BCN USk 1

Some glimpses of the day before the symposium started. Leaving Frankfurt Airport, sketching some planes and a girl who kept wiggling her toes.

Meeting some sketchers at Arc de Triomf and getting started on drawing. Later we moved on to El Raval and and i drew this view of Carrer Elisabets/Carrrer del Àngels- This must have been one of the most drawn motifs for the Urban Sketchers, being both picturesque and close to CCCB..Flaf and Miriam were just around the corner, painting it too.

First round of Drink and Draw; Enno, Miriam and Ira at the next table.

Étang de Hanau

Just across the border is the french region of Lorraine where the mix of german and french identity is most apparent in the names of places, like Lake Hanau.
A pretty lake in the middle of the forest, and a view of crumbling Burg Waldeck. This time the overcrowded campground on the other side of the lake didn´t make it into my sketch.

Loreley

Im Zug

Ever since smartphones became common, drawing people without being noticed has become a lot easier. On the train everyone is accustomed to stare and being stared at, and looking at their small phone screens waiting for the next message to pop up. The drawn lines are wobbly sometime due to the rattling of the train.

street views

OpenOhr

Pink hair, rubber ducks, people throwing pigments and music at OpenOhr Festival.
Perfect opportunity to succumb to Moleskine sketchbooks again.

Schröders

Watching pretty much everything except the soccer match Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Mainz 05 that was the purpose of this visit to a local pub. As the match ended in a goalless draw I didn´t miss much. Elk´s looking rather bored too.

Flohmarkt

Museumsufer Frankfurt

Pfälzerwald

Rodalben, gezeichnet von einem Aussichtspunkt überhalb des Städtchens.

Wie das Rheintal in den Pfälzerwald übergeht- gesehen vom Café im Hambacher Schloß/ Neustadt Weinstraße.

bars

Drawing in bars. Meeting friends at Thanners, a local institution in my hometown. It feels like nothing ever changes in that place, but in a good way- same crowd, same owners, same shabby furniture and kitschy decoration as ten years ago.

Recently visited a friend in Munich. The museums i wanted to visit were all closed, so we went  for a drink. Or some.

Sobering up at 4 am by consuming a very tasty Schnitzel.