Sunday 27 March 2011

Berlin, Trees, Doodles, Sunsets.






Last week I went to Berlin and its bustling and heaving with creativity, sprayed and drawn over walls and floors.

The next two from Berlin I couldnt leave out either:




This week, I bought some fantastic Faber-Castel 4 PITT artist pens in black. I've been doodling with them since they arrived yesterday and its my first dabble with watercolour pens. I have that shiny new feeling, a new toy feeling. You cant beat it. Its also got me back into pen work which is a nice change, using the pen straight onto the paper without pencil first.

I took my pens down to the park today and once again found a fantastic tree. It was a magical type tree with shoots of ivy all around the bottom and lovely textures. I think I am a little obsessed with trees at the moment to be honest:




Detoured to my mums garden and saw this lovely little pot with matching blue flowers:



Finished off with a doodle of the tree at the park with the new pens:



Next SEPIA pens *excitement*.

Last but not least whilst writing this blog we had a very crisp sunset out of the window. I havent seen it so clear for a while and seemed to place itself directly in the middle of a block of flats.....






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11 comments:

  1. Neat photos. Nice sketch of the tree trunk.

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  2. Fascinating photos. The texture of the tree bark came out great with your new pens.

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  3. Fantastic photos! So, this type of artwork is everywhere in Berlin? It would be amazing to be surrounded by this everyday!

    And your tree is wonderfully done! Enjoy your pens!

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  4. Some really interesting photos and I love your tree sketch! My favourite pen colour is sepia, it's slightly softer, which is good with watercolours.

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  5. Wow! Wonderful stuff! I look forward to seeing more!

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  6. What wonderful street art. Thanks for posting those photos.

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  7. Such an interesting post - thanks! And what a super sketch of that huge tree!

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  8. looks like a terrific, fun week - great sketches and photos.

    you asked about my camera - the shots on that post were from more than ten years ago - pre-digi for me - so i was probably using my Nikon 2000. I'm undertaking the long term project of negative and slide scanning - time consuming but satisfying. Although i look at that work and think how much better i could do it all now.

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  9. Love the sketch! The pictures are so cool... Wir sind eind Volk! We are one people ^^

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  10. Wow! What a fantastic post of photos and glorious, glorious art!! Wonderful and inspiring. I also love your sketch of the tree. Amazing to me that you put pen to paper and draw! Phenomenal!

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  11. The tree is no doodle! Fabulous drawing. I love your photos - you have a real eye. I think the Germans are very creative, from all I've seen. There is a lot going on by them in graphic design. I share your fascination with murals - we have some here in Miami, and I practically crash every time I pass one.

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