Loket

 Loket is a small town in Czech Republic. 

The old city is built on a rock and is surrounded on three sides by the Ohre River. The town center itself features Loket Castle - a 12th-century gothic castle.

A sketchtour event took place there, organised by Jan Vitek from Prag. There was a small group of 8 sketchers + 6 partners and myself (with my husbend) ! 

The castle had been sketched from all directions:

from our room in the Vila Hana,

from the street,

from under the bridge,

and from the castle yard.

The town is very small and colorful. There are maybe four to five streets in the old city.

My mood was sometimes for colors,

and sometimes I enjoyed drawing with a pencil.

But the best of all was hanging around with other sketchers. I have met some new friends, heard many interesting live stories, we where sitting together in cafes, drawing without talking to each other, laughed a lot and had good meals.

It was just wonderful!

Bettinas 

Portraits of both of us

Blankenese summer 2021

 

Trees

Blankenese spring 2021

The winter was long and cold. 

We are in the middle of the third wave of the pandemic. Everything is closed, no cafes, no restaurants, no journeys, no trips.

Here are some sketches of my neighbourhood during the first warm spring days.

Happy birthday

 תמילה, מזל טוב! - פוסט לכבודך

My very special friend is celebrating today her birthday. 

Five years ago, she gifted this blog to me as a birthday present. "I think you should have a blog", she said, opening a door for me to share my sketches on a simple platform.

I cannot sketch the meaning of a good friendship. How wonderful it is to have an empathic friend from my homeland, to be able to talk, share stories and to laugh in our language as well as understanding each other intuitively.

I can, however, sketch Shoko

 

and I love sketching their flat. They live close to the city center, but are lucky enough to have a small garden in the front

and even a small backyard, which is the place to be on a hot summer's day. 

She and her husband share a passion for flea markets and they create compositions in every corner and every wall. Each spot in the flat has a story behind it.

 

 

 

 

But those always change! The big table, for instance, started its career in the garden, moved from there to the kitchen and has finally found its place in the living room. Who knows how long it will stay there. The old armchair has also found in the meantime a new place, I was told on the phone.

Speaking of the kitchen! It is also full of wonders. Unfortunately I have only one sketch and it doesn't show much.

To be continued after the lockdown ... when I can finally hug my friend again!