Lüneburg!
This month I was lucky enough to go for a sketch outing not once but twice! And not alone but with a really lovely painting acquaintance! We happened to be able to get away from the respective families because both
Family connections | Familiäre Bindungen
… are useful if you desperately need to practice your people drawing skills! I managed to persuade my parents and their best friend to give me 10 minutes of their time each, got our my watersoluble markers and quickly set
Autumn leaves | Herbstliche Blätter
It is fast getting cold and there are almost no leaves on the trees anymore. On the one hand this is a true shame as I really enjoyed drawing and painting them this year! Picking up a few leaves or
My Friday afternoon class | Mein Freitagnachmittagskurs
I started teaching at a different community college on Friday afternoons. The class starts at 1:30 and finishes at 7:30 – a lot of time for uninterrupted teaching and learning, a lot of time for chatting and explaining this and
Hamburg
At the beginning of this month I went to Hamburg for a day to sketch and collect reference material for the paintings I am working on right now. I strolled through the docklands and sketched a bunch of boat –
Sleeping cutie | Süße Schnarchnase
I recently posted a drawing of my wee one sleeping (here). Well, there are more where this one came from! It is such a joy jut sitting and drawing him whilst he is sleeping – better than just sitting there
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
A little miracle | Ein kleines Wunder
Having a baby bestows so much happiness and many little wonders on my life! I am exhausted often, of course, and I am flustered about the chaos at home even more often, I think (toys everywhere). But then I get
River Havel in the morning | Die Havel am Morgen
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.
Recent sketches | Die letzten paar Skizzen
About a week before it got hot here in Germany I spent a few days with my parents in their new garden house. The weather was fantastic, i.e. sunny but NOT too hot, and me and the little one spent
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