Last Sunday I went to the woods near my birth town Elsloo, which is next to my home town Stein. Actually the border between both towns draws a line straight through my garden. I decided to go early, because I wanted to sketch before all the hikers would start passing by and stop next to me. I still like to keep social distance and more and more people forget about it.
Watch the video of the sketch below this article
On the edge of the woods there is a great spot with a beautiful view on the old village of Elsloo. I decided to take a seat at a sculptured bench to enjoy the view and start sketching. I do not always use a pencil first, but this time I was feeling patient and picked my pencil to set up the sketch.
I really enjoyed the bird songs and at the same time getting absorbed by the activity of sketching and playing with watercolours. After two hours I headed home for an early lunch. Often I put a way my sketch before I have a look again to decide that it needs something extra. On Monday evening I did some finishing touches and added some sparks with white gouache, thinking of the wonderful time I had close to home. You can watch the video of the whole process below this article.
I hope you had a good week and managed to go out and sketch.
Happy sketching,
