Lakeside harmony | Harmonie am See

Lakeside harmony | Harmonie am See

I’ve been away over the weekend, and even though I came came home with further painting work to add to my (already long) list of work, I felt that tonight I just needed to paint something for my heart’s delight. I chose this couple because I just adored...
St. Nicolai, Lüneburg

St. Nicolai, Lüneburg

I just realised that I have not yet shared this little painting with you. This is my beloved St. Nic in Luneburg. A friend commissioned „something special with several objects combined“ and concentrating on St. Nic. My first reaction was ‚oh...
Lübbelau, Scharnebeck

Lübbelau, Scharnebeck

The Lübbelau is a small park in the village of Scharnebeck. Until yesterday, I was teaching an urban sketching class in Scharnebeck, and as I don’t know this place all that well I always felt uncertain about where to take my class. For the last session I made an...
St. Johannis, Lüneburg

St. Johannis, Lüneburg

This wee painting was a workshop demo. My point here was to use a very reduced palette so as to work out the light-shadow pattern more clearly – the imagined light-shadow pattern, I should add, because it was overcast that day. For me though, the light was...
Another me | Wieder ich

Another me | Wieder ich

My series of self portraits continues. This one I did with hard drawing chalk (by Conté) on tinted paper. Sadly, putting fixative on it has plunged all the values down a notch or two. I need to remember this for the next time I think ‚I better spray another coat...