Hamburg sketch

[eller]

A few days ago, I got this set of ten lovely handmade watercolor dots (second picture in that post) from Nil - of course, I immediately had to try them out! So, yesterday, I used a watercolor sketchbook (near A5 size) that was a gift from Glitzermond (and, for that matter, fineliners I got from Risto) for the very pragmatic reason that it has a plastic folder in the back where I can safely store the dot card with the paints.

So, uh, this is a place in Hamburg, near Beim Schlump. Not one of the important sights, merely one of the old pretty houses - some of those are left. What else was I going to do with an earth tone palette but paint some yellow and red clinker, right? XDD



Okay, okay, I never draw architecture, and there's a reason for that. F*ck perspective, f*ck straight lines... XD But, I mean, it was fun. It's very different from what I usually do, and I typically don't use colors that are not psychedelic levels of bright, either. It was an interesting experience (and everything shimmers, because clearly, the world needs glittering earth tones.) The paints are actually very good, it's just that I'm not used to these pigments.

Comments

[yhlee]

Oooooh, how gorgeous! I wish I lived in a place that had beautiful architecture. :3 Downtown Baton Rouge has some nice buildings, but the traffic there is MESS and it's a hell of one-way streets so we don't often go there. So pretty! (paints and painting both :3 )

[dhampyresa]

F*ck perspective, f*ck straight lines...
What a mood!

Love your picture, though!

[wayfaringwordhack]

I love urban-sketching-style drawings of architecture. I love the slight wonkiness which imparts delightful character to something that is otherwise so rigid.