von Antje | 12. Sep. 2016 | Allgemein, Figurativ
This monument was built in 1939 to honour of the cavalry regiments who had defended the town during WWI. It depicts a mounted orderly, hence the different kinds of bags on the saddle. Apparently, horse statues like this one are rare. Most of the time, horses in...
von Antje | 11. Sep. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
I’m looking after the garden at the moment which means that I have the pleasure of harvesting what is ripe. This morning it was quite a lot: red tomatoes, green tomatoes and mini aubergines (eggplant). I fetched a little basket and placed all the goodies in...
von Antje | 9. Sep. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
Fieldwork takes me all kinds of places these days, and often I add an hour of watercolour sketching to the end of my working day. Intent on doing this I strolled over a big cemetary on the outskirts of Berlin on Wednesday. This wooden church was the obvious candidate...
von Antje | 8. Sep. 2016 | Allgemein, Reflektion
These orange specks of joy were moored in a little industrial tucked-away harbour. It had been an overcast day and the sun had only just got out when we happened upon this scene. Bliss! The cropping of my reference photo was a bit difficult as the other boats, the...
von Antje | 6. Sep. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
I thought my mum could take a little wash or two. Ich dachte, meine Mutter könnte ein oder zwei Schichten Farbe vertragen.