Sketching close to History

Last weekend I finally had the chance to sketch with our group again (Urban Sketchers Belgium).

In the south-east of Belgium lays the medium sized Walloon city of Seraing. It was build around the river "De Maas". The acces to the river made it perfect for industry. More specifically (in this case) the steel industry. On the 16th blast furnace no. 6 is to be demolished this friday. We got the chance to sketch it.
I sadly forgot my pen roll so I had to improvise. Luckily I had a bottle of ink and a dip pen in my bag packed already. So all sketches are in ink only.

(The last sketch is of a pumping station we got access to)

Busy times...

A lot of time has passed and a lot has happend.

1. I started working Part time.
2. Bought a new tube of Ultramarine blue light (Blockx)
3. got a commission for a sky line of antwerp.
4. Went on a Sketchcrawl in Rotterdam.

Here are the sketches from the last few weeks. A lot less then before due to working every afternoon from Monday - Friday.

  Cathedral of Antwerp.

A market stall. 

From the Sketchcrawl in Rotterdam. This is at the old harbor

This is inside the market hall of Rotterdam.

The next sketches are try-outs for the commission.

Going to disappear

Sketched the old scout buildings again. This time with the sqaure in front of it.
It's fun to flip through my drawings and see how I evolve sketching the same building.
The birdge on the right side was at a 90 degrees angle to the rest of the sketch. Couldn't get them right...

Rainy day and a new brush.

Yesterday was (as are most of the lately) a very wet day. So drawing outside was outside the question. Luckily there is the Central Station. A big part of it is more a shopping mall. So I propped up my little seat there and drew the view.

 

On other news: I got my new brush on monday! It's a Rosemary & co R9.

I got  this brush recommended by the blog of the lovely Jane Blundell.
This brush is amazing:
- Holds insane amounts of water.
- Has a fine point.
- Is big enough to fill large areas.

I needed to get used to it though. It behaves a bit different from my previous synthetic one.
But I really like it. (especially for such a low price)

Sketching my current on-location-setup

So today I sketched my sketching tools I take with me when i'm out and about. (Not including the clipboard and paper)