sketchermax.com – DRAW AND EXPLORE

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The IW – Calendar 2022. Some “making of”.

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Music again!!!

Drawing where it hurts.

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WINTER IMPRESSIONS

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Sketching While Chatting

THE STORIES BEHIND…

TREASURY 2020

The Peter’s Square of the local craft

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FESTIVAL OF LIGHT 2019

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DINA KLEIN

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FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE

CENTRAL CONFERENCE

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GERMAN URABAN SKETCHER GATHERING AUGSBURG 2019

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I LIKE PEOPLE

LEIPZIG DOWN TOWN

THE SECRET LIFE OF MY FOLD BACK CLIP

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A SKETCHER VISIT IN POTSDAM

AN EVENING IN PEACE

CSI2109: MUSIC IN THE AIR

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Markt zwischen „Schönem Brunnen“ und Frauenki

Markt zwischen „Schönem Brunnen“ und Frauenkirche in Nürnberg

Noch ein zweites Bild aus Nürngerg … miteiner Tasse Kaffee und schönem Blick auf das Marktreiben, zwischen „Schönem Brunnen“ und der Frauenkirche, die ganz entspannt über allem den Zeiten zu trotzen scheint.

#frauenkirchenürnberg #schönerbrunnennürnberg #hauptmarktnürnberg
#nurembergcity #nuremberg #hallonuremberg #nürnberg #nürnberg_de #visitnürnberg
#uksgermany #usknürnberg #urbansketchers #globalskechters #travelsketchbook #carnetdevojage #drawingonlocation #observationaldrawing #inkandwatercolor

Albrecht Dürer‘s House in Nuremberg. I don't k

Albrecht Dürer‘s House in Nuremberg.

I don't know how long I wanted to visit it! It's the house where Albrecht Dürer lived and worked from 1509 until his early death in 1528.
It's a wonder that the house survived the WWII. A wonderful museum! If you are here in Nuremberg: Unconditional recommendation!
Inside I would also have liked to draw, f.e. That old kitchen, but the sun just drew me outside!

#dürerhausnürnberg
#durer #dürer #alberechtdürer #albrechtdurer
#nurembergcity #nuremberg #hallonuremberg #nürnberg #nürnberg_de #visitnürnberg
#uksgermany #usknürnberg #urbansketchers #globalskechters #travelsketchbook #carnetdevojage #drawingonlocation #observationaldrawing #inkandwatercolor

Unsere Nachbarn haben uns heute mit Gemüse aus ih

Unsere Nachbarn haben uns heute mit Gemüse aus ihrem Garten überrascht!

Grund genug, nach den vielen monochromen Bildern, meinen Aquarellkasten wieder mal auszupacken. 😊

#watercolor #sketchbook

Heute beim @uskleipzig Treffen an der Thomaskirche

Heute beim @uskleipzig Treffen an der Thomaskirche!

War wieder mal sehr schön!!

#usk #urbansketching #urbansketchers #urbansketchersgermany #thomaskirche #leipzig #globalsketchers

St. Nicolai Church For me this church stands for

St. Nicolai Church

For me this church stands for me and many others so much for freedom, change, future - for it’s important role during the political changes in East Germany in 1989 - that I was so impressed how massive it looks from that position!!

Anyway it‘a also a symbol for resistance. , That’s expressed by its massiveness quit well.

And to have a cup of coffee here on a warm summer day is pure freedom, isn’t it.

#leipzig #nikolaikirche #urbansketchers #leipzigcity #usk #uskleipzig #drawingonlocation

Renaissance splendor in Leipzig. Sometimes I dra

Renaissance splendor in Leipzig.

Sometimes I draw in the city simply what attracts me and afterwards I’m astonished what stories are behind that places. That’s what I learned today:

"Zur Goldenere Schlange" (The Golden snake) is the name of the oldest facade of a merchant's house in Leipzig. It was created in 1523 in the Renaissance style for the influential banker and councilman Hieronymus Walther.

It's covered with Bible verses and, at the bottom, the „iron/ golden snake" from the story of Moses (Num 21:8).

Because this facade is so beautiful, it was preserved even when the building complex was transformed into Baroque style in the 1750th. Even when the facade was considered too old-fashioned in 1870/71, it was not simply torn down, but attached to the inner side of the courtyard, and on the outside, which looks directly onto the market and the Old Town Hall, a neo-baroque facade was erected.

Quite an impressive lot of respect for a piece of architecture, isn't it?
That’s what I love: „draw and explore“
🙂

#leipzig #unterwegsinleipzig #architecturedrawing #denkmalschutz #historicalarchitectur #visitleipzig #renaissanceart
#urbansketchers #urbansketching #usk #uskleipzig #paperwork
#drawnonlocation

Some holiday sketches…. I liked to experiment

Some holiday sketches....

I liked to experiment with that Burnt Siena Zeichentusche ink by Rohrer&Klingner.

Unfortunately, it squeezes through the page every now and then. The 140g of the Talents Sketch Book are not enough…

Pencils work much better on that paper. Anyway .

It made me so happy to see my youngest son drawing all the time. 🙂

And see how skillfully he can hold his pen and a little water container between his toes! ;-).
(Blue pencils sketch)

#rohrerundklingner #rohrerandklingner #zeichentusche #ink #urbansketchers #uskleipzig #peoplesketching #sketchbook

Heros of patience At the very beginning of my ti

Heros of patience

At the very beginning of my time at #crescendosummerinstitute, I made that little pencil sketch of the very first orchestra rehearsal here... for Brahms‘ 2nd. (one of the last posts.)

There were so many feedbacks to it here saying: This is soo cool: Every tuba player will be able to recognize this situation right away... In every rehearsal, there is so much to practice with the strings or woodwinds and so on… the Tuba player(s) can often only play a few notes. They really have to be very patient.

So the German expression „Geduldsspiel“ (something like „a play that needs patience“ ) got a compete new meaning for me. 🙂 Couldn’t resist to use of one of the last rehearsals in Tokaj to give it another

To you! You heros of patience!

#tuba #Tubaspieler #tubist #tubaplayer
#Geduldspiel #patience #musician
#weloveclassicalmusic #orchestralover
#orchestramusic #symphony #rehersal
#orchestra #orchestrarearsal
#crescendo #crescendosummerinstitute
#urbansketchers #usk #globalsketcher #cansonmontval
#monochrome #drawnonlocation #peopleskeching #rajzolás #rajz #Vázlat

Investors wanted! … i guess. That building had

Investors wanted! … i guess.

That building had attracted me all along. An old tavern (and hostel?), unfortunately closed long ago and left to decay. But it still has so much of the charm of the area: that roof shape, the shape of the windows, the wooden parts, all the little details ... especially the small entrance on the right side. It's all together so beautiful and "real Hungarian" in my eyes! How many happy evenings and parties will have been celebrated here, with a bottle of good Tokaj wine?

Will someone be found to invest in the restoration of this little gem?
Not that it will be torn down one day and replaced by something modern. That would be a shame.

#tokaj #hungary #tavern #tokajwineregion #lostplaces #traditionalhungarian
#tokajwineregion #tokajwein #investionneeded
#architecture #architecturedrawing #usk #uskhungary #urbansketchershungary #urbansketchers #inksketch
#travelsektch #carnetdevojage #rajzolás #rajz #Vázlat

Beatiful silent Tokaj Meanwhile I’m back home

Beatiful silent Tokaj

Meanwhile I’m back home but there are some drawings left, I didn’t show yet. Like that one. Somehow my favorite of the city-sketches for it’s quietness, I guess after two busy weeks @crescendosummerinstitute.

#tokaj #hungary
#crescendosummerinstitute
#urbansketchers #urbansketch #carnetdevojage #travelsketch #usk #globalsketcher #artistoninstagram
#monochrome #drawnonlocation

Orchester life Drawing during the rehearsals @cre

Orchester life

Drawing during the rehearsals @crescendosummerinstitute is always eye and ear opening for me!

@deltadavidgier did a great job in study Brahms’ 2nd Symphony with students from many nations (students from 36!!!! Countries came to Tokaj this year!) and from different levels in there studies back in their home countries!

@tadeas_matucha and Her name is Maria were so relaxed and didn’t mind me sitting right in front of them. Thank you!!!

Your hands turned out so big, but honestly I was impressed how both of you could mange to play all that flaps on your Gigant instrument!!!

And the timpani player did even give me earplugs, because I was sitting directly in front of him 🤪!
So nice!! (Should keep that in mind for further orchestra drawings!)

Unfortunately I didn’t have the time for the Double basses this year! But at least a little pencil sketch.

#crescendosummerinstitute #crescendo #trambone #trambonist #orchestra #orchestral #reahersal #conductor #violinplayer #celloplayer #brahms #doublebass
#usk #urbandketchers #globalsketcher #reportagedrawing #reportageillustration #peoplesketching

Jazz @crescendosummerinstitute … and some more

Jazz @crescendosummerinstitute

… and some more quick sketches from concerts… It’s so great to hear so different styles of music here! Imagine the difference between the Jazz trumpet and the harpsichord in a chamber music concert (Last drawing) .

I enjoy a lot to be in the midst of it.

But imagine my sketchbook, which is best suited for colored pencils, is full now to the last page. How could I … 🙄

#crescendosummerinstitute #crescendo #jazz #jazzconcert
#reportagedrawing #reportageillustration #concertdrawing #sketchbook #urbansketchers #usk #artistsoninstagram #worldofmusic

Cello – excitement @crescendosummerinstitute in T

Cello - excitement

@crescendosummerinstitute in Tokaj.

I think if I would be younger, I would learn to play the cello! It's incredible what the musicians can get out of this instrument.

1) An on the spot drawing (Reed and brush in watercolor) from an orchestra rehearsal to Brahms 2nd Symphony.

2) A colored pencil sketch from yesterday’s chamber music concert.

3-5) Two quick sketches in Chinese ink from the performance during the Chamber Music concert. The Cello Quintet inclouding the marvelous @izumi.hgwr, @csongor_kiss1, @regenhartannablanka & Sàndor Bálint played a Cello version of a part of Wagner's Parcival… Simply Wow!!! Breathtaking! The air stood still in the end. I was speechless!

#cello #cellist #wagner #concert #classicalmusic
#kammermusik #chambermusic #cambermusicconcert #orchestra #orchestrarearsal
#crescendo #crescendosummerinstitute
#urbansketchers #usk #globalsketcher #artistoninstagram
#monochrome #drawnonlocation #peopleskeching
#tokaj #hungary

Storks all over in Tokaj Well at home in Germany

Storks all over in Tokaj

Well at home in Germany there are some storks, too. But here in Tokaj there are so many! And that electric cable stands are just wonderful for them to build there nests! We don’t have it anymore… I guess we call it “progress”.

#tokaj #hungary #tokaji #storks #störche #urbansketchers #usk #monochrome #drawnonlocation #globalsketchers #instasketch #carnetdevoyage

Tokaj It’s simply a nice little town! #tokaj

Tokaj

It’s simply a nice little town!

#tokaj #crescendosummerinstitute #hungary #ungarn #travelsketch #urbansketchers #usk #urbansketchershungary #drawnonlocation #travelsketch #travelsketches #vinelovers

Rehersals are quite an intense training of patienc

Rehersals are quite an intense training of patience, too.

But finally it will become a great piece of music!

Back to the crescendo summer institute in Tokaj!

#crescendo #crescendosummerinstitute #musician #orchestra #orchestralife #rehersal #tuba #tubaplayer #sketchbook #graphitesketch

Klassik airleben It’s a huge party every year i

Klassik airleben

It’s a huge party every year in Leipzig: 30.000 people enjoy the season’s last concert of the #gewandhausorchester open air in Leipzig’s Rosental! If you ever have the chance to be here don’t miss it!!

#klassikairleben #klassikairleben2022 #leipzig #uskleipzig #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketchersgermany #graphitesketch #reportagedrawing #reportageillustration #weloveclassicalmusic

Visit on my sketchbook. I could not resist that

Visit on my sketchbook.

I could not resist that old dicayed house and I used it to test that artgraf soft carbon pen. (@viarcoportugal )

I liked it! I just had to be careful that it didn't get too dark too quickly.

Does anyone have any experiences with it??

#urbansketchers #urbansketchersgermany #uskleipzig #lostplacesgermany #plainairdrawing #artgraf #softcarbonpencil #drawingonlocatio#sketchbook #carnetdevoyage

Feiningers Brücke Noch so eine kleine Entdeckung

Feiningers Brücke

Noch so eine kleine Entdeckung: die alte Brücke über die Ilm in Oberweimar. Sie hat Feininger auch inspiriert!!
Überhaupt: Kirchen, Brücken, Viadukte, Schiffe… das waren seine Motive.

Heute ist ein Fußgänger-Steig an die Brücke gebaut, weil sie so eng ist, dass Autos und Fußgänger unmöglich zur gleichen Zeit über die Brücke gehen können.

#feininger #lyonelfeininger
#ilmbrücke #bridge #weimar #Bauhaus
#inkdrawing #inkpainting #inkonpaper #travelsketch #dessindujour #s#usk #urbansketchers #uskgermany #artistsoninsta

Gelmeroda – Feiningers Lieblingskirche Bei Weima

Gelmeroda - Feiningers Lieblingskirche

Bei Weimar, direkt an der Autobahn liegt die Kirche von Gelmeroda. Lyonel Feininger war verliebt in sie. Mit dem Fahrrad fuhr er immer wieder hinaus über die Dörfer und machte seine Skizzen. Später sind allein zu dieser Kirche 13 große Gemälde und einige Drucke entstanden.

Was mir nie so aufgefallen war: Weimar ist voller Klassik. Schlössern, Villen, Parks und Theater… Mit allem Prunk einer Residenzstadt!
Kommt man dann aufs Land und sieht diese schlichten, kleinen Kirchen, ist das echt wohltuend: Mit so wenig Schnick - Schnack gehts auch!

Als ich da so saß und zeichnete dachte ich: von diesem 800 Jahre alten Kirchlein ist es nicht weit zur Bauhaus-Architektur. Es besteht auch aus ganz einfachen Grundkörpern: Quader, Würfel, Prismen… ganz ähnliche dem Baukasten-Prinzip von Walter Gropius’ Architekur. Irgendwie ein Back to the roots…

Leider hatte ich nur Zeit für die eine Zeichnung auf meinem Stopp. Hätte gern die Seitenansicht noch studiert… na, wenigstens ein Foto.

Aber … hm… ich muss wiederkommen. Feininger hat rund um Weimar sehr viel gezeichnet… Das wäre mal ein schönes Projekt, oder??

Hat jemand Lust???

#Feininger #LyonelFeininger #Gelmeroda #Weimar #Bauhaus #bauhausarchitektur #waltergropius #architektur #architecture #architektura
#inkdrawing #inksketch #travelsektch #inkonpaperdrawing #sketchbook #Carnetdedessin #carnetdevojage #travelsketchbook #urbansketchers #urbansketchersgermany

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