after a long while not being happy with my drawings i spent a sunny and productive day at berlin zoo last weekend and now my sketch book is full of animals. yeah!
giraffes.
sleepy pigs.
angry looking penguins with great hairstyles (southern rockhopper penguins).
various birds (1. tawny frogmouth, 2. white-headed buffalo beaver, 3. spotted dikkop).
and some more birds sitting on a branch.
and some more birds (birds are the best!).
and that’s me, drawing the piggies…
drawing after photography is so much fun!
after william klein.
after william klein.
after harf zimmermann.
both exhibitions have just ended at c/o berlin. but the next great show is coming soon, i’m looking forward to josef koudelka!
i can’t believe it! i managed to finish my never-ending to-do-list, my bags are almost readily packed and when i wake up tomorrow, i will be going on holiday, yay!
to celebrate travelling, here are some impressions of my neighbourhood close by, my kiez in berlin-wedding.
sprengelkiez.
view of the tv-tower from nordufer.
friedrich-krause-ufer aka. the “nichts”. it’s a non-place. there’s nothing to see on that side of the spree! there are just lots of functional bridges for trains & cars, the ever ongoing construction site for the s-bahn, dirt, noise, everyone here is only passing by, passing & leaving this corner as fast as possible. but there’s something magic about lingering between all those busy bridges and being a quiet observer in the middle of these crossroads that you wouldn’t usually ever take notice of.
anne, david & i were on a little field trip to the spacious zoo of berlin-friedrichsfelde recently. here is some proof.
“so, where exactly do we find the penguins?” (we didn’t…)
we arrived at the park. we saw pelicans walking around freely on the grass. we stopped and stayed right there for half an hour under the burning sun.
aren’t they just great?! such good shapes! also the pelicans were very calm, so easy to observe for a start.
other birds were not as easy, quickly flying around. this is my impression of a strange kind of blue dove with long hair.
this bird was very beautiful, but too quick for the sketchbook.
rocks’n’rhinos!
who would’ve thought ducks can be this photogenic?
us, in front of schloss friedrichsfelde drawing the park:
my friend wiebke and i spent a sunday at the botanical garden in berlin recently. these are some of the things i saw there:
finally a plant pretending to be some kind of flower between armies of cactei: strelitzia.
just as i thought “this plant looks like an elephant’s foot”, i read its name. that’s exactly what it’s called…
hurray for quails! ❤ ❤ ❤
i’m going to move in here. watch plants & quails 24/7. bye.
favourite activity on a sunday.
favourite place in the world.
sunday night blues in a long-distance relationship.
sometimes i try drawing in the dark. for example in theatre plays. if you’ve seen my blog entry from a couple of weeks ago these two drawings might look familiar (from a stanislaw lem-reading at staatstheater darmstadt):
most of the time drawings in a theatre look horrible, because it simply is too dark and you don’t see any lines. but it’s fun. plus these costumes were too good not to try (worn by the choir in “marat/sade” by peter weiß at deutsches theater berlin, directed by stefan pucher):
the same goes for these two styles from august strindberg’s “totentanz” (directed by daniel foerster, schauspiel frankfurt):
i also draw imprecisely at concerts sometimes. i didn’t see any lines while drawing the band friends of gas, the coloring was done later. friends of gas were the opening act for the robocop kraus at festsaal kreuzberg (i didn’t draw robocop though, too busy dancing):
last week i had the flu and on most of the days i was too weak to leave my flat except for little walks to the doctor or the pharmacy. exciting, i know. time to get back to basics. sleep. eat & drink. snot. and meet up with all those friendly beings around you that can help you feel better soon:
1. warm socks.
2. something warm around your neck.
3. ginger & honey or other kinds of tea like sage, fennel, liquorice root… (drink!)
4. stuff to help free your respiratory passages.
5. salt & hot water for steam inhalation. (yes, i have a bowl that almost fits my face.)
6. tissues!
7. creme to help your nose recover.
get well soon!
this week some photos instead of drawings. i took a walk in my hood one night last week, when snow and air were very nice and fresh.
check out beautiful westhafen at its best!
do you know this longterm building sight in moabit?
as you can clearly see: my good friends anne & david on their bikes (brave little monkeys in this slippery weather)…
back home in wedding…
cudos to my little lumix (DMC-LX7), my camerade. she did all the work, to be honest.
