Continuing with my still lives, I notice a few trends. I tend to want to go for the potted plants first because they seem a lot more interesting than most other subjects around the house even though the sheer plenitude
… are these guys all next to one another. I challenged myself and tried to paint them in the semi-dark. Tricky but very, very interesting. … sind diese drei Dinge angeordnet. Ich habe mir eine extra Herausforderung gestellt und versucht,
Lately, I really haven’t had as much time for painting as I would have liked. So I have come up with a cunning plan: new little daily projects. The hands (here and here) were my first daily project during which
One week of drawing a hand a day – it was good. Well, it got a bit samey as far as drawing is concerned. I had to really come up with ‚poses‘ in order to keep myself entertained. I did
I’ll be honest with you – I love fog! Be it a fine morning mist or a thin veil over a shadowy valley, or maybe even really thick fog which envelopes everything, swallowing people and sounds alike – I love
Practice makes perfect, right? As being able to draw hands is an important skill to have for a realist painterling, I have decided to draw my own hands – or hand, as it were – every morning. I try not
This piece was a real challenge to make. To begin with, because I placed the initial line drawing on top of another illustration which consisted of many lines I had a hard time identifying the lines I had put down.
The Salt City Swing Band, which I draw sometimes during their rehearsals and gigs, features three string instruments: the concert bass, the gypsy jazz guitar and the violin. Here are two of these lovely instruments and their adept players. Also,
And now for somethiing completely different… a little honey bee! It is drawn in ink (by Sennelier) and painted with gouache on a sheet of paper which I have torn out of Flow magazine. I love that magazine for its
The other day, just before the storm and whilst I was still working with a limited palette, I sat down outside and sketched these two boulders. They were bathed in bright evening sun – it was so beautiful! It’s just
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