Bah sheep | Schafe, mäh
I had the most amazing time sketching a bunch of sheep yesterday! It all started out less than positive though. I had just parked the car to paint near a pretty stretch of river scenery when a sturdy female farmer
In the mountains | In den Bergen
I have not been in the Alps much. The one time I feel I can say that I got to know these mountains a bit was many years ago in the Italian Swiss Alps. And this is where one of
Chamber of Trade and bird poo | Handwerkskammer mit Vogeldreck
Today I was searching for a suitable location to take my Urban Sketching course next time we meet up. Recently, I had „discovered“ this building which houses the Chamber of Trade; the building is centrally located near the college, but
Our cosy fireplace | Unser gemütlicher Kamin
Me and my other half, we are very lucky birds indeed because we live in a rental flat and yet we have a fireplace! We enjoy it all the time – normally. But as happy as I am about having
Ironing | Bügeln
You know, even if you set out on a journey in order to explore, be free-floating and have fun, there might be things that make you forget about all of these things, and before you know it you are very
Improvements | Verbesserungen
I sometimes touch up older oil paintings of mine. This one of a little forest stream near where I live required some rectification because the reflections of the tree trunks in the water were offset substantially. Looked really off to
A long time ago | Vor langer Zeit
Many years ago, during the time when I lived in New Zealand, my dad and I travelled the country together. We went many beautiful places, and we also stayed in a little farmhouse near the shores of Lake Pukaki for
Tespe clouds | Wolken in Tespe
Another jab at clouds, this time with a few more clouds and in watercolour. This is the little harbour of Tespe on the River Elbe not far from me. Ein weiteres Wolkenbild, diesmal mit mehr Gewölk (yay!) und als Aquarell.
Cloud experiment | Wolkenexperiment
It has recently come to my attention that there are several ways to paint clouds and skies and that some of them help rendering that part of a landscape painting more interesting.* Intrigued by this and homebound due to wet
Along the way | Am Weg
This railroad is no longer used regularly, but a few times a year a historic train comes by. That’s why it was quite safe for me to stand on the tracks whilst painting. I enjoyed this scene so much! An
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