von Antje | 26. Juli. 2016 | Allgemein, Uncategorized
Last week I went to meet an old friend at a wine bar, and because I also wanted to paint a bit that day I showed up an hour early. There was a lovely café, or so it seemed, opposite the intersection on the other side of the street. The awning was brightly lit whereas...
von Antje | 24. Juli. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
When I came home from work on Thursday I saw for the first time that the sun sets right behind the beautiful old town of Lauenburg on the river Elbe. So on Saturday I drove out there an hour earlier than what I now knew was the sunset hour, made my drawing and started...
von Antje | 23. Juli. 2016 | Allgemein, Uncategorized
Being fascinated by buildings is ok and I feel comfortable with them as a subject. I think I can therefore take the next step and stop ignoring the people who walk among them as I have done as far. So here they are, folks walking on the sidewalk in Berlin. I...
von Antje | 19. Juli. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
More sketches: a girl on the subway, complaining away about her best friend to her boyfriend. Boy was I glad to be witness to this conversation 🙂 And a sketch which I made on my first evening in my new Berlin part-time flat. It’s a friend’s rooftop flat...
von Antje | 18. Juli. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
Diese Diashow benötigt JavaScript. I am exploring ink as a drawing medium at the moment, and I have also started taking a very small sketch book with me at all times. This past week I sketched a fellow traveller on the train to Hamburg, the courtyard of the Museum for...
von Antje | 17. Juli. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
I recently started a watercolour painting course on Craftsy, and doing my homework means painting buildings, doors, windows, crowds and all other kinds of urban life. I partially do this outdoors (as I did here: the barn) but due to busy schedules mainly indoors. I...