Sketching is a way to fill those “waiting” times with creative activity.
I had an A5 sketchbook with cartridge paper. This cartridge paper behaved differently from the watercolour paper I am used to. It was more suited to quick sketches.
It was hot weather. Outdoors the paint dried quickly. Here’s the hotel from the other side of the road, drawn very quickly, about 20 minutes.
I went to the swimming pool. On the way back I stopped to sketch the sloping hill and a house in the trees.
Here’s a view of the bar at the hotel.
Here’s a flip-through of the sketchbook. 20 seconds of silent video. [This video and the gallery beneath may not show on email or phones so if there’s a problem please see the web version of this post]
I’ve sketched in Switzerland before. Here are some other other drawings I’ve done in the same location:
Sketches in Switzerland – Spring 2022
Waiting in London City airport… Breakfast… Looking out of the window… Walking around… A rich cultural spectacle: Photographs absolutely not allowed, but sketching was OK. It was very crowded,…
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Swiss house on a hill
Here is 23 rue du Petit-Montreux, Sainte-Croix, Vaud. I sketched this house after breakfast. The sun was bright and I rushed out into the crisp morning. It took me…
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View from a Swiss Hotel
It was raining in Switzerland. Here is a sketch I did looking out of the window of the Hôtel de France, Sainte-Croix, Vaud. The building with the flags is…
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Sainte-Croix, Vaud, Switzerland
I visited the Hôtel de France, Sainte-Croix in Vaud, Switzerland. Here is the hotel, from the street outside, just after I arrived. I had to wait in Geneva train…
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Sainte-Croix, February 2020
The weather in the Jura mountains is changing. This is climate change, the residents tell me. Once, the snow came reliably every year, bringing skiers. Now, the snow is…
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Sainte-Croix: l’Atelier de mécanique ancienne du Dr Wyss
Here is a machine that was used to make music boxes: The machine is about 100 years old. It still works. It sits with its colleagues and companion machines…
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Sainte-Croix, Vaud
This is the church. Drawn and coloured on location, about 1 degree C. That’s snow in the foreground. Then later, it was colder. Hotel de France, drawn from the…
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26 rue des Rasses, Sainte-Croix, Vaud
This building is on the Rue des Rasses, in Sainte-Croix, Vaud, Switzerland. For maps, see end of this article. There is much that is interesting about this building: there…
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Sketching in Sainte-Croix, Vaud, July 2019
I had been travelling since 5am. So I just rested. I looked out of the hotel window. I saw chimney pots. With the wind and snow in Switzerland, it’s…
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Snow in Sainte-Croix
Snowfield behind the church. Painted with melted snow as I forgot to bring water. All done standing up as everything was wet and cold. Snow blew from the roof…
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Jane Sketching 
Lovely occasional sketches which capture a holiday mood with their informality. Would have liked to re=blog!
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Penwithlit – thank you! You are welcome to reblog. Was there a problem? I just tried having a look – I see the reblog button. It takes a bit of time to appear – I had to refresh the page. I apologise if there is a problem my end. Do let me know. I greatly appreciate your encouragement and reblogs.
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