Travel Sketches

Karlsruhe. May 2026

Fuchs & Gros Lake, Baden-Württemberg. May 2026 I am not sure if this is the right name of this lake.

Vineyard hut near Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg. May 2026

German Constitutional Court, Karlsruhe. May 2026 Visitors touring the building and the president of the court eating an apple on the first floor in the middle. Drawn during open day and with Karlsruhe Urban Sketchers.

German Constitutional Court, Karlsruhe. May 2026 Drawn during open day and with Karlsruhe Urban Sketchers. I tried to draw the security man secretly but when he noticed, he just smiled.

German Constitutional Court, Karlsruhe. May 2026 Drawn standing up as stools not allowed due to security risk. Drawn during open day and with Karlsruhe Urban Sketchers.

Big Hole in Kaiserstraße, Karlsruhe. May 2026 I thought I`d spontaneously sketch this large hole before it gets filled in.

Herrenberg, Baden-Württemberg. May 2026

Herrenberg, Baden-Württemberg. May 2026 I needed gloves, it was pretty chilly.

Jon Cafe, Karlsruhe. May 2026

View from iaro. Oststadt, Karlsruhe. May 2026

Karlsruhe Palace Guardhoue things. April 2026 Interupted sketch due to rain. Drawn with other urban sketchers as part of the Karlsruhe chapter’s 10th anniversary event.

Karlsruhe Palace with Skips. April 2026 Drawn with other urban sketchers as part of the Karlsruhe chapter’s 10th anniversary event.

Karstadt, Karlsruhe. April 2026 Drawn under an arcade due to the rain with other urban sketchers as part of the Karlsruhe chapter’s 10th anniversary event. I was sat next to a big argument between cleaners and a woman with serious mental health issues. I thought I may have had to intervene.

Yuni Douglas in NebenSchauPlatz, Karlsruhe. April 2026 With prints and paintings from Mari Seibel, Pavel Miguel and Hugi Hugel. Renate Weßbecher and I were sat here and she suggested we could draw the singer.

Winter Cafe, Karlsruhe. April 2026 The owner of the flat above the cafe came out to have a look at the sketch. He told me the history of the building and showed me plans and photos. He went to the city archives, just around the corner from here. They had plans of the building from 1790 but didn’t know where the building was so both the owner and city archive could help each other. Drawn with other urban sketchers as part of the Karlsruhe chapter’s 10th anniversary event.

The Fed­er­al Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tor Gen­er­al, Karlsruhe. April 2026 Drawn with other urban sketchers as part of the Karlsruhe chapter’s 10th anniversary event. The lights went off before we could finish.