ArtRun

I‘m experimenting with a new way to experience being outdoors. Especially being in the mountains and the woods. It’s the attempt to combine my physical and aesthetic perception. I go for a run and when I see something worth sketching, or a scene that attracts my attention I stop and make a few marks in my small sketchpad which I carry with me in a rucksack. Along with a small paintbox and tiny water bottle. Also three brushes. The sketch should not take longer than 5 minutes, though unpacking, packing and also the paint drying sometimes forces me to wait a bit longer. The next investment will be in a small cable less hairdryer. Some sketches are really poor, some a disaster and some ok. But often I do some improving at home, using a foto on my mobile. Important in the original sketch are the outlines and choosing the subject.

My runs are always small projects. I used to run ultra long distance (100km, 24 hours etc.), but due to a leg injury running is limited to uphill running and only short distances for which I use ski poles for aid. The following examples are runs up to 6km in the Vienna Woods.

To compare the „quality“ of my sketches I am showing the „on sight“ sketch and the „pimped up“ sketch (at home).
It’s a kind of Biathlon (Nordic Skiing). Running and stopping to shoot with a rifle at a target. Having to reduce your puls rate in able to aim, in this case draw/paint. The difference being that you don’t shoot with a gun, but only take a snap shot with a brush.

Run Cobenzl Sievering. (on sight sketches)