A garden at the altar | Garten im Altarraum
As strange as this may sound, there is a garden in our church at the moment. It is right around the altar and it is very beautiful. Almost paradisical! I sketched it from behind so that the main space of
Blue Angel | Blauer Engel
This wee guy is down in the crypt at my church. I discovered him more or less by accident just recently and I was totally amazed: an angel with blue wings, and I didn’t even know about his existence! (It’s
Morning on the heath | Morgen in der Heide
Fresh off the easel! A little oil painting for a change. I consider this a practice piece whose main purpose is to re-acquaint myself with the medium. This is because oil is a difficult medium for me these days. I
Daisies | Margeriten
Despite being alone at home (as my sweetheart tours the world for work and fame – not really) I had such a lovely and colourful weekend! And I have friends to thank for that for the most part. Saturday was
Plein air watercolour painting | Freilicht-Aquarellmalerei
When I paint outdoors, that is en plein air, then it’s mostly an elaborate version of urban sketching. Not so this week: I actually took an easel with me, real brushes and very good paper! I started off with a
More audience impressions | Noch mehr Publikumseindrücke
Sketching at a meditation event | Zeichnen beim Meditationsabend
One of the perks of organising cultural events is that you get (or have) to attend (all of) them for free and that, in contradistinction to other guests, you can pretty much roam freely in the house. I made full
Flower sketches | Blumenskizzen
Getting ready to work on a commissioned painting for me means lots of pencil sketches to figure our the composition and the values and some little colour studies to clarify that part to myself, too. I mostly have reference photos,
Play at church | Spielen in der Kirche
We had a children’s fest at church last weekend. It was a lot of fun! Now that the pews are out the entire centre part of the church was one huge free space, and children were allowed to ride all
Vergleich: Großes Skizzenbuch vs. kleines Skizzenbuch
Wenn über Aquarellskizzenbücher geschrieben wird, dann ja oft über die Qualität des Papieres oder der Bindung oder ob sie einen harten oder weichen Einband haben. Aber wie sieht’s mit dem Format aus? Mein erstes Aquarellskizzenbuch war von Moleskine und es
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