Hamburg Etchings

Finally I have some Hamburg etchings on artsmitten.com


The Town Hall and Michel Church, Swans on the Alster in front of the Town Hall,


and springtime in the woods in Rissen.

Hamburg Rathaus

The Hamburg Rathaus (City Hall)is an imposing building with lots of windows and ornamentation and a green copper roof. There is a cafe right opposite with a wonderful view over the town square to the Rathaus. I sat on a high stool there looking out the window to draw this.

 

Then I thought it might look good as an etching as well, so I took a prepared zinc plate to the coffee shop and drew onto that.

 

After a first acid bath the initial etching looked like this.

then I worked on it some more and dunked it in the acid bath again to bring out the highlights.
More ink/watercolour sketches of Hamburg Rathaus.