Vrijthof, the main square of Maastricht. I realised that the bare trees in front would make the drawing too dark, so I left them silhouetted. Unfortunately a bus parked in front of me blocking my view, just when I wanted to start painting, and the driver went for coffee at cafe Momus, Grrrr. Vrijthof Maastricht, afgelopen maandagmiddag.
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Lunchtime sketch, made on location. The backside (actually it's the entrance side) of the St. Servaas basilica in Maastricht. the Netherlands.
After spending nearly three years in an office located in the middle of a chemical plant, I am so lucky to be able to work in our city based Maastricht office again. This means I can go out and make walks to the city center, with old houses, busy shopping streets and terraces filled with […]
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Quick lunchtime sketch of the St. Matthiaschurch, in the Maastricht city centre. It was good to be out sketching again; we have good weather presently, even for the final days of September.
Sketchcrawl 47 in Maastricht
Maastricht, view to the citycenter from the Hoeg Brok (the high bridge). It was my lunchbreak, and although it was a little foggy, the light was strong enough to lighten the brilliant coloured trees.
This is an old house, above the stream the “Jeker” which runs through the middle of Maastricht, the Netherlands. The walls are beautiful, with stripes of brick masonry, Belgian hardstone and the locally found natural sandstone (Mergel). Actually the first Mosasaurus was found here in the local quarry, it got it’s name from Maastricht. […]
We just returned from Spain, Benidorm. We didn't feel like spending the holidays in our grey and depressing weather, so just after Christmas we flew to Benidorm with my mother, my brother Roger and his partner Jeannette. We had very nice weather, and all in all a great time. Except for the new years eve celebration: my mother fell and broke her wrist 10 minutes before midnight, and just after the fireworks we were driving with howling sirens through Benidorm. We spend the first 4 hours of the new year in Spanish hospitals. Luckily the wrist was not broken badly, no problem to fly back. Anyway: this is a sketch of old houses on the seafront of Villajoyosa, a village 10 km south of Benidorm. The last location sketch of 2014, with the best wishes for 2015.
Last friday, the magazine corner of the main Maastricht Library. There is a nice coffee corner, where I could make this drawings. I don't think she noticed me drawing.
Sketchcrawl in Maastricht
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Just an in-between sketch. I still have a few Rome sketches to post, but for a change of taste here is one I made last friday. Made during a (somewhat extended) lunchbreak. The Jodenstraat in Maastricht.
This is an old house, above the stream the “Jeker” which runs through the middle of Maastricht, the Netherlands. The walls are beautiful, with stripes of brick masonry, Belgian hardstone and the locally found natural sandstone (Mergel). Actually the first Mosasaurus was found here in the local quarry, it got it’s name from Maastricht. […]
door Roger Klaassen Driemaal is scheepsrecht, en dat geldt ook voor de mensen van Urban Sketchers Maastricht. Na twee annuleringen vanwege corona was het de derde keer wel raak en kon het Sketch We…
City hall of Maastricht. Very quick watercolour. It made this on location as instruction during drawing class. Next to my daytime job, I also teach young architecture students how to sketch and draw. Yesterday evening we went out, to do some outdoor exercises. You can still see the thin pencil line of the cube, which I used to build the perspective of the drawing.
Lunchtime sketch, made last tuesday on the first nice day of Spring.
Last week we went shopping in Maastricht. It was very crowded in town, especially on the Vrijthof (the central square). The icerink was full of skaters. Dagje shoppen in Maastricht, het was verschrikkelijk druk.
Lunchtimesketch of the view over the Maas towards the Maastricht riverfront.
The Vrijthof in Maastricht (Netherlands); the main square overlooking the St. Servaas and St. Jan. I figured the bare trees would make the drawing too dark, so I left them silhouetted.
by René Fijten, Maastricht, the Netherlands, while visiting Spain. The advantage of spending the Christmas holidays in a beach town in Spain is that you can sit on a terrace in the sun without dark sunglasses and stupid coloured bermuda shorts. I made these drawings on the last day of the year, the 31st of […]
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