Line and wash self-portrait of Nicolas Steenhout. He has a black mop style paintbrush in his mouth and is holding a fountain pen in his left hand, pointing up.

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An old house in Brussels

An old house I did from a photo I took. And when I say “old”, I mean… Built in 1570

Line and wash sketch. There is a rectangular turret on the right of the house. The rest of the house has an A shaped roof with terracota tiles. The walls of the house are a reddish beige. The entrance door is in the turret, there are two windows in the main part of the house, with 3 smaller windows on the roof. The numbers 1570 are embedded in the wall in large cast iron numbers.

Walking around the Uccle neighborhood, this house always grabbed me. I took a photo back then - I wasn’t ready for sketching on location.

I’d love to go back - with my kit and the skills I’ve been building. It would be interesting to redo this on location.

Done in Hahnemühle A5 landscape watercolor sketchbook.

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Published on October 12, 2025

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