Sketchcrawl in the old fortress Thüngen - visiting the Dräi Eechelen museum

The old fortress of Luxembourg is classified as a UNESCO world heritage. The only remaining fortress outside of the old city is Fort Thüngen that today hosts the Dräi Eechelen museum. We sketched inside and outside the museum that contains items and documents from the history of Luxembourg. 

Katia sketched the building... 

...as did Lawrence...

...and Pedro

Vanessa sketched old Luxembourg

The gruesome guillotine caught the attention!

Annie

Katia

Marcelle

The museum had a lovely collection of old uniforms, you can see some in Marcelle's drawing above. More are here:

Kasra

Sylvain

Our young sketchers!

More views from the museum:

Ebba

Lawrence

Jean-Pol (and Veronica)

Alex

Ebba

Ebba

Roger

Alex, in the underground tunnels the 'casemats'

Vanessa

Lawrence

We rounded off with a drink at the nearby Mudam museum. Thanks to all who came (around 20 people, 2023 record!).

Next sketchcrawl is 5 March @14 at the Dräi Eechelen museum

For our March sketchcrawl, we will meet at the Drëi Eechelen museum inside the Fort Thüngen, behind Mudam.

When: Sunday March 5 at 14-17H.

The museum is impressively big with a permanent exhibition and a temporary one, celebrating the first 10 years of the museum. You can go up in the tower and out on the terrace on the roof of the building, or down in the basement to walk in the old tunnels under the fort. The building from outside is also beautiful to sketch, have a look at Pedro's sketch below.

Pedro

Some of the items in the  museum

On the roof top

Inside the museum, only dry methods for drawing and sketching are allowed, no watercolors inside this time. Benches and foldable chairs are available. Lockers are downstairs (you need a 1 euro coin) and there is a coffee machine in the little cafeteria at the entrance floor.

When you are done sketching, let’s meet in the Mudam cafeteria at 16:45 to take photos of our work. The light is great there and those who want can have a drink. The cafeteria is accessible without paying the entrance fee of Mudam.

Public Transport : tram stop Philharmonie, train Kirchberg-Pfaffenthal, bus Route-Bréck – Pfaffendall.

Welcome!

Sketchcrawl at the Tramsmusée, February 2023

We met at the Museum of Trams and Buses of the Luxembourg city on 12 February, a day when the sun almost came out from behind the clouds. Most sketchers choose to work indoors however; I was the only one to sketch the museum from the outside this time. 

We welcomed two newcomers, who came for the first time to our sketchcrawls!

Don't forget to email photos of your sketches to the usk.luxembourg(a)gmail.com account after the meeting. For those who use Instagram, there are two films on the account USkLuxembourg with our works, and many of our sketches are reposted there. Use the hashtag #uskluxembourg to get reposted!

 

Sketchers at work

Ebba

The trams were fun to draw and paint.

Geneviève

Kasra

Pedro

Gerard

Lawrence

Ebba

Other objects were also interesting in the big museum

Annie 

Ekaterina

Lawrence

Lawrence

Sketchers on 12 February

Some sketches of 12 February

Putting the USk Luxembourg stamp on our sketches!

Thanks everyone for coming and see you next time!

Ebba

Next sketchcrawl: 12 February 2023 @14 at the Tramsmusée

The next sketchcrawl is on Sunday 12 February at 2 PM. 

Let's go back in time! Did you know that Luxembourg used to have horse-drawn trams in the 19th century? Which were replaced by electric trams, then by buses... and then by the new electric tram. Lawrence has organised the next sketchcrawl, which takes place in the tram museum, the Tramsmusée, where you can sketch a replica of the horse tram, and much more. 

The museum entrance is free. The address is 63, rue de Bouillon L-1248 Luxembourg. Getting there by bus: stop P&R Bouillon, bus number 10, 15, 17, 20 or 24.

https://www.vdl.lu/en/visiting/art-and-culture/museums-and-exhibition-venues/luxembourg-city-tram-and-bus-museum

Some previous sketches from 2016 may inspire you:

http://usk-luxembourg.blogspot.com/2016/11/usk-luca-at-luxembourg-trammusee.html

http://usk-luxembourg.blogspot.com/2016/11/a-journey-through-time-at-tramsmusee.html 

Hope to see a lot of you at our second meeting of this year!

Sketchers an der Muerbelsmillen

The first sketchcrawl of 2023 with Urban Sketchers Luxembourg took place in Pfaffenthal, in the Muerbelsmillen. This is an old watermill which can traced back to the 11th century. It has been set up as a mustard museum, as it was a mustard factory for some time.

Ebba

Lawrence

The water wheel was in full swing. Here is a sketch by Malou, combining the Muerbelsmillen façade with the wheel which is inside the building:

Malou

Water wheel by Ebba

One room exhibited mustard containers from all over the world and some machinery. Ekaterina made the following sketches in this room:

Ekaterina

The machinery from different rooms of the museum fascinated several sketchers, as can be seen from the following sketches.

Lawrence

Lawrence

Veronica

Erik

Lawrence

Geneviève kindly shared her process with us!
First sketch....

Geneviève, second stage

Geneviève, final watercolour

The sketchcrawl ended with a very informative meeting with Mr Jean Stammet. Some of his pictures from the event can be seen on the Pfaffenthal info page:

http://www.pfaffenthal.info/2023/01/les-urban-sketchers-luxembourg-au.html 

Here is the group of sketchers (photo by J.Stammet)

Thanks to all for coming and see you next time!

Ebba

January sketchcrawl of Urban Sketchers Luxembourg: join us on Saturday 7 January 2023 at the Muerbelsmillen Museum in Pfaffenthal

Pour le sketchcrawl du samedi 7 janvier 2023, nous allons au Muerbelsmillen Museum, ancienne fabrique de moutarde, devenue Musée de la moutarde. 

https://citymuseum.lu/en/news/muerbelsmillen/

L'adresse est 68, rue de Mohrfels, L- 2158 Luxembourg. Nous nous retrouvons à l'éntrée à 14H.

Les machines en fonctionnement sont passionnantes à dessiner et le lieu situé dans le Pfaffenthal ne manque pas d’intérêt.

Quelques-unes étaient déjà sur place, en juin 2022, pendant l'Urban History Festival:

http://usk-luxembourg.blogspot.com/2022/06/sketches-of-urban-history-festival.html

Venez nombreux pour ce premier rendez-vous de l’année!

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The next sketchcrawl is on Saturday 7 January at the Muerbelsmillen Museum in Pfaffenthal. It is an old mill which is now a Museum of Mustard. 

https://citymuseum.lu/en/news/muerbelsmillen/

The address is 68, rue de Mohrfels, L- 2158 Luxembourg. Let's meet at the entrance at 2 PM.

There you can draw the mill machines, perfectly restored, or the valley from the Pfaffenthal.

Some sketchers were already there in June 2022, during the Urban History Festival:

http://usk-luxembourg.blogspot.com/2022/06/sketches-of-urban-history-festival.html

Hope to see a lot of you at our first meeting of 2023!

Revisiting the Valentiny foundation in Remerschen: Urban Sketchers Luxembourg sketchcrawl December 2022

For our December meeting, the Urban Sketchers Luxembourg revisited the Valentiny Foundation in Remerschen. A few drawings of the building from outside were made despite the cold weather.

Aleksandar

Ebba

But we sketched mainly inside the building. The windows are fascinating...

Work in progress....

Leen, finished painting

Ebba

Leen

You can see some items from the permanent exhibition and inside of the building in these sketches: 

Alex

Lawrence

Lawrence

Leen

Veronica

Ekaterina

Lawrence

I wish you happy holidays and all the best for the New Year! Next meeting will be on 8 January 2023, see you then and keep warm!

Ebba

December 2022 sketchcrawl of Urban Sketchers Luxembourg at the Valentiny Foundation in Remerschen

Pour le sketchcrawl du dimanche 11 décembre, nous allons à Valentiny Foundation, https://www.valentiny-foundation.com/ . 

Nous nous retrouvons à l’entrée à 14 heures. 

L’adresse est 34, Wäistross, 5440 Remerschen. Pour ceux qui prennent les transports publics, l’arrête de bus est : Remerschen, Al Schoul. 

Quand la météo le permet nous pouvons croquer l’extérieur du bâtiment et les alentours (Caves du Sud, Auberge de jeunesse à Remerschen), très intéressant à dessiner;  sinon nous travaillerons à l’ intérieur. Il y aura des expositions permanentes et temporaires. On peut utiliser les techniques sèches et l’aquarelle (en faisant attention, bien sur !).  

USK Luxembourg était là il y a presque 3 ans, laissez-vous inspirer par ce blog post :

http://usk-luxembourg.blogspot.com/2020/02/visit-to-valentiny-foundation-at.html

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For our next sketchcrawl, on Sunday 11 December, we are going to the Valentiny Foundation, https://www.valentiny-foundation.com/ .

Let’s meet at the entrance at 2 pm. 

The address is 34, Wäistross, 5440 Remerschen. For those who use public transport, there is a bus stop in front of the building ; Remerschen, Al Schoul. 

If the weather permits, it’s nice to sketch the outside of the building or those next to it ; Cave du Sud or the Remerschen youth hostel. But otherwise we can work indoors using both dry media and watercolor (but please take care, as usual !). There are both permanent and temporary exhibitions.

USK Luxembourg was there almost 3 years ago and you might find some inspiration in this blog post :

http://usk-luxembourg.blogspot.com/2020/02/visit-to-valentiny-foundation-at.html