Switzerland Sketchbook

Created from several original photos stitched together and then worked into using photoshop filters and digital hand painting to achieve a fantastic watercolor effect. I love working this way as it gives a great painterly result but with great control over all the broad elements and nuances.

The Mythen mountain peaks as seen from the Sattel pass early morning in mid-October. The sun was positioned right behind the Grosser Mythen as I took this picture with my Lumia phone. From the photo I modified in Photoshop with watercolor and artistic filters, adding some splatter and brushstrokes to finish the image.

New Creative! View of the moorland in the high valley of the Biber, the plain between Rothenthurm and Biberbrugg in central Switzerland. This view was early morning in mid-October. Medium: Digital painting from my original photo, apps: Painter, Photoshop.

New sketch! I recently finished a sketch from the on-site impression I made a few years back. This is the view from Chli 'small' Aubrig, a small (by Swiss standards) mountain we see from Schmerikon across the Obersee. Swipe left to see the field version, sketch pens used, and my best pict of the view. Medium: pens with watercolor sketch pens of cool and warm grays. A selection of the art pens I used for the final presentation. Sketch made 'in the field' perched on the Chli Aubrig mountain.