The Amsterdam Historical Museum is actually quite big, but not as big as the Rijksmuseum. The building the museum occupies consists actually of several smaller buildings. It used to be separate houses, which are now connected to each other from the inside. After I finished going through the City Animals exhibition pieces, I felt quite tired and did not feel like going on to the next exhibitions that the museum were holding: the history of Amsterdam (permanent collection) and the Tattoos. I was very much interested in visiting “The history of Amsterdam” and I think it is a “must see” exhibition, however I decided to keep it for next time. But I still wanted to just browse the rest of the museum.
So I went through a door and was surprised that I was standing on an indoor bridge on the first floor. On one side, the bridge overlooks a beautifull hall that houses some supersize paintings that are part of the history of Amsterdam collection and on another side it overlooks an old street: Gedempte Begijnensloot. Despite the rainy weather, the view from the bridge was beautiful, that I decided to draw it…
Wow… your site is very inspiring!
You must have a nice journal with all these drawings and souvenirs.
Perspective is well drawn.
You have your photos on your blog and on Flickr: do you recommend flickr?
oh I like this very much, you’ve drawn it from such a wonderful perspective!
Very good! Great perspective and wonderful point-of-view.
ArcataRed
I’ll echo the comments about the perspective. Wow! This is really great!
These drawings are amazing. Your line work is really wonderful. What kind of pen are you using?
(btw..my beach drawing were done on site but some of them I just made up. Thanks for your comment)
Hi Amanda,
Thanks for visiting. I used Rotring Rapidograph 0.25, 0.35 and 0.5 to draw these drawings.
Wonderful line work, just wonderful! Thank you for visiting and I will definitely be coming back to see what you have created!
I really like this drawing – really evokes Amsterdam – beautiful
What a wonderful journal. This page is so good. I am rather journal challenged myself but I’m working on it. I’m glad I wondered over here.
I visited Amsterdam for a few days several years ago. I wish I would have had time to explore. I never went to the Amsterdam Historical Museum. Next time I vist, I am definitely there. I really love this drawing. Your line work is incredible…must be those pens.
Really interesting perspective and such delicate lines!
You’ve really caught the essence of the street and captured the sense of age in the buildings. Nice job.
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Wonderful Evy!
Lovely inking! The figure really works to give it scale.
Lovely, lovely Amsterdam. I stayed at the Krasnapolski once and thoroughly enjoyed “most” of what the city had to offer. I should get into my slides and see if there is anything there to draw…?? I think I have a nice image of the Rijks Museum. This is very nicely drawn, I love the hooks at the apex of the buildings, no where else do you see this like this, or as much as you do in Amsterdam. Thanks for sharing.
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