Hang on, little tomato!
There is a lovely modern jazz song by the title of ‚Hang on, little tomato‘ – my husband wants to play this with his band sometime soon. Even before he has a chance to do that though, I am borrowing
Musicians and their instruments | Musiker und ihre Instrumente
Recently at a chamber music festival: We were sitting quite far away from the stage, but not too far so that I couldn’t do a few pencil drawings of the musicians. This was almost two weeks ago and I had
Gladiolas
Like I said yesterday, Saturday’s paint-out was a bit flawed insofar as the weather forced us indoors, at least temporarily. And there, indoors, lovely flowers in large vases were waiting to get painted! I went for the gladiolas, and I
Wietzendorf in the rain | Wietzendorf im Regen
On the weekend, a couple of members of the German Watercolour Society who live in this region met-up for a little paint-out. Our splendid and super-fantastic hostess was Rita Dahlem in Wietzendorf which is an idyllic wee hamlet not far
Two serious self portraits | Ich, ernsthaft: Zwei Selbstporträts
Drawing really is the foundation of realistic painting. The longer I’m in this, the more I realise how true this actually is. And portrait drawing is probably the queen of all drawing. This is why I was inspired (by an
Peaceful farmyard | Friedlicher Hof in Ebstorf
Before the sun disappeared again behind thick thundery clouds I rushed out to capture myself something interesting near-by. Like this peaceful farmyard. For some strange reason I produced the pencil sketch afterwards. Should I ever feel like I want to
Watertower | Wasserturm Lüneburg
This is a tiny little contre-jour sketch, just about 4 x 5.5 inches, in my sketchbook. It depicts the watertower in downtown Luneburg. To me personally, it also depicts a modicum of the despair which I felt after walking the