Sketchtrip to Krakow

 

It was the coldest weekend you can imagine when I flew to Krakow, to meet my sketchfriend Justyna (@wojnowskajustyna) and her fellow sketchers from USk Poland. I arrived late in the evening...wanted to eat local and tried a fancy Pierogi Shop with nice wall decoration. Hmmm a good start.

Here are some traditional clothes:

 

But let's get back to sketching. Next day we met to the other side of Weichsel river and met at Hala Forum for sketching with a good view.

I first sketched Adam and later Ella, who organizes the Krakow Sketchers:

Here come the other paintings of the group:

Later we went for lunch somewhere else and in the afternoon did some sightseeing and more sketching:

I sketched Tom at Green Café Nero with the interiors of the Café. To the left you can see a small part of Adam whom I sketched in the morning.

Next day we met at Café Lisboa for breakfast:

They had typical pasteis and I felt like back in Portugal.

In the afternoon we met Roman Szmal (Aquarius watercolours) and he showed us four of his latest colours of which I loved most the "urban grey" colour, a highly granulating blue-greyish colour. The yellow still has no name...maybe sunflower would be appropriate...

 I sketched with all the four colours in this sketch:

 

here comes the spread (btw. the church I sketched is worth a visit):

 

 

That is all for now. Krakow is in my heart. Very beautiful city, fantastic people, great food.

Sketchtrip to Karlsbad - Day 3

 

On this sheet you can see part of our room and the hotel bathrobe, which was very useful for sauna and pool. In the upper part you can see that I tried Svickova which seems to be a traditional dish here in Czech Republic.

 

Later I sketched my friend, but there is not the best likeness. 

On our way back home by car, we drove through a winter wonderland with lots of snow, where I used my granulating colours in the sky.

 Here is the full sketchbook spread of the day:

 

 

Sketchtrip to Karlsbad - Day 1

 

We arrived in the afternoon and first had a lovely meal at Narodak which is also known for good beer. The bar/restaurant was interesting to sketch. This is the first page in my new Koval Sketchbook, from my friend Tom. It was the first test of this 300 gms very smooth fabriano paper he used and I must say that it takes the watercolour perfectly and several layers are possible.