook.

2 men: portraits in ink

 

Two quick ink drawings, made this afternoon, based on pictures from the Internet, a photo by M. Odekerken (left) and a picture of some unknown Zapatista from Mexico (right).

AI images (5): the burning towers

 

Another AI experiment. I started with the images of the last post (ai-images (4) the wing, september), the drawing and its AI-image (top left and middle). Then I made a new drawing, which actually turned out to be horrible (not shown here).

I lost interest and eventually played around with the blue AI-image and combined it with another AI image theme that I created. Some burning towers in a desolate landscape (top right). That resulted into a new drawing (bottom left). 

Then I generated a new AI image with reverse prompting. But that one became rather like a fake watercolour drawing. But I also experimented with turning a sketch into an image using AI. Rather interesting what the system came up with.

Crete: views from the terrace

Two quick sketches I made while enjoying coffee at a terrace, somewhere in Crete. Top one: the Lassithi plateau, fields with windmills and far away mountains. Bottom one, Piskopiano, from our appartment to the other side of the valley. The idea was strong inkwork and toned down watercolour.

Clemensdomein

 

Clemensdomein, in Brunssum, near Merkelbeek. It's an old church (from about 1000AD), a few km from my house. For years this church was surrounded by a large and renowned monastry. But the monastry was abandoned and demolished some 10 years ago. You can view the church again how it looked like before 1900.

Vaesrade in bamboo pen and ink

 

This afternoon, drinig with my bicycle through the hills near our house. Quick ink sketch (with reed pen) and some watercolour on Canson aquarel paper.

Cadillac Fleetwood 1952

 

Went to a vintage car meeting in Heerlen (Cruise-in). I have drawn on these occasions before, always nice to see real old cars. This was a beautiful CadillacFleetwood 1952, a huge car, but beautifully restored.