Vienna Archive - Sketchtraveller

Karl Marx Court on Labour Day

02.05.23 02.05.23Urban Sketching

Actually I wanted to sketch in Setagayapark, but it was overcrowded with visitors. So I switched to a nearby institution of the city of Vienna. The Karl-Marx-Hof was built in…

An entrance door again after a long time

23.06.22 23.06.22Urban Sketching

After almost two years (I know, I’m lazy!) I went to a meeting of the local urban sketchers again yesterday. It took place at Paper Republic. A fine little company…

Looshouse

15.10.19 15.10.19Urban Sketching

Adolf Loos caused a scandal in 1910 with this house, built for an exclusive men’s outfitter. To this day, this wonderful building forms a fascinating contrast to the surrounding Baroque…

A Weekend With Oliver Hoeller

08.09.19 16.10.19Urban Sketching

At the beginning of September a two-day workshop with Oliver Hoeller took place in Vienna. It was a very intensive weekend, during which I learned a lot. Workshops are a…

A View Of The Church of Mariahilf

05.08.19 05.08.19Urban Sketching

Shopping centres are high on the list of places I don’t like to be. However, they have their advantages, e.g. a roof terrace with a beautiful view. In this case…

Back To Karlskirche

23.07.19 23.07.19Urban Sketching

About a year ago I sketched Karlskirche (St. Charles Church) for the first time. Last Wednesday the meeting of the USK Vienna took place in front of this impressive building.…

Palais Fanto – Schwarzenbergplatz

26.06.19 09.07.19Urban Sketching

Another hot day in Vienna. The USK Vienna were meeting at Schwarzenberplatz, known for its Hochstrahlbrunnen (high jet fountain) but with over 36°C I sat in the shadow sketching whatever…

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…

Minoritenkirche And Sketch Walk

02.06.19 20.05.20Urban 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…

The Museum Of Applied Arts – Again

28.02.19 04.03.19Urban Sketching

Last year February in Vienna was colder than in Antarctica. This year it provided us with some very warm days. It was possible to sketch outside during lunchbreak. Yes, it…

MAK – Inner Courtyard

21.02.19 20.05.20Urban Sketching

I sketched a part of the MAK (Museum of Applied Arts) last year using a smaller sketchbook (Stilman & Birn, Beta, A5, hardbound). In the meanwhile I use a bigger…

The High Altar In St. Anne’s Church

09.12.18 17.12.18Urban Sketching

St. Anne’s Church in Vienna organises trumpet concerts during the Advent season. There are several reasons why one should attend one of these concerts. St. Anne’s is an impressing baroque…

Karlskirche And Otto Wagner Pavillon

15.07.18 31.08.18Urban Sketching

Summer and Sunday, the ideal preconditions for urban sketching in the centre of Vienna. Two very different but beautiful buildings are located near each other. When designing the Karlskirche (St.…

Viennese Public Conveniences

12.07.18 14.08.18Urban Sketching

In Vienna even the public toilets are historic and a national landmark. In the 1880ies Johann Gottlieb Wilhelm Beetz got the idea to make money out of nature’s call. He…

Streetview In Vienna

09.07.18 31.08.18Urban Sketching

How to get a street with high houses into a small sketchbook? That’s much more difficult than it already sounds – at least for me. The angles are unreckonable and…

Stadtpark

04.07.18 14.08.18Urban Sketching

The Stadtpark (City Park) is another product of the creation of the Vienna Ringstraße. While looking for something to sketch, I found a clock tower. Until then I had no…

Museum of Applied Arts

29.06.18 28.12.19Urban Sketching

Heinrich von Ferstel was fond of the Renaissance. I can’t do anything with Historicism, but even I like the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK). The disadvantage of a green city…

MUMOK and Faber-Castell

02.05.18 20.05.20Urban Sketching

This was an unusual meeting of the USK Vienna. Faber-Castell presented some of their products especially for urban sketcher. We could use them on location and – how nice of…

Nikolaigasse

30.04.18 26.06.19Urban Sketching

Nikolaigasse is an unspectacular blind alley in the city of Vienna. But it is a very popular among the photograph taking tourists as I found out when sketching there. It…

Palais Coburg

25.04.18 14.08.18Urban Sketching

The Palais Coburg has probably the most expensive view in Austria. Although planed by one of Queen Victoria’s uncle in 1840, it was only his son August Victor Louis of…

Jesuit Church

18.04.18 10.08.18Urban Sketching

Another sketch I did during my lunch breaks. The Jesuit Church is far more interesting inside with its illusionary frescos by Andrea Pozzo. In contrast to St. Michael’s Church this…

St. Michael’s Church

11.04.18 10.08.18Urban Sketching

Today I joined the USK Vienna for the first time. The weather was not god and the few who came, disappeared rather soon again. St. Michael’s is one of Vienna’s…

Historicism Makes Me Megalomaniac

06.04.18 14.08.18Urban Sketching

As the temperatures have risen at a level which allowed open air sketching without becoming frostbite I brought my new sketchbook Stilman & Birn Beta Series A4 to the Ringstraße.…

A Hotel – Grey And Far Away

20.10.17 14.08.18Urban Sketching

The last outdoor sketch for 2017. I don’t believe we will get a winter this year but it is definitively too cold to sketch outside. I bought me Faber Castell…

Even Ugly Buildings Are Worth Being Sketched

13.10.17 14.08.18Urban Sketching

This branch of the ministry of agriculture does not belong to Vienna’s most beautiful buildings. But it is near my office and I sketched it during lunch break.

So Many Windows

29.09.17 14.08.18Urban Sketching

In fact I choose the house because it has so many windows. I wanted to practise sketching them. Unfortunately the buildings of Historicism have a lot of embellishments, too –…

Viennese Doors

27.08.17 23.06.22Urban Sketching

Another assignment for the Sketching Now Foundations course. This is the entrance of a beautiful Viennese art nouveau house, which was built in 1911 after the plans by August Fondi.…

Urban Sketching For The First Time On Location

19.07.17 14.08.18Urban Sketching

It was on a hot summer day during lunch time that I did my first real urban sketching. I picked one of the most impressing and oldest buildings in Vienna:…

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