Erntetag / Harvest

 

This subject came straight from the garden. Bio quality ;)

I painted the nicely harvested plums and pears which looked so appealing in their wooden box.  Btw playing with the background was great fun, too and I tried to imitate the newspaper inside the box without really writing...just some fun sign...

 

Visit of Urban Sketcher @janvitekart to Hohenlohe, part II - Vellberg

Rathaus in Vellberg

Next day, we were heading to Vellberg. My sketching buddy Katharina @rinibommel joined in sketching and also brought some hot tea. Wonderful. The weather god was not on our side. It was raining cats and dogs and it was bloody cold. Here is my first sketch in the rain:

In the end as Katharina and I tried to finish our sketch, sitting under the roof of Rathaus Vellberg, while Jan played music and danced beside us. Great day, very tough sketchers!

Katharina sketching in Vellberg

Am nächsten Tag fuhren wir nach Vellberg. Meine Sketchfreundin Katharina @rinibommel malte mit uns und brachte sogar heissen Tee mit. Das war toll. Der Wettergott war leider nicht ganz auf unserer Seite. Es regnete ununterbrochen und war sehr kalt. Am Ende, als Katharina und ich noch unsere Skizzen fertig machten, spielte Jan Musik und tanzte um uns herum. Ein schöner Tag für Extrem-Urbansketcher.

Visit of Urban Sketcher @janvitekart to Hohenlohe, part I - Schwäbisch Hall

 

Jan and Marta arrived on a Friday evening from Prague. Next day we went to Schwäbisch Hall for a visit to Kunsthalle Würth, who are having a great exhibition at the moment. We did not sketch inside, but we began sketching at Sudhaus, where we had our lunch.

 

Later, after having made a small tour in one area of the city, we stopped at Market Square, close to church St. Michael, where the huuuge stairs are. Check out Jans sketches from there on @janvitekart. 

It was bloody cold, but I could not resist to do another sketch from up the stairs "with a view". 

 

Here is the beginning of the upper sketch. I finished that one at home:

As we got too cold and hungry we went to my favourite Cafe in town, which is definitely Café Ableitner. They have the best cakes! So here is my interior sketch in the warmth with a good coffee and cake in the left hand and a watercolour brush in the other;)

No masterpieces, but in the end I was quite productive that day.

In the evening darkness we went to closeby Comburg, a historical jewel in our area. No one around and we had the whole castle to ourselves. Fun experience. We were lucky with the weather: 4°C, partly sunny. Another great sketching day!

...to be continued...

Jan und Marta kamen am Freitag Abend aus Prag. Am nächsten Tag fuhren wir nach Schwäbisch Hall und schauten uns die Ausstellung in der Kunsthalle Würth an. Sehr zu empfehlen. Wir malten zwar nicht in der Ausstellung, begannen dann aber im nahegelegenen Sudhaus zu sketchen und zu essen. Später waren wir dann bei St. Michael am Marktplatz und malten in der Kälte und zum Aufwärmen und Geniessen war ein Besuch im Café Ableitner obligatorisch. Es war toll.

Am Abend gingen wir noch hoch zur Comburg. Wir waren die einzigen Besucher und hatten die Festung für uns. Es war wie eine lustige Nachtwanderung durch alte Gemäuer.Wir hatten insgesamt grosses Glück mit dem Wetter: 4° und manchmal kam sogar die Sonne raus. Ein schöner Tag zum Sketchen!

...mehr in Kürze...