New York, Chinatown

The last of my sketches of New York: a view somewhere in Chinatown towards a watertower. I tried to retrace my steps, maybe this could be Pell street?

Een tekening in een straatje ergens in Chinatown, New York.

Time to draw something else than New York.

New York, what's left

Last drawings and sketches of New York, I completed the diary in my Moly, and finished the last sketches. A newspaperstand in Greenwich, corner of 7th ave. Watertanks across the street fron our hotel on W25 street. A hotdog stand on Madison square, just before the shuttle picked us up to bring us to JFK. What's left is these sketches and nice memories.

De laatste tekningen van New York. Krantenbakken in Greenwich. Hotdogs op Madison Square. Watertanks tegenover het hotel.

New York, Central park

Central park New York. Dead tired after walking the streets to see the sights. 33 degrees C. Funny: the squirrels, they were very free and ate out of hands.
Central park New York, uitrusten onder de bomen van het park. Het was warm 33 graden, en benauwd. En overal grijze eekhoorntjes, ze aten uit je hand.

New York

In new York there was only one newsitem: swine flu (mexican flu). Here an anchor woman presenting a newsitem in front of the Department of health and sanitation. Below a sketch of 8th avenue, while waiting for the Harlem-Gospeltour.
In New York ging het op het nieuws alleen maar over de pandemie, Mexikaanse griep. Hier een tekening van een nieuwslezer, voor het departement van volksgezondheid. Hieronder een straatscene op 8th avaneu. we waren aan het wachten op de bus voor de Harlem-Gospel tour.

New York day1

Still day 1 in New York, Sunday april 26th. I just had the opportunity to sketch while Gertie was sleeping. The Flatiron buliding on 5th avenue and Broadway, once the first and highers skyscraper of New York. You can tell I still had some jetlag, the drawing is not straight. Below a sketch of watertanks on the roofs of W25th street.

New York, zondagmiddag 26 april. Schetsen van de "flatiron" (stijkijzer) op 5th avenue en Broadway. Watertanks op het dak van W25th street, naast het hotel.

New York day1

New York, we arrived at JFK around 13.00, at the hotel about 15.30. My wife, Gertie, was sick from turbulence and jetlag and took a nap. So I took the opportunity to make some sketches in the park around the corner, Madison square. The Empire state building in all it's glory. It was a first time visit to New York, and this was surely one of the most impressive images I've ever seen.

New York voor beginners. Afgelopen zondag 16 april kwamen we op het einde van de middag aan in on s hotel in NYC. Gertie was ziek van de vlucht en de jetlag, en bleef een paar uur in bed. Ik maakte deze schetsen om de hoek in Madison square: het Empire State Building. Wat een beeld!

New York

Last week we treated ourselves to a short week New York, to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary. What a week. What a city. I will post sketches and stuff the next few days. For starters: this is the view we had last sunday night, from the top of the Empire State building. Afgelopen week een paar dagen naar New York geweest, we waren 20 jaar getrouwd. Wat een stad. Een voorproefje: uitzicht vanaf het Empire State building, afgelopen zondag.

Airplane

Tarbes, yesterday. I found this airplane stuck between an parking lot and a military academy. In the center of Tarbes. I drew and painted it on the spot, it took me 35 minutes, before driving to Lannemezan. Een vliegtuig gevangen tussen een parkeerplaats en een militaire academie. In het centrum van Tarbes.

Bonnefanten

A warm evening on the riverbank of Maastricht. The Bonnefanten modern art museum, designed by the italian architect Aldo Rossi. Sketch&waterbrush on location. Een mooie warme avond in april: Bonnefanten museum Maastricht.

Steampunk

Doodles. Rock&Roll and Steampunk

Missiles & art

Visited Hombroich (Germany) with collegue architects from the BNA. Art in the park. The sketches show the Langen foundation, a museum for contemporary art built on a former missile launch site, now converted into an art park.
The Japanese architect Tandao Ando made a superb design. The music building is by the Austrian architect Raimund Abrahams.

The exhibition was about Dubouffet.

Suzans café

Doodles I make while waiting in airports and restaurants. Susans cafe & Dali's desert. Wachten op vliegvelden en in restaurants.

Wals

An old steamroller, quietly rusting away in a yard on the outskirts of Hoensbroek. Deze stoomwals staat rustig weg te roesten op het bedrijventerrein de Koumen, Hoensbroek.

Tarbes

In Tarbes again last week. A quick pen sketch from my window towards the mountains. The weather was beautiful. In Tarbes vorige week. Mooi weer, Een penschets richting de bergen.

Kerkhof in Visé

Cemetary in Visé. The column is a grave from 1882. Drawn last friday. Kerkhof in Visé. Getekend afgelopen vrijdag. Het graf heeft de tekst 1882 en was geheel vervallen.

Dolphins in spring

I wish you could swim, like dolphins, like dolphins in spring. Text from David Bowie Heroes.
These words meant magic: does a dolphin enjoy spring? Does he swim differently when the light gets stronger?
It was a some disappointment when I found out recently that the real text read "swim", not "spring". Another mystery gone.
This is the study for the same painting. made for the birthday of a friend of my wife. I experimented with soaking the paper competely with water and have the watercolour run free over the paper. Dolfijnen: een aquarel voor Minke (een vriendin van Gertie) en de voorafgaande studie. Experiment met vrij uivloeiende verf op met water verzadigd papier.

Travel kit

This is what I always carry around on all my travel or businesstrips:

- Moleskine large, watercolour

- Moleskine small, sketch

- Lamy fountain pen black ink

- Edding 1800, Profipen 0,3 and 0,5mm

- Rembrandt pure sable brush 3 and 6

- Lamy pencil 0.5mm, H

- Ordinary pencil 2B

- Waterbrush, medium Koi- Pentel paintbrush, black

- Stabilo fineliners- Portable watercolour set, Talens, with Van Gogh watercolours. I know the colours only by their Dutch names: ceruleum blauw, citroengeel, azo geel, permanant rood, kraplak donker, ultramarijn donker, kobalt blauw, permanent groen, vert emeraude, gele oker, gebrande sienna, paynes grijs.

Hohenstein Ernstthal

View from the entrance of the Hotel "Drei Schwanen" in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, in the east of Germany. There was still some snow. I also looked at the birthplace of the writer Karl May, but it was not worth drawing. Getekend vlak naast de ingang van het hotel in Hohenstein-Ernstthal. In het dorp was ook het geboortehuis van Karl May, geen tekening waard.

Tarbes, this week

This is the view from my desk on the ste in Lannemzan: the Pic du Midi. 9.10 thursday 12-03-2009 (but to be honest... I left out the 2 high tension poles). Below a quick sketch of a small square in Tarbes. Boven: het uitzicht vanaf mijn werkplek in Lannemezan. 9.10 uur, gisteren 12 maart. Onder: een pleintje in Tarbes.

2CV

Another sketch of the 2CV at Landbouwbelang, made last friday.