Real plant, fake plant. #noAI #drawingnature #inkandwash #kakimori #winsorandnewtonwatercolor #watercolor #ArtYear

My first time sketching in a bar. Thought about adding color, obviously I chose not to. #usknl #urbansketchers #uskamsterdam #drinkanddraw #lamysafari #hahnemühlesketchbook #amsterdam #amsterdamcentrum #urbansketchers #fabercastellpencils #ArtYear

We have three #chickens, and I drew some portraits of them. #usknl #urbansketchers #uskamsterdam #drawingnature #lamysafari #amsterdamnoord #watercolor #ArtYear #graphite #chickensofbluesky

In my humble opinion, this is the most elegant ticket office in the world. They sell rides on a sightseeing boat through the canals of #amsterdam. #usknl #urbansketchers #uskamsterdam #rondvaart #rokin #lamysafari #hahnemühlesketchbook #amsterdamcentrum #watercolor #watercolor #ArtYear

With this drawing I struggled. Let it sit, came back to it. Now I’m satisfied to let it be. Also, this won’t be the last time I will draw this building, it’s beautiful. #usknl #uskamsterdam #watercolor #urbansketching #lamysafari #ijburg #amsterdam #sluishuis @koosjekoene.bsky.social

A wounded bleu heron seeks refuge in our backyard. Poor beautiful creature. My son named him Herold. An animal shelter will pick him up shortly. #drawntoremember #usknl #urbansketchers #uskamsterdam #drawingnature #graphite #blueheron

I like to study other artists, and this week I enjoyed looking closely at the work of drawing wizard @paulheaston.bsky.social. This is one of the sketches, channeling his impressive hatching skills. #usknl #uskamsterdam #urbansketcher #watercolor #urbansketching #lamysafari #amsterdamnoord

A young blackcap flew against our window. #usknl #uskamsterdam #urbansketcher #watercolor #ArtYear #mixedmedia #urbansketching #sketchingnature

My first time at a sketching event, and I went immediately for the biggest: #NationalSketchDay. I liked it! Many conversations with lovely people. This is the sketch I am most satisfied with. #amersfoort #usknl #uskamersfoort #lamysafari #watercolor #ArtYear #artistmeetup #urbansketching

The huge letters spell ‘BOTEL’, it’s a hotel on a boat. And letters are actual hotel rooms! And the bird is one of my favorites, a ‘visdiefje’ (common tern). #usknl #uskamsterdam #amsterdam #amsterdamnoord #ndsm #urbansketchers #lamysafari #watercolor #hahnemühlesketchbook #urbansketching #botel

Maybe I should buy a leporello sketchbook 😅. My solution of fitting a wide horizon in a small sketchbook. #usknl #uskamsterdam #amsterdam #amsterdamnoord #watercolor #keerkringpark #hetij #riverview #bigship #urbansketching #lamysafari #hahnemühlesketchbook

Spring is my favorite season, by far. Saw this lovely #dotterbloem, growing out of the rubble last year left behind. #usknl #uskamsterdam #amsterdam #amsterdamnoord #watercolor #buiksloterbreekpark #drawingnature #springtime #noordoogstamsterdam #urbansketchers #lamysafari #hahnemühlesketchbook

I was at this lovely farmers market, where this lovely small merry go round stood. Unfortunately for the kids, it didn’t turn while I was there. #usknl #uskamsterdam #amsterdam #amsterdamnoord #watercolor #urbansketching #noordoogstamsterdam #urbansketchers #lamysafari #hahnemühlesketchbook

As a #watercolor painting, is it possible to be more Amsterdam than this? #usknl #uskamsterdam #amsterdam #amstel #woonboot #groenburgwal #amsterdamcentrum #urbansketchers #lamysafari #hahnemühlesketchbook #urbansketching

And I’m back in nature. Or better: on the very edge of town, where it’s silent. And I realized, through the busy spring sounds of geese and ducks, that what I call silence, really is the absence of human noise. #urbansketching #uskamsterdam #usknl #watercolor #amsterdam #amsterdamnoord #durgerdam

I’ve drawn a 🐖! Is this #ruralsketching? Also, used my new watercolor pencils, like it! #usknl #uskamsterdam #amsterdam #amsterdamnoord #watercolor #newareaunlocked #noordoogstamsterdam #urbansketchers #lamysafari #hahnemühlesketchbook

My #urbansketching is getting more urban. #usknl #uskamsterdam #amsterdam #watercolor #hetij #gvb #urbansketchers #lamysafari #rohrer&klingnerink #hahnemühlesketchbook

My wife is surprised by the not-beautiful-places I choose to sketch. This one I chose for its complexity. It’s more about learning to draw than remembering. #usknl #urbansketchers #watercolor #uskamsterdam #amsterdamnoord @urbansketchers.bsky.social

reflections in water are a challenge to draw, I’m fairly satisfied with this attempt 🙂 #uskamsterdam #urbansketchers #amsterdamnoord

This building has intrigued me for years. What is it? Inner critic says: this is not my best work. Especially the composition could have been more exciting. #uskamsterdam #urbansketchers #watercolor #amsterdamnoord #lamysafari

#sketchinnature #urbansketcher #metime #amsterdamurbansketchers #watercolour #lamysafari #inkandwash #inkandwatercolor #amsterdamnoord

While sketching this, a kingfisher flew by, which will always be special to me because it’s so ‘onhollands mooi’ (so beautiful it’s’undutch’). #sketchinnature #amsterdamurbansketchers #watercolour #lamysafari #washandink #inkandwash #inkandwatercolor #amsterdamnoord

We had this cute and very intelligent tortoise staying with us last summer #sketchingnature #tortoise #sketchyourpet #inkandwash

Loved to draw this scene. Red tractor, Red Robin. #urbansketching #sketchinnature #amsterdamnoord #noordoogst

This street lantern doesn’t turn on at night. And I notice it has shrunk in my drawing. #sketchinnature #urbansketching #amsterdamurbansketchers #watercolour #lamysafari #washandink #inkandwash #inkandwatercolor #amsterdamnoord