The coasts

For me there are three reasons for drawing landscapes. 

Firstly they are simply beautiful.

Secondly I have a special relationship to specific objects. 

Thirdly there is plenty of   F R E S H   A I R .

Cap de Ses Salines, sketchbook Mallorca 2010, roller ball pen

Roller ball pens: Advantages: Line does not interrupt, very »fast«, dries quickly. 

 Disadvantages: Always the same broad stroke.

My experience: the havier the better!

Anna drawing Cala Mondrago, sketchbook Mallorca 2010, graphite pencil

Cap de Ses Salines and the island Cabrera, Mallorca, Spain, 2010

graphite 20B from Stabilo, not available any more – too bad!

Sketchbook Santorin, Greece, roller ball pen, gouache, 1992

Pen Men, sketchbook Ile de Groix, France, water soluble pencil, 1995

Sketchbook Ile de Groix, France, 1993

Coastline, sketchbook Ile de Groix, Bretagne, France, 1992

Trou de l'Enfer, sketchbook Ile de Groix, Bretagne, France, roller ball pen, water soluble graphite, 1995

Ile de Groix, Bretagne, France, water soluble graphite, 1995

          water soluble graphite pen KARISMACOLOR very soft, made by Berol

Pen Men, sketchbook Ile de Groix, France, Pentel Brush Pen, 1995

Pentel Brush Pen: a wonderful instrument!

Coastline, sketchbook Ile de Groix, Bretagne, France, Pentel Brush Pen, 1995

Sketchbook Ile de Groix 1995, France, Pentel Brush Pen, colored pencil, watercolor

Coast of Ile the Groix, pastel, acrylic, 1998

Cala S'Almonia, postcard from Mallorca, ball pen, watercolor, 2002

Capo Falcone, sketchbook Sardegna, Italy, roller ball pen, watercolor, 2008

View to Corsica, sketchbook Sardinia, Italy, roller ball pen, watercolor, 2008

Souvenirs from the beach, sketchbook Sardinia 2008, watercolor

View to Isole Maddalena, Punta Falcone, Sardinia, postcard for Julia, watercolor, 2008

View to Isole Maddalena, Punta Falcone, Sardinia, sketchbook Sardinia, roller ball pen, 2008