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:
Christiansborg and Channel – Copenhagen StreetscapeChristiansborg, Parliament. denmark. Copenhagen Stroget and Fountain, street life CopenhagenCopenhagen SquareSmall square Copenhagen ( Graabrodre torv) Christianshavn, Copenhagen with Frelser ChurchRoyal theater, CopenhagenMarble church – Copenhagen, watercolorCafe’ by Nikolai Church, CopenhagenNikolai church tower, CopenhagenDetail from Church ( Nikolai) in CopenhagenNikolai Church – CopenhagenGrey day, Newhaven, CopenhagenWhite Boat Copenhagen, NewhavenBoats and houses, NyhavnCafe’ life in CopenhagenBlack boats, Nyhavn, Copenhagen Boat and yellow house, Nyhavn, CopenhagenFishing boat, Newhaven, CopenhagenRosenborg Castle – Copenhagen Thorvaldsens Museum
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
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