Munich was blessed with an early summer this April, so while the rest of the country was suffering the usual conditions, weather for some sketching was nothing short of excellent.

Propylaeon, Gate at Koeningsplatz.

Neptunus fountain in the old botanical gardens. Short afternoon excursion with just two students as most were studying for exams.

Months indoors

There always is something to draw. Apart from the endless doodles and some time-consuming assignments a couple of exercises in observational drawing.

Rather happy about this little fellow: Convinced the University to buy one of the Asaro heads with flat surfaces for colour and light-studies. Low-poly, as we would call it nowadays.

Poor weather as well when all Munich artist groups were invited to a sketching meeting in a museum about geology, evolution and nature in the amazing palace of Nymphenburg. Was freezing cold outside and packed indoors. From small babies to toddlers. Their parents were far more obnoxious, though.

Imagine sketching that  dino skeletton and a mom comes around, baby in arm, looks around, settles down right in front of the exhibit on a bench to .... breastfeed and leers at then scolds me for a pervert for looking in her direction. Parents - aye, they were the worst. When we were banned from using any wet drawing materials, those were having cakes and mayonaise drooping sandwitches in the middle of the exhibition .... right next to the room available for meals and lunches ... :o

In January the Urban Sketchers made do with the urban museum of Munich, containing a section of historic puppets. Not too thrilling when one prefers buildings and spaces.

Was interesting to run into the fellow to the right, or raster his bust, one Franz Graf von Pocci. Coming past an underground station on the way home each day I never took the time to wonder what the street with the italian sounding name "Poccistraße" may be named after. Tours out your man had written numerous plays for puppeteers and is credited for making the german version of Punch and Judy popular. Getting to know this city ....

Digging through ...

As spring kicks  in it is about time to get the sketchbooks in order and posts up to date. Still a lot of observational sketching done before winter.

   

Sketching on campus to demonstrate observational drawing before taking the students into town and do the Siegestor in Munich.

About the same time Oktoberfest had finished and the Urban Sketchers met at the "Wiesn" to check out the deconstruction of that huge fairground. + Lady Bavaria next to the Theresienwiese.

Last USk Moot in December it was freezing cold, even indoors when sketching the interior of Theatinerkirche at Odeonsplatz, Munich.