Schwäbisch Hall, drawn in ink and graphite

This view of the half-timbered houses overlooking the Kocher river was made (starting from a photo I took years ago on the spot ) to test some new "extra fine" and "super fine" brush pens just bought. With the addition of some graphite blended with the paper stumps.

Schwäbisch Hall is a truly wonderful medieval town, located deep in the Baden Wuerttemberg between Stuttgart and Wuerzburg, on the banks of the Kocher River. Marvelous half-timbered houses, towers and covered wooden bridges characterize the entire historic center.

Fachwerk Lexikon - Lexicon of German Half-timbered Architecture

Hagenwil Castle, Swiss Fachwerk "Riegelbau"

FACHWERK GLOSSAR – GLOSSARY OF GERMAN HALF-TIMBERED ARCHITECTURE

1; Sparren

2; (Quer-) Riegel

3; Diagonale Streben (Mannfigur)

4; Schwellen

5; Rähm

6; Ständer (Eckständer)

7; Fenstererker

8; Andreaskreuz

9; Gefach/Ausfachung

10; Schnitzdekorationen

11; Fensterständer

12; Gebälk E.G.

13; Geschweiftes Andreaskreuz

14; Inschriftlicher Dekor

15; Brüstungsgefach

16; Geschweiftes Holz

17; Kopfwinkelholz 

The drawing with some of my bibliographic sources

A photo of the beautiful Palm’sches Haus, in Mosbach, 1610

Here is my article (text, illustrations and photos) on the German half-timbered houses published on "Borghi Magazine"

Monschau