Urban Light

 

Mayrhofen

 

Lienz

 

Gerjak Tago Settler

 

Brillenvondst

Een bijkomend effect van de corona-maatregelen is dat je je woning eens goed opruimt. Door de thuiswerksituatie zit er ook niets anders op dan ruimte te maken voor een werkplek.

Naast de brillen voor dagelijks of semi-dagelijks gebruik, vond ik in een lade ook nog meerdere oudere brilmodellen. Ik blijk in de keuze van montuur door de jaren heen grotendeels dezelfde lijn gevolgd te hebben. Opvallende bijvangst bij deze brillenvondst zijn de brillendoekjes die met iedere nieuwe bril meegeleverd werden. Enerzijds om als reclame-vehikel van de brillenwinkel te dienen en anderzijds om te gebruiken als poetsmiddel om een helder zicht te houden.

En dat laatste is waar het uiteindelijk om draait bij de aanschaf van een bril, toch?

The Bee Keepers Garden

Last week we've had a little vacation in Mayrhofen, Austria. We didn't do much: the children mostly wanted to swim in the nearby swimming pool. The wife and I mostly read books, magazines and the latest news on our smartphones.
Mayrhofen is a very quiet place after the snow has disappeared. Also a very neat place. I found it difficult to find interesting points of view for sketching. When everything looks so well organized it tends to be boring. The houses all look very tidy. Luckily enough I found an interesting view from one of the balconies of our appartement into the backyard of the neighbours' house. The neighbour turns out to be a bee keeper and I've tried to capture some bees in flight.
Black ink sketch with Visconti pen on Moleskine.

It Should Be Spring...

MGB Roadster

Gloves

Cycling in winter demands good gloves. This weekend I bought a new pair. As you can see the padding should be sufficient enough for nice long touring.
My old pair of wintergloves didn't give much protection against the cold anymore. My wintergloves last about three seasons. I use them on my racing bike and trekking bike. It's important to take good notice that you have to look for windstoppers instead of, for instance, gloves that you use for skiing. Those get much too warm when cycling and gives you wet hands. That's not a nice feeling while cycling. That's why I always buy gloves with good protection against the wind. So my ride at cold days to, for instance, my work and back home will be much more fun than working on the office.
Come to think of it: cycling will allways be more fun than working.
Pendrawing made with my Visconti.

Bugatti

Currently I'm working on a black and white drawing of a Bugatti T59. This wasn't a very successful racer in Bugatti's racing history. It won only a few Grand Prix in 1934 and 1935.

It was quite an effort to find enough pictures with good views on the details of this car. Always important when drawing a "technically inspired" piece.

During my research I also found some pictures of old Bugatti logo's. This is one from the early 1930's. I made a pen drawing of it with my Visconti-pen, also from Italy.