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 Streetscape
Rosenborg Castle – Copenhagen
Nikolai Church – Copenhagen
White Boat Copenhagen, Newhaven
Thorvaldsens Museum
Cafe’ life in Copenhagen
Nikolai church tower, Copenhagen
Stroget and Fountain, street life Copenhagen
Christiansborg, Parliament. denmark. Copenhagen
Marble church – Copenhagen, watercolor
Boat and yellow house, Nyhavn, Copenhagen
Black boats, Nyhavn, Copenhagen
Christianshavn, Copenhagen with Frelser Church
Cafe’ by Nikolai Church, Copenhagen
Copenhagen Square
Small square Copenhagen ( Graabrodre torv)
Grey day, Newhaven, Copenhagen
Detail from Church ( Nikolai) in Copenhagen
Royal theater, Copenhagen
Boats and houses, Nyhavn
Fishing boat, Newhaven, Copenhagen
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