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Martin Kleemann. Artist based in Chemnitz, Germany. Drawing, painting, sketching. https://martinkleemann.art

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martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Sep 6

Chemnitz, Schlossteich.
Oil on canvas, 70 x 70 cm (27.56 x 27.56).
I started painting on location and continued at home.

#art #originalart #oilpainting #pleinair #allaprima #chemnitz #chemnitz2025 #landscapepainting #architecture #germany #saxony #sachsen #artist #blueskyart

Oil painting of a church on a hill by a lake.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Aug 31

Chemnitz, Neues Rathaus. New Townhall. Ink on watercolour paper.

#inksketch #urbansketching #usk #urbansketchers #urbansketcherschemnitz #urbansketchingchemnitz
#chemnitz #chemnitz2025 #chemnitzneuesrathaus #originalart #blueskyart #artonbluesky #fineart

1 of 3: Ink sketch on location of Chemnitz, New Townhall.

2 of 3: Ink sketch on location of Chemnitz, New Townhall.

3 of 3: Ink sketch on location of Chemnitz, New Townhall.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Aug 30

Grickle😍

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Aug 30

Schlossteich/Schlosdkirche, Chemnitz. Oil on canvas panel. Onl ocation, some weeks ago.
#chemnitz #chemnitz2025 #oilpainting #chemnitz #schlossteich #art #originalart #pleinairpainting #onlocation #swanboat

Oil painting of Schlossteich ("Castle Pond") and Schlosskirche (Church), a pond and a swan-like boat on the water. Blue sky.

Schlosskirche and Schlossteuch, Chemnitz. Photo.

Plein air oil painting of Schlossteich, Schlosskirche and a swan-like boat., Chemnitz.

Also: Plein air oil painting of Schlossteich, Schlosskirche and a swan-like boat., Chemnitz.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Aug 30

Today I met a tower creature, living in a sort of symbiosis with a clock tower.

#creature #oilpainting #illustration #chemnitz #chemnitz2025

Oil painting in childbook illustration style: A monster like creature having a symbosis with a clocktower.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Aug 16

Sketching with #urbansketchingchemnitz on #Begehungen Festival 2025, an annual art festival, this year taking place in and around an abandoned heating plant.
#chemnitz #chemnitz2025 #urbansketching

Ink sketch on location of the big chimney and cooling towers of an abandoned heating.

Ink sketch on location aroubd an abandoned heating plant.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Aug 2

Thank you so much!

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Aug 2

Today Urban Sketchers Leipzig #uskleipzig visited us in Chemnitz. It was a great day!

#uskchemnitz #urbansketchingchemnitz #urbansketcherschemnitz #chemnitz #chemnitz2025 #usk #urbansketching #pleinair #blueskyart #blueskysketching #inkandwatercolour

An ink and watercolour sketch of an old building in Chemnitz, in front of the original (1 of 3)

An ink and watercolour sketch of an old building in Chemnitz, in front of the original (2 of 3)

An ink and watercolour sketch of an old building in Chemnitz, in front of the original (3 of 3)

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jul 10

😍

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jul 6

Thank you!

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jul 5

Old townhall during sunset. Ink and wash.

#chemnitz #usk #urbansketchingchemnitz

Sketch with ink and watercolour on location. Old townhall Chemnitz.

Sketch of old townhall Chemnitz and a watercolour box.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thank you!

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jul 4

Thank you so much!

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jul 4

Chemnitz, old townhall again :)

#chemnitz #chemnitz2025 #urbansketching #inkandwash

Plein air ink and watercolour sketchbook Chemnitz old townhall.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jun 29

Thank you!

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jun 28

Old train station, near the brook Pleißenbach, Chemnitz.

#chemnitz #urbansketchers #urbansketcherschemnitz #urbansketchingchemnitz #art #oldtrainstation #lostplaces #lostplace #chemnitz2025 #chemnitz #germany

Plein air sketch, ink and watercolour, of an old train station building, on a summer day.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jun 24

Frequently sketching the Old Townhall....

#chemnitz #chemnitz2025 #urbansketching #urbansketchers #urbansketchingchemnitz #usk #uskchemnitz #archisketcher #places #germany #saxony #sachsen #eastgermany #townhall #oldbuilding #art #inkandwash

Foto of a plein air sketch in front of the reference building: Old Townhall of Chemnitz. Light blue sky, sun and clouds.

Ink and watercolourvsketch of the Old Townhall, Chemnitz.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jun 23

Tut mir leid, das zu hören😿Alles Gute für Deine Mutter!

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jun 23

A drawing I did in February. Guess it kind of aged well.

#potus #trump #b-2 #b2 #donaldtrump

A caricature of Donald Trump in front of several B-2 bombers and two nuclear armageddons. Drawn with black ink on paper.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jun 21

Wasserschloss Klaffenbach. near Chemnitz.

#uskchemnitz #chemnitz #chemnitz2025 #urbansketching #usk #castlesketch #architecture #art #fineart #urbansketchingchemnitz #pleinair #inkandwash #inkandwatercolour #inkandwatercolor #sketch

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jun 19

Dresden #dresden
Fineliner on paper.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · Jun 5

Sketching in Chemnitz, European Capital of Culture 2025. Ink on paper. Fountain pen and brush pen.

#chemnitz #chemnitz2025 #urbansketching #urbansjetchers #usk #uskchemnitz #urbansketchingchemnitz #urbansketcherschemnitz #culturecapital #kulturhauptstadt #roterturm #altesrathaus #martinkleemann

Sketch on location: Towers of Old Townhall, Chemnitz, ink on paper.

Sketch on location: Sketch aroubd Rathaus, Chemnitz, ink on paper.

Sketch on location: Roter Turm, Chemnitz, ink on paper.

Sketch on location: Roter Turm, Chemnitz (Second sketch ), Chemnitz, ink on paper.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · May 20

Urban sketching turned into landscape sketching... with USK Chemnitz on last Saturday.
#usk #urbansketchers #urbansketchingchemnitz #urbansketcherschemnitz #landscape #art #originalart

Photo and plein air sketch of a rural landscape, a grain field and some trees. dramatic sky with dark clouds and some intensive light.

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · May 11

Sketching of yesterday, Chemnitz old townhall. Fountain pen, brush pen and waterproof ink on watercolour paper.

#chemnitz #chemnitz2025

martinkleemann.bsky.social @martinkleemann.bsky.social · May 11

Sketching around Chemnitz townhall.

#chemnitz #chemnitz2025