Germany
New Drawings from Europe
This summer was great, I traveled to Europe with my family as a graduation present, and I (mostly) got to pick the destinations. Given my fascination with german culture and language, I wanted to go to Germany and Austria, so that’s where we went. We also stayed a few days in Prague, which was incredible as well. We went to Berlin, Prague and Vienna. Here are my drawings I did while there.
For some reason, I wasn’t loving my drawings at the beginning of the trip. But they got better. They actually go from my least favorite to most:
It was our last day in Berlin so I had to at least do at least one drawing. I drew the Berlin Communications tower at Alexanderplatz and the top of a church that’s in that same square. Ehhhh…it’s alright, I’ve done better.
This sketch isn’t the greatest either, but I like it much more than the one from Berlin because this was what I sometimes call a “power sketch” something I do when I have very little time to draw: I forgo taking time to get the perspective perfectly right and cheat a little bit on the details. Also edit out a lot of the details so that instead of a detailed sketch it really captures more the feel of the scene. I did this sketch in 25 minutes.
This is the chimney and part of the roof on our terrace at the place where we stayed in Prague. I like this one a lot.
This drawing I did in the Stadtpark of Vienna, The largest central park/greenspace in the city. This park was seriously one of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. If you ever are in Vienna, make sure you go there. While drawing this two girls who walked by and saw me drawing stopped and asked to see my drawing. That happens from time to time when I’m out drawing, but this time we talked for a while and they ended up looking through my whole sketchbook! They seemed to like my work but I bet I was having a much better time just having them look. It was so great to have someone be interested in my drawings.
I took these while I was sitting on a ledge similar to the one you can see in the photo on the opposite side of the river. The first one is from the first day. But I loved the park so much that I decided to come back the next day to add more to the drawing: what you see in the second one.
This is my favorite one from the trip. Also in Vienna, this is the oldest church in the city. A similar experience happened while I was working on this one: A man who only spoke German walked up and admired my drawing. I did my best to understand what he was asking me but, Meine Deutsch ist nicht sehr gut! He didn’t look through my sketchbook like the other two, but he seemed to like this one.
And here’s a photo of the church. I like to take photos of the places I draw from the same vantage point I drew them so that I can compare. This one I think is one of my best in the whole book.
That’s all. Thank you so much for checking out this page! Please check back for new pieces and drawings. Im really trying to be better about posting regularly.
Austin Overmoe 