Last week I attended a sketchcrawl in Geertruidenberg , a very small town with a nice centre with old houses. I started with a coffee at a terrace at the market-square from where I had a nice view on the old trees around the square and the top of the tower of the old church just visible above the trees.
While drawing this I had no idea that some time later I would be on top of the tower, making my second drawing of the day !
The organizer of this sketch session had arranged that we could visit the Geertruids-church.
The verger welcomed us kindly and gave us a guided tour .
And took us up the tower. From were we had a stunning view.
With a strange contrast.
One sees the market-square, the old trees, the old houses , and lots of green trees further away
and then .....the giant chimney of the powerplant . Dominating the horizon.
At first I thought not to draw it, but this was an urban sketchers trip, we draw what we see.
So there it is .
There was a nice old ballustrade to keep us from falling down, so I drew some of the pillars too.
As happens with old churches , during the ages , there were parts destroid, rebuilt, things build but never finished, parts added and taken away. So this building has a rich history.
The last drawing I made in the church , a small one. Well most of my drawings are small, but this one is really small.
© Gertjan Velthuizen
