von Antje | 23. Okt. 2017 | Farbe/ Colours, Technik, Zu verkaufen/Available
This is the fourth week in a row of me painting with a limited palette. I will introduce the current palette tomorrow. Why am I doing this at all though? I have already hinted at how my thinking about the function of neutrals has changed. Two of the three limited...
von Antje | 19. Okt. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
Villa Olga which I have sketched before; the Salt City Swing Band playing a gig (it was amazing!!); and my beautiful hairdresser Simone. Hier sind ein paar Skizzen der letzten Tage: Villa Olga, die ich erst vor kurzem gezeichnet habe; die wunderbare Salt City Swing...
von Antje | 18. Okt. 2017 | Farbe/ Colours, Skizzen/Sketches, Zu verkaufen/Available
The true pain for any plein air painter is that she can never paint all the beautiful subjects which deserve to be painted. I felt this pain acutely yesterday on my paint-out in the Botanical Gardens in Hanover. They are part of the garden ensemble in Herrenhausen and...
von Antje | 17. Okt. 2017 | Farbe/ Colours, Technik
I have two weeks of painting with a reduced palette under my belt – what can I say about this approach so far? In the first week I used the Zorn palette adapted to watercolour: yellow ochre, alizarin crimson and ivory black, whereas the second week saw me using...
von Antje | 13. Okt. 2017 | Allgemein
On the Central Cemetary in Luneburg, in row 17 towards the Southern end, there’s a cistern positioned beautifully next to an old iron fence. A good subject for a limited palette? Probably, except that my painting is very mid-tony allover. Auf dem Zentralfriedhof...
