Summer holiday

We rented a summer house in Jylland with a couple of our very good friends. And even though the danish summer weather didn't show its most pretty face, we had an absolutly fantastic time. 
The house was just a 20 minute walk along a closed down railroad track from Nr. Nebel - So walking along a railroad track every time you need to get a liter of milk, now what more can you ask for

Falkonervænget

While waiting for my wife and daughter I had the chance to do this quick sketch. Actually the plan was to use a bit of watercolours this time, but time and motive just didn't alow it - mayby and hopefully next time.

Sydhavn

Me and a small group from the Copenhagen SketchCrawl group (which could be any one since it's open to any one, but it was the great Kristian, Katja, Thomas, his son and Thomas) and Omar from Berlin, went to Sydhavn harbour to do a bit of sunday sketching.
I have lived in that area of Copenhagen for a number of years, walked around in the harbour area and the surroundings a million times, but for some reason never thought about sketching it. I don't know why, sometimes you must be absolutly blind for the treasures which is nearest your home. Now, sometimes soon, I'll get on my bicycle and drive down there to do some more sketching

Dui Østerbro

This is a barrack behind a youth club I used to come in many years ago. Apparently kids in the neighbourhood constantly sets fire to it - the barracks, they just break into the club house, but this day everything seemed quiet.

Please go to sleep

Hvidovrevej

Today summer is here, so I took my daughter out for a long walk. I was hoping that she would fall asleep so I could some sketching, which she did, everything went as planned. I found this shop facade to sketch and then Karen woke up. So we walked around for a bit, she fell asleep again and I quietly walked back to the shop, started to sketch and she woke up again etc. etc...

But I got around 30 minutes to do this sketch.

valby and Rådmand Steins Allé

Jesus kirken, Valby



Rådmand Steins Allé

It actually felt like summer yesterday. So I took the day off, and went for a walk with my best friend Hans Christian. We found a nice spot by Jesus Kirken (Jesus Churge) in Valby, he read Game of Thrones book two and I did the top sketch.

Afterwards we met up with my wife and our daughter, who had crashed in the garden just outside our appartment - so we joined them in their afternoon nap.



Landbohøjskolens have

Lunch in Landbohøjskolens have with my two lovely girls, enjoying exotics trees and plants in full blossom and the first sign of spring.

35th Sketchcrawl at Søndermarken and Carlsberg

We started the crawl in Søndermarken (a Park) and ended it at Carlsberg breweries - and literally crawled home later than expected. A nice day out with the Pen & Ink Gang

Touring around Christiansborg

 Tøjhusgården

Rigsdagsgården

Spend a great day in the sun drawing the surounding arear of Christiansborg with my good friend René.

The windows at Rigsdgsgården are just humongous, I found myself just staring at them in disbelieve and forgetting to draw.

Anyway I did get two drawings done on this beautiful sunny sunday.





Must be The First Day of Spring

Smedestræde, Valby

 Storm Petersens Vej, Frederiksberg

Today must be the first day of spring. The sun was up and strong, and the even the wind was surprisingly warm - Today spring has arrived.

I decided to celebrate it with a small sketchCrawl with my daughter, who luckely enough decided to sleep through it.

The top sketch is what seems to be an abandoned garage in Valby, but something is lurking around in there somewhere. I love run down industrial buildings, despite the obvious absence of life, I find them full of it, and very inspiring.

The other sketch was done in a quiet back street of Frederiksberg, just behind the council building - a very nice area.