Am nächsten Freitag und Samstag ich bin beim Art-Durlach.

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Ich zeige Zeichnungen von Durlach in Karlsruhe und auch Tokio. Ich zeige meine Originale Skizzenbücher und die fertige Drucke.

Cimetière de Bateaux

Séance avec le groupe Urban Sketcher Lorient.

Aquarelle et encre sur Watercolourbook

This was a comissioned drawing.

Everything is timber-framed in Quedlinburg, even the kiosks.

This commisioned sketch took a while to draw. The longer I sat there I noticed more and more details in the facade. Then I got too cold and had to finish. The next time I came it started raining. To be able to finish the sketch before the deadline, I asked a friend who lives in the same street if he could take some shots of the building and mail them. I hardly ever use photos for my sketches so I felt I was cheating.

The owner came out for a chat.

I had to draw the evening sun lighting up the globes but I was stoolless but managed to find a wall to sit on at almost the best position.

While I was drawing this, the snowplough drove past and the snow was gone.

This was a commisioned drawing.It was one metre long. As I sat sketching on the busy bridge, blokes in passing cars would shout to me. When there was a jam, they’d be quiet! No idea what they shouted.

Drawn with Karlsruhe Urban Sketchers.

Aquarelle et encre

An old sketch reflecting what a residential neighborhood looked like in Japan during Cherry Blossom. My office building was next door, on the main blvd, extremely busy and noisy. But turn the corner into one of these little side street, and it is heavenly quiet and beautiful. I loved walking around these alleys. This sketch was made during one of those promenades (probably during lunch hour). "Sakura in Shibuya", ink and watercolor on paper, 11" x 14".

Inspired by Sylvain Cnudde!

This took a few attempts to finish between the snow showers. I’m not sure if these were tiled or slate roofs.

This is a reproduction of A.Y. Jackson's Winter Night that I made as free-hand ink drawing. Jackson (1882-1974) was a Canadian landscape painter and original member of the Group of Seven. In 1925, along with other members of the Group, he created four small lithographs for an exhibition. The lithograph which I copied, called Winter Night, was 13 x 16.5 cm (5.5 x 6.75 inches) in size and limited to 100 printings. It doesn't depict a specific location like many of Jackson's oil paintings but reflects his interest in winter landscapes. Apparently he made an oil painting inspired by this lithograph, but I haven't been able to locate it. Point-au-Persil is as close a scene as I can find. While Jackson is mostly remembered for his oil paintings, he began his art training in Montreal lithograph companies. He's known to have made about 40 lithographs over his lifetime. I liked this lithograph because it captures the landscape that we now find in Ottawa-Gatineau. The darkness of the sky and trees are clearly delineated. It's a beautiful small piece that allowed me to learn something about Jackson's style while I made this reproduction. (Incidentally, my new sketchbook was able to take the large amounts of ink that I used without showing up on the reverse side. And the lines didn't bleed on the paper.)

Ink drawing with a Lamy Safari pen and Platinum Carbon ink in a Fabriano Venezia sketchbook, (13 x 17 cm 5 x 6.75 inches).

Voici une reproduction de « Nuit d'hiver » d'A.Y. Jackson, que j'ai réalisée à main levée à l'encre. Jackson (1882-1974) était un peintre paysagiste canadien et membre fondateur du Groupe des Sept. En 1925, avec d'autres membres du groupe, il créa quatre petites lithographies pour une exposition. Celle que j'ai reproduite, intitulée Nuit d'hiver, mesurait 13 x 16,5 cm et était limitée à 100 exemplaires. Contrairement à nombre de ses peintures à l'huile, elle ne représente pas un lieu précis, mais reflète son intérêt pour les paysages d'hiver. Apparemment, il a réalisé une peinture à l'huile inspirée de cette lithographie, mais je n'ai pas réussi à la localiser. Point-au-Persil est la scène la plus proche que j'aie pu trouver. Bien que Jackson soit surtout connu pour ses peintures à l'huile, il commença sa formation artistique dans des ateliers de lithographie montréalais. On sait qu'il a réalisé une quarantaine de lithographies au cours de sa vie. J'ai particulièrement apprécié cette lithographie car elle capture les paysages que l'on retrouve aujourd'hui dans la région d'Ottawa-Gatineau. Le ciel et les arbres, sombres, sont nettement délimités. C'est une jolie petite œuvre que j'ai pris plaisir à reproduire et qui m'a permis de mieux comprendre le style de Jackson. (Mon nouveau carnet de croquis a absorbé les grandes quantités d'encre que j'ai utilisées sans que cela ne transparaît au verso. De plus, les traits n'ont pas bavé sur le papier.)

Dessin à l'encre réalisé avec un stylo Lamy Safari et de l'encre Platinum Carbon dans un carnet de croquis Fabriano Venezia (13 x 17 cm).

Avec le groupe Usk Lorient vendredi 14 avril 2023.

Aquarelle, encre sur carnet Moleskine

A collage of a photocopied page from Emily and Anne Brontes' diary, with a pen and ink sketch, drawn in a similar style to the Brontes ', of me journaling at my desk and out in nature.

Yet another drawing from yet another cafe in yet another tree filled square!