Aquarelle und Onlinekurse
Manchmal denke ich ‚das Bild ist noch nicht fertig, daran male ich später weiter‘. Später stelle ich dann fest, dass das Bild doch schon irgendwie rund ist. Also mit ein bisschen Mut zur Lücke jedenfalls. So wie dieses, das ich letztes
I used to be an avid hiker back in the days when I still lived in Scotland, and I have always taken lots of photos on my walks. So naturally, I have a lot of lovely landscape photos in my
… then, still thinking leisure time here, I’m bound to sit somewhere cosy with my crochet hook and play with colours and patterns in a different way! Right now I’m totally in love with tweed yarns. Can’t get enough of them! Wenn
My husband had a complicated doctor’s appointment on Friday and I was too nervous to wait in the practice with him. So I went outside and sketched the view. Later, when we were back at home (everything’s fine with my
The first day of snow back in November happened to be a day off for me, so I decided to drive to a near-by national park and to go for a long walk. I set out really early just as
…but too much blue in the shadows can also look a bit off. See for yourself here. That’s why I touched up this little guy: I thinly layered Naples Yellow on most of the shadow spots so that they would
For those of you who sometimes wonder what this medium is that I mention so often, there is a fabulous video on gouache by Roz Stendahl which you might find informative. You can watch it on the Sketchbook Skool blog
On and off I work on older paintings which needed a little something to be finished, and when I know what it is (which can take many months) I try to give it to the painting. I loved this autumnal
I touched up this little guy (you may recognise it) because it needed a bit more work in the foreground. Thank you for the tip, Anja! Well, and since I was on it I also restated the background a bit so that
Some time in early December I realised that this winter is my chance to get a lot of sleep and to still get up before sunrise, what with the sun rising so very late. I tried to hunt down pink