Another excellent location suggestion I got from scrolling through past meetup posts of Berlin Urban Sketchers. The temperature was too hot to cycle, so I prayed that this location has enough shade for me to hide under...and it did! There were plenty of trees along the Spree Kanal, and the streets were empty enough for me to park myself (and my bike) there next to the canal. A few local and tourists alike passed by. One older German lady even cracked a "mom" joke at me, claiming that my work looks nicer than the real thing. Thankfully I was able to respond in German and carry out a normal exchange with her (phew) I was debating whether to include that out-of-place modern apartment building in the background...but I guess it kinda worked?? sort of filled out the empty space on the left nicely
The second one was done a bit further down. I "borrowed" the empty tables of a cafe that hasn't yet opened. I was scared that I might get kicked out soon after, but thankfully the cafe does not open until 2pm and it just rolled around noon at that point. The Fernsehturm and old city hall were clearly visible, while the Rotes Rathaus was hiding between the trees to the left (for some reason I could never paint the Fernsehturm to any level of satisfaction) -the modern apartment block makes another appearance!
I changed up the pace a little bit by doodling in some linework for the boat (if not, I would have left the Hafen without actually properly drawing a boat!) Sometimes I do miss the details I could put in with lines. It was a lot of fun. There was one dude sitting on the boat...at which I was staring for a good half an hour.
