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:
Thorvaldsens Museum
Christianshavn, Copenhagen with Frelser Church
Nikolai Church – Copenhagen
Boat and yellow house, Nyhavn, Copenhagen
Stroget and Fountain, street life Copenhagen
Small square Copenhagen ( Graabrodre torv)
Black boats, Nyhavn, Copenhagen
Copenhagen Square
Nikolai church tower, Copenhagen
Cafe’ life in Copenhagen
Royal theater, Copenhagen
Cafe’ by Nikolai Church, Copenhagen
Grey day, Newhaven, Copenhagen
Detail from Church ( Nikolai) in Copenhagen
Rosenborg Castle – Copenhagen
White Boat Copenhagen, Newhaven
Christiansborg, Parliament. denmark. Copenhagen
Fishing boat, Newhaven, Copenhagen
Boats and houses, Nyhavn
Marble church – Copenhagen, watercolor
Christiansborg and Channel – Copenhagen Streetscape
My watercolor paintings of Copenhagen one by one:
Thorvaldsens MuseumRosenborg Castle – Copenhagen Fishing boat, Newhaven, CopenhagenBoat and yellow house, Nyhavn, CopenhagenBlack boats, Nyhavn, Copenhagen Cafe’ 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, CopenhagenChristianshavn, Copenhagen with Frelser ChurchSmall square Copenhagen ( Graabrodre torv) Copenhagen SquareStroget and Fountain, street life CopenhagenChristiansborg, Parliament. denmark. Copenhagen Christiansborg and Channel – Copenhagen Streetscape
All watercolors by Frits Ahlefeldt
Copenhagen Watercolors is one of my watercolor collections – see them all here
Painting watercolors, researching, writing & sketching up thoughts, understandings and ideas for a sustainable future, connecting thrive, trails, places and technology