von Antje | 28. Nov.. 2018 | Farbe/ Colours, Kurse
Anfang des Monats habe ich in einem meiner Kurse das Malen mit reduzierter Palette thematisiert. Letztes Jahr im Oktober hatte ich damit ja sehr gute Erfahrungen gemacht. Meine Lieblingspalette damals war: Kobaltblau, Lichter Ocker und Sienna gebrannt. Naja, und was...
von Antje | 29. Juli. 2018 | Farbe/ Colours, Skizzen/Sketches
My home river is the Havel. It is a wonderful medium sized river with greenish water. I have many great memories connected with it: of swimming in it alone and with horses, and of sailing, paddling, rowing and pleasure boating. Last week I painted it for the first...
von Antje | 24. Okt.. 2017 | Farbe/ Colours, Privatbesitz/NFS
The fourth and for now last combination of colours I want to paint with for one week is this one: Burnt Umber (W&N), Magenta and Ultramarine Blue (both Schmincke). As you can see, there is no yellow in this palette, which means that I cannot mix green greens. Fair...
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 | 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...
