New beginnings | Neuanfänge
I ended last year on a high note: just a few days before the year was out I managed to get out to paint and it was oh so wonderful! I just love these very atmospheric overcast days we’re having
Apples in August | Äpfel im August
I am lagging behind with posts… good things have happened really recently, but I have to start where I left off (in August apparently) and work my way into the present from there. So here goes: In August, my art
Loose vs. line | Locker vs. nicht-locker
Here are the most recent sketches. They represent two approaches: the first one works entirely without a line drawing underneath whereas the second one represents the opposite approach, the good old line-and-wash method. I had a leisurely moment on a
Gammut mask and a painting (English only)
Hello dears! I hope you are all doing well. Do you remember my recent series on limited palettes? I used a different one each week in October last year (you can see the results and reflections about them here, here and
Warum Viele beim Aquarellmalen scheitern
Ich habe neulich ein ganz tolles Youtube-Video gesehen, dessen wichtigste Inhalte ich unbedingt mit euch teilen muss. Der indische Aquarellmaler Nitin Singh spricht darin über die fünf Gründe, warum die Aquarellmalerei Leute in die Verzweiflung treiben kann und Viele schlussendlich
Saying googbye to not-so-good paintings | Abschied von nicht-so-guten Bildern
Many years ago, Carol Marine mentioned on her blog that she likes to invite friends for a little collective and ritualistic painting demolition party. This is where everyone brings along those paintings which simply are too annoying and disspiriting to
Day 3 | 3. Tag
It rained all day and I painted what I could from the shelter of my little car. Needless to say, my spirits weren’t exactly soaring. I explored many potential painting venues near my parents‘ home and eventually called it quits
Second day | Zweiter Tag
The first thing I will maintain to say about this day is that it was cold. Yes, it was. The cold was biting my hands as I was painting, I remember that distinctly and painfully. But it was the only
Chamber of Trade and bird poo | Handwerkskammer mit Vogeldreck
Today I was searching for a suitable location to take my Urban Sketching course next time we meet up. Recently, I had „discovered“ this building which houses the Chamber of Trade; the building is centrally located near the college, but
The river | Der Fluss
The River Elbe is not my „home“ river in the way that a Maori would mean it. When introducing herself, a Maori woman would mention the river and the mountain which have supported her iwi through the ages. But the
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