Urban sketches

For the LEP August swap I received a sketchbook from Meredith from the USA, to fill with some urban sketches and to pass on to Sarah in Hamburg, who will pass it on to Britt, Britt to Caroline (all in Germany) and finally the filled sketchbook will fly back again to Meredith. Great idea!



Thinking of 'urban sketches' I thought I had to sketch houses or any other kind of urbanization. However, I am not really able to draw buildings. Fortunately there are also mailboxes in the cities, and birds.



And no-one has forbidden me to add a tram ticket :-)
So finally (almost four weeks after the deadline, sorry sketchbook pals!) I managed to fill my pages.



By the way, 'Wildlife in the city' you can also find in Erni's blog, his pictured pigeons happen to live in Hamburg. the next stop of this sketchbook.

All things of value...

Ik heb eerder een neushoorn voor Ryosuke getekend. En weer besef ik tijdens het tekenen hoe kwetsbaar dit grote dier is, tegenover de mens.
'Alles van waarde is weerloos', schoot me te binnen, en voegde ik toe, de beroemde uitspraak van Lucebert.

I've created a Rhinoceros for Ryosuke before.
And again this impressive animal reminds me of the vulnerability of animals who are facing mankind.
'Alles van waarde is weerloos', in English: 'All things of value are defenseless' is a quote by the late Dutch poet/artist Lucebert. While drawing, this quote came into my mind and I added it.



Als 'postzegel' een neushoorn-stempel uit een gum gesneden.

As a postage 'stamp' I decided to carve a rhinoceros rubber stamp.

Some famous persons

Enkele (min of meer) beroemde personen:
Some (more or less) famous persons:



Jaap-Aap & Edmund; verzonden naar / sent to Nico van Hoorn.



De Laffe Leeuw en andere personages uit de Tovenaar van Oz, hier in een 'hoera er is post!'-versie. Gemaakt voor het Oz post-project.
The Coward Lion and other characters from Oz, a 'Hurray, there's mail!' version. Created for the Oz Postal Project.



Mushy, de hoofdpersoon uit de gelijknamige stripverhalen van Clark Dissmeyer.
Mushy, the main character from the comics by Clark Dissmeyer.



Motzilla, gemaakt voor Kelsey.
Mothzilla, created for Kelsey.

Starring... Happy!

Altijd lastig om een bekend mens of dier ècht natuurgetrouw te tekenen. Toch geprobeerd, de hond van Kati in Finland, voor Kati dus, in het kader van het Mail a Smile project.

Always hard to draw a known person / animal as real as possible. For the Mail a Smile project I had a try to draw this friendly dog, companion of Kati, to send to Kati in Finland.