It was a nice and almost sunny day on our sketchcrawl in Vienna. We met at the nearest subwaystation to Reichsbrücke and after a short walk we decided to draw at the right shore of river Danube.
The bridge has two levels, one for cars and the other one for pedestrians and bicyclists.
For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichsbr%C3%BCcke
Due to very heavy rains in the last weeks in Austria and Germany the waterlevel of river Danube is currently very high and larger ships barely can pass the bridges.
After our first sketches we went over the bridge to Donauinsel, a popular local recreation and fetsival venue. Its an isle in the river, 21km in lenght and max. 200m wide, intended as flood protection.
More Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donauinsel
On Donauinsel we sketched a very curious object: A lighthouse in a city far away from the sea!
This Lighthouse was part of the stage design of the "Bregenz Festival" in 1989 and after some years beneath the "Technisches Museum Wien" the lighthouse was moved to the Donauinsel in 1997. There the lighthouse is part of the so called "Sunken City", a recreation area with restaurants, vis-à-vis the Vienna Internal Centre.
We all had much fun this day and finished our sketchcrawl as the wind got uncomfortable strong.
m9fred
arco iris
John
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What pleasant sketches and what a fun idea to turn a flood defence into a pleasure island - great thinking!
- kumi matsukawa
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I enjoyed those photos as well as all sketches. Seems it has nice location to sketch around. What a beautiful place
m9fred
I like both pencil drawing and the watercolor. Those clouds give nice ambiance.
arco iris
Love the site under the bridge very much.
John
Your line drawings are so clean and limited coloring look so good! I especially like the bridge one.
m9fred
I like both pencil drawing and the watercolor. Those clouds give nice ambiance.
arco iris
Love the site under the bridge very much.
John
Your line drawings are so clean and limited coloring look so good! I especially like the bridge one.
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Kumi & AVBK
Many thanks for your nice comments
Many thanks for your nice comments
- eclecticbox
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I can see that sketching on the riverside can be fun as well as relaxing!!!
Beautiful views and scenery!!! The 3 of you have nice drawings of that lighthouse!!!
Beautiful views and scenery!!! The 3 of you have nice drawings of that lighthouse!!!
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Wow, beautiful photos and sketches! Thank you for that nice little tour of your part of the world!
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What stunning imagery... every sketch tells a story
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Great sketches and many beautiful pictures with nice information
Now I see what the place Vienna is like. Beautiful!
Now I see what the place Vienna is like. Beautiful!
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Lovely sketches!! and nice photo!!
thank you for sharing.
thank you for sharing.
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eclecticbox & redhen & Viswaprasad Raja & Maki_Maron & Becco
Thank you all for your encouraging remarks!
Thank you all for your encouraging remarks!