March | März
I can’t believe it but it’s already the last day of March! Crikey! And I haven’t posted once! Normally I work on something or just paint for pleasure and I have a few insights or I encounter problems which I
Die Damespielerin | Woman playing checkers
Dieses Bild, das ich um die Jahreswende gemalt habe, liegt mir sehr am Herzen. Ab 11. März wird es in der Ausstellung der Deutschen Aquarellgesellschaft in Emmerich zu sehen sein, worüber ich mich sehr freue (auch wenn ich selbst leider
Gammut mask and a painting (English only)
Hello dears! I hope you are all doing well. Do you remember my recent series on limited palettes? I used a different one each week in October last year (you can see the results and reflections about them here, here and
Asleep | Im Schlaf
My little son James is the cutest wee man alive! I gaze at him in wonder and amazement many hours every day. I wish I could capture so many of his funny expressions. Sadly, the moments I look at hime
Season’s greetings! | Herzliche Grüße!
It’s been a while, my friends! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas with your loved ones. At my end we spent Christmas as a family of three with our newborn baby son James. He is just wonderful and
A musical commission | Ein musikalischer Auftrag
I am schlepping myself around these days and I just about manage to get the things done that I have to get done, including some drawing and painting. But it’s all a bit much sometimes what with the baby almost
A week of still lives | Eine Woche Stillleben
So, last week was my still life week. This means I made one little still life watercolour sketch every day. Doing this usually took me about an hour and was a means to get watercolour sketching again, meaning: I wanted
Prickly subjects | Stachelige Motive
Continuing with my still lives, I notice a few trends. I tend to want to go for the potted plants first because they seem a lot more interesting than most other subjects around the house even though the sheer plenitude
Up on the shelf | Oben auf dem Regal
… are these guys all next to one another. I challenged myself and tried to paint them in the semi-dark. Tricky but very, very interesting. … sind diese drei Dinge angeordnet. Ich habe mir eine extra Herausforderung gestellt und versucht,
Little still lives | Kleine Stillleben
Lately, I really haven’t had as much time for painting as I would have liked. So I have come up with a cunning plan: new little daily projects. The hands (here and here) were my first daily project during which
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