Girl | Mädchen

Girl | Mädchen

One from the train journey home once again. Two larger groups of folk from the Middle East boarded the little regional train with me and I overheard one of them mention their destination. By the time I started drawing this teenage girl I knew they were about to...
‚Dat Heringshus‘

‚Dat Heringshus‘

This is the only remaining part of the old fish store called ‚Dat Heringshus‘ (The Herring House‘) which was erected in 1742. Well that’s not true: there is more than just this one set of columns; the entire side gable is intact and it is now...
Glockenhof

Glockenhof

I had two doctor’s appointments the other morning and half an hour to spare in between. So I chose the path via the Glockenhof (Bell Square – not sure why it’s called that) so that I might sketch it. The awning of the big department store C&A...
Boats | Boote

Boats | Boote

A little while after painting the view which I showed you yesterday I ventured to do a loose sketch of a couple of boats. These two guys were moored in a row and they overlapped each other nicely in both bodies as well as reflection. Somehow I immediately saw an...
Morning lake | See am Morgen

Morning lake | See am Morgen

Last weekend we went and stayed in a castle – as you do 🙂 No you don’t, and neither do we, but this castle has cheap accommodation and we like to use it for that when there’s a family event in my hometown. We arrived late on Friday and had all of...
The green bar

The green bar

I was away on a so-called retreat with work last week. This means that the entire team was put up in a country hotel which was difficult to get to – and to get away from – so that we might work all day. There was an hour of leisure time scheduled for every...