Another facade in the Jordaan, Amsterdam from my sketch book. I love the steeped huddle of jagged roof tops and perilously leaning facades of Amsterdam which sway and sag over dark canals, forming fantastic skylines. I had the work of George Breitner in mind during this visit, a Dutch painter who specialised in gloomy, gestural street scenes of Amsterdam. Breitner is remembered in a Dutch figure of speech: when the streets are grey and rainy, which they often seem to be, people whisper grimly "Echt Breitnerweer" (Typical Breitnerweather)

Size A5

Date: 2013

Meduim Ink on cartridge paper

Artist © Jamie Tweddell