Sketchtour Schwäbisch Hall, Day 2, Sketchwalk 1

 

The upper sketch is my favourite sketch of day 2 and was made in Pfarrgasse that Friday morning, but let's begin the day from the start...

The day before was very long and fun and we sat together and sketched still at the hotel at nighttime.

Then a very early wake up and a small 15 min. coffee portrait sketch at the hotel (we Sketchers had a little living room and kitchen together which was very comfortable...) 

 

I had made a reservation for a small group of old sketchfriends at Café am Markt for having an awesome breakfast together...

 

Very enjoyable combination: Eating and sketching! Later I had to hurry to the museum HFM to organize the registration of our participants together with Katharina (@rinibommel).

When finished, the first sketchwalk began with scenic panoramics and great views to the old centre of SHA. 

Was not in the mood to sketch a large panoramic and honestly did not have enough time so I sketched Crailsheimer Tor und Haus der Sieder before heading back to Neubau where the others still sketched. We continued to Pfarrgasse where we lost some on the way because there were so many sketchable places...

This sketch is from Pfarrgasse...some rain was approaching and we were hungry so we went to Alte Wache for a great snack and some fast portrait sketching.

I sketched Anne, but I could not make refinements in the values for time reaysons and the paper never seemed to dry as it was a bit moist after the rainshower.

Our last stop of the afternoon was Goethe Institut. I just had 10 minutes left for a pencil sketch of the top tower of Goethe Institut which is one of the oldest in the country. 

It was time for a throwdown in the late afternoon and Katharina had prepared an awesome surprise later that day... so stay tuned for that...

Here comes our throwdown after Sketchwalk 1 (all in all we had done a lot more sketches into our books, but everyone showed just a favourite - we would not like to destroy our sketchbooks by taking out pages).

Next post will be about Katharinas surprise... cliffhanger;)

Marktbreit Painters Weekend - day 2 - Panorama

On our second day, when I arrived at the parking in Marktbreit there were already two painters on place and I joined them. I started a larger watercolour of the city Panorama, the large Main-river behind me. As rain approached, we had to stop and move. This is why I did not finish the right side of my painting. 

In the meantime another painter came and we had a little picnic of four. I did not want to spend all my precious time eating and chatting so I decided to search a sheltered spot to draw the next one. This is addiction I think. I did not even really finish my next one as Moni arrived. Five painters in a small town.

An unserem zweiten Tag, waren bereits zwei Malerkollegen da und ich gesellte mich dazu. Wir malten alle ein Panorama der Stadt. Mein bisher grösstes Bild. Der Main lag direkt hinter uns und die Stadt vor uns. Nachdem ich das Bild fast schon fertig hatte, überraschte uns ein Regenschauer und wir mussten flüchten. Deshalb ist mein Bild auch nicht fertig geworden.

Zwischenzeitlich war noch eine Malerin dazugestossen und wir hatten zu viert ein kleines Picknick. Ich wollte aber keine Zeit verlieren und suchte mir bald ein anderes Motiv. Man könnte es wohl "Besessenheit" nennen? Mein neuer Malplatz unter einem Vordach war weise gewählt, damit ich vom Regen nicht mehr überrascht werden konnte. Ich war noch nicht ganz mit meinem Bild fertig, als Moni dazukam. Jetzt waren 5 Maler in der kleinen Stadt.