Sketchtraveller

Sketch Board – DIY

20.06.19 20.06.19Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

I’m awfully comfortable and like to settle in, even when urban sketching. That’s why I made myself a sketching board some time ago. It has room for my water containers,…

Palladian Odyssey Umbria – 2019 (Tour 1)

17.06.19 17.06.19Travel, Urban Sketching

In 2018, we talked about a sequel of the Palladian Odyssey, but I thought this would not happen during the next two years. Therefor the offer for a tour in…

Danube Canal

13.06.19 13.06.19Urban Sketching

A meeting of the USK Vienna at the Danube Canal. A lot is going on there during good weather. Perfect conditions for everyone who wants to sketch people – I…

Torcello – The Calm Before Interesting Times

04.06.19 04.06.19Travel, Urban Sketching

Nearly a whole year I was looking forward to go back to Torcello. To be up front about it the island is dreamlike even in wind and rain probably because…

Silverpoint – A Touch of Genius

03.06.19 03.06.19Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

I bought a pencil in Florence. No, I am not that bored, that I have to write blog posts about such banalities. To be specific it is not any pencil,…

Florence With a View And An (Indecent) Offer

03.06.19 18.06.19Travel, Urban Sketching

For a city like Florence, this will be a short post. In 2012, I visited the town for a rather extensive sightseeing trip. This year I have only stayed for…

Minoritenkirche And Sketch Walk

02.06.19 02.06.19Fountain Pen, Ink, Urban Sketching

Before joining the USK Vienna for a sketch walk and a guided tour with the USK Prague I had some time to sketch the Minoritenkirche (Friars Minor Conventual Church). At…

Fude de Mannen By Sailor Pen

28.05.19 28.05.19Fountain Pen, Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

Since I have started with urban sketching, I use a LAMY Safri (EF-nib) and from time to time a MICRON fineliner by Sakura Pigma. Having a horrible handwriting, I have…

Short Visit In London

21.05.19 21.05.19Travel, Urban Sketching

Not that I need a reason to go to London (For me it is that kind of town one can visit again and again.), but this year there was a…

Church Tower With Tulips

24.04.19 24.04.19Urban Sketching

Usually Easter in the lower Austrian Weinviertel is accompanied by coldness and rain. This year we had the most marvellous spring weather. Ideal conditions for a little sketch while waiting…

Negative Space In Spring

15.04.19 15.04.19Urban Sketching

Last week the USK Vienna meeting happened outside for the first time this year. Although it is getting warmer, my fingers were still a little bit frozen. Therefore, I only…

The Admiral Tegetthoff

11.04.19 11.04.19Urban Sketching

Even if it does not look like one, this is a real urban sketch. I sketched the model of the Admiral Tegetthoff in the Natural History Museum. It was the…

Moonglow – Nice-to-have or Must-have?

27.03.19 27.03.19Tools and Materials, Urban Sketching

I banned Ultramarine Blue temporary from my pallet. Therefor I have room for an additional colour. This free space irritates me and I have to occupy it. Moonglow by Daniel…

The Place Of Many Red Books

14.03.19 14.03.19Urban Sketching

This week the location for the USK Vienna was carefully chosen regarding sketchers like me, who do not like to sketch people. I remain in silence about the gastronomic qualities,…

Daniel Smith Sugilite – It Glitters

13.03.19 13.03.19Colour, Tools and Materials

Recently I mentioned my enthusiasm for Daniel Smith PrimaTek colours. Thanks to that euphoria, I now possess a colour I have no idea what to do with it. Looking at…