May 4th – anniversary of the Danish liberation after WWII

This Monday I sketched the view towards Hotel Ritz from the café Baresso in Park Allé. The flags were up for the anniversary of the end of German occupation in 1945 – Danes traditionally place lighted candles in their windows on the evening of May 4th, symbolising the end of occupation and forced blackout during WWII.

I had a 30 minute wait for the bus home, and ordered a soy-capuccino, found a window seat, and proceeded to draw the view. The woman beside me initiated a conversation, and I told her about Urban Sketchers. She was very interested in seeing the blog, so I gave her one of my little MOO mini cards with the addresses for this blog, my Artlog, and my email on the back. Perhaps she will be reading this entry.

For a change I used mostly pencils to draw, and only added a few spots of ink in this. I find my technique is very different from when I draw in ink – when using ink I’m very concentrated and precise, with pencils I just jot things down pretty haphazardly, and then build up with layers.