Last Sunday, we met with Urban Sketchers Luxembourg at the Observatoire, the bar of hotel Sofitel.
I had heard that it offered an amazing view of the city, but I had never been there before. I was not disappointed.
Everyone was drawn to the windows and tried their best to sketch the cityscape.
Personally, I am not used to that exercise at all and I found it very difficult, getting lost in too many details at some point.
There was a moment when I realized that I would never get to the kind of result I was expecting, so I just started to try out different things, playing with colour, ink and pencil. It was much more fun this way.
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| We do live in a beautiful city! |
After the difficult landscape, I took a "break" and sketched the beautiful tea set in front of me. It really felt like I was breathing easily again. I'm definitely not at ease with big city scapes yet.
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| Green tea to get in a more zen mood |
It's interesting how a change of subject can help me get much more playful with my sketches. I felt much looser to do a quick detail of one of the main bridges, the Pont Viaduc.
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| I love bridges |
As I mentioned, this was a very unusual exercise for me, but one I think I will repeat in the future. Specially at this location.
