For many years I walked around in Copenhagen painting watercolors of places and houses, learning much about both the city, its people and dynamics of places. Often I sad and talked with people in breaks, listening to stories both from locals and from travelers
I did the paintings in all times of the year, in all kinds of weather and almost always in front of the places I was painting, using only brushes, no ink or pencil, just watercolors, paper and water.
Here are some examples from my years of painting watercolors in Copenhagen:
Christianshavn, Copenhagen with Frelser Church
Christiansborg and Channel – Copenhagen Streetscape
Thorvaldsens Museum
Nikolai Church – Copenhagen
Boat and yellow house, Nyhavn, Copenhagen
Black boats, Nyhavn, Copenhagen
Royal theater, Copenhagen
Christiansborg, Parliament. denmark. Copenhagen
Boats and houses, Nyhavn
Marble church – Copenhagen, watercolor
Fishing boat, Newhaven, Copenhagen
Rosenborg Castle – Copenhagen
Copenhagen Square
Nikolai church tower, Copenhagen
Small square Copenhagen ( Graabrodre torv)
Cafe’ life in Copenhagen
Detail from Church ( Nikolai) in Copenhagen
White Boat Copenhagen, Newhaven
Grey day, Newhaven, Copenhagen
Stroget and Fountain, street life Copenhagen
Cafe’ by Nikolai Church, Copenhagen
My watercolor paintings of Copenhagen one by one:
Thorvaldsens MuseumRosenborg Castle – CopenhagenFishing boat, Newhaven, CopenhagenBoat and yellow house, Nyhavn, CopenhagenBlack boats, Nyhavn, CopenhagenCafe’ life in CopenhagenBoats and houses, NyhavnWhite Boat Copenhagen, NewhavenGrey day, Newhaven, CopenhagenNikolai Church – CopenhagenDetail from Church ( Nikolai) in CopenhagenNikolai church tower, CopenhagenCafe’ by Nikolai Church, CopenhagenMarble church – Copenhagen, watercolorRoyal theater, CopenhagenOld City Square, Copenhagen. DenmarkChristianshavn, Copenhagen with Frelser ChurchSmall square Copenhagen ( Graabrodre torv)Copenhagen SquareStroget and Fountain, street life CopenhagenChristiansborg, Parliament. denmark. CopenhagenChristiansborg and Channel – Copenhagen Streetscape
All watercolors by Frits Ahlefeldt
Copenhagen Watercolors is one of my watercolor collections – see them all here