Sketchbook Pages from Austria

For the virtual travel sketchbook (postcard challenge button on the right) this week the artists took a trip to Austria.  Drawn with my trusty Microns in ranging sizes and shaded with three Pitt pens.

I chose to start my trip in Retz located in the north western Weinviertel in Lower Austria.  I drew their windmill which is now used as a residential house.  I  then visited the town hall the area is so open inviting with its cobblestone roads that blend seamlessly with sidewalks.  This area was built in the 1500's the cabinet maker that did the carvings inside the town hall worked on them for thirty years.  This angle is viewed while sitting at the water fountain. 

From there I 'traveled' an hour and a half to the Open Air Museum where 80 historical buildings were disassembled from all over the Weinviertl and rebuilt again true to their original construction at Niedersulz.  I drew this inviting place setting in the village.