Munich, Germany: BMW Museum

The last sketchbook page!

Featuring the lovable bubble car!

Munich, Germany: BMW Museum

Munich, Germany: BMW Museum

I had to draw this car from three different angles...here's the first. The only benches in the museum fold down from the wall and trigger a recording. When you sit and sketch you inevitably listen to the same recording over and over again...until you can pretty much recite it. Julie and I  don't speak any German, but we deciphered the German one over the course of a drawing.

Munich, Germany: BMW Museum

Munich, Germany: BMW Museum

Munich, Germany: BMW Museum

It came as a surprise to many, but we did spend a day at the BMW Museum drawing cars. I'm rather pleased with a number of the drawings, cars not being something I generally draw.

Fussen, Germany: Hohenschwangau

I found a photo I was able to take of one of the heaters! This one was rejected for use in Neuschwanstein for being a bit too ornate, but it's a good example of what was actually installed (though the colors on most of the others tended to be less garish).

Fussen, Germany: Hohenschwangau

A Bavarian hunting lodge. It has some of the most incredible ceramic heaters I've ever seen. Unfortunately, the tour moves at a swift pace and there's no time to draw and no photography allowed. I think by the end of the day, Julie was ready to kill me for saying, "Look at the heater!" I blame it on being an architect's daughter. 

Prague, Czech Republic: Mucha Museum

Prague, Czech Republic: Mucha Museum

Prague, Czech Republic: Mucha Museum

While the museum itself was nice, they had the worst postcard selection I've ever seen, as in one postcard of Mucha's work, depicting a painting that wasn't even on display. Simply pitiful. We were only in Prague for two days, and I'd love to go back and see the Cubist Museum and the Decorative Arts Museum (which we didn't have time for).

Prague, Czech Republic: Notes/sketches while walking

Prague, Czech Republic: Notes/sketches while walking

Prague, Czech Republic: Notes/sketches while walking

Notes on Prague's astronomical clock.

Prague, Czech Republic: Notes/sketches while walking

These drawings were done while on a walking tour. 

I really enjoyed my time and Prague and would like to return & draw buildings. Prague wasn't bombed during WWII, so there are an abundance of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Cubist (yes, Cubist) buildings. There's even a building decorated by Mucha, and a Mucha stained glass window (swoon). Needless to say, most of my photos are of architectural details.

Berlin, Germany: Bauhaus Museum Notes

Notes taken while drawing, reading, and listening to the audio guide at the Bauhaus Museum in Berlin. Someday, I will go on a Bauhaus tour of Germany.

Berlin, Germany: Alte National Gallery

Berlin, Germany: Pergamon Museum

Berlin, Germany: Neues Museum

I love these.

Berlin, Germany: Neues Museum

Berlin, Germany: Neues Museum

Berlin, Germany: Neues Museum

Berlin, Germany: Neues Museum

Berlin, Germany: Neues Museum

Berlin, Germany: Neues Museum

Berlin, Germany: Neues Museum

Berlin, Germany: Neues Museum

Berlin, Germany: Neues Museum

Brugge, Belgium: Blind contour while wearing mittens

Brugge, Belgium: Blind contour while wearing mittens

Despite wearing mittens, it was so cold I lost circulation in my fingers while drawing. It was a chilly April.

Brugge, Belgium: Groeninge Museum

Bosch looks even crazier when you've only half slept on an overnight bus from London.

London, England: Victoria & Albert Museum

London, England: Victoria & Albert Museum

London, England: Victoria & Albert Museum

The V&A Museum has an incredible ceramics collection. The two problems are the lack of tags (one must look up the tags on a computer, which, of course, wasn't working when I was there), and the display cases. The cases are over 12 feet in height and ceramics are crowded onto the shelves. This means it's impossible to see, draw, or photograph the majority of the collection. Plates are even stacked. It's all rather ridiculous.

London, England: Victoria & Albert Museum

London, England: British Museum

London, England: British Museum

London, England: British Museum

London, England: British Museum

London, England: British Museum

I love these guys. Every time I visit London I can't help but draw them.

London, England: British Museum

London, England: National Gallery

London, England: National Gallery

London, England: National Gallery

Klimt designed the dress Hermine Gallia is wearing in this painting.

Prague, Czech Republic: Notes while walking

Sketching and taking notes while on a walking tour of Prague. I really enjoyed Prague and would love to return. Prague wasn't bombed during WWII, so there are an astonishing number of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Cubist (yes, Cubist) buildings. This includes a building with decorations by Mucha, and a Mucha stained glass window. Swoon.

London, England: National Gallery

Edinburgh, Scotland: National Gallery

Edinburgh, Scotland: National Gallery

Scotland: Last stop in the Lowlands