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
In the park | Im Park
I am sick and tired of never posting any of my sketches anymore and of always feeling like I’m lagging behind… It’s not that I don’t find the time to paint, it’s more that I don’t find the time to
Direct watercolour | Aquarellieren ohne Vorskizze
So this month is the direct watercolour month as per declaration and example by Marc Taro Holmes and many other watercolour painters. I wish I could have participated in the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, but the frantic preparations
Indigo bee | Biene in Indigo
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
New limited palette | Neue reduzierte Palette
I was so enchanted with the limited colour choice I worked with last week that I have decided to stick with this principle of limiting myself for a while. This week I have locked my palette in with the following
Fluffy trees! | Fluffige Bäume!
Friends, I have painted trees today which I actually really like! They look so, well, the way I wanted them to look but didn’t dare to hope, if that makes any sense. I am talking about the trees in the
Lamb of God | Lamm Gottes
Our pastor made a very valid point in yesterday’s sermon. That Christ appeared to Constantine in 312 AD and told him, right before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, that he shall conquer in the sign of the cross („in
The North Sea | Die Nordsee
Up North the sea comes in a very special kind of disguise: every twelve hours or so it goes places. Sandbanks and lots of mud are left behind. Now this is not as awful as it might sound. Sea birds
Cat & kittens | Katze & Kätzchen
My cat sitting last week was lots and lots of fun! Three little ones and one mother cat were my charge. I’m not really a cat person but the wee guys were ever so cute! They were five weeks old
First fruits | Erste Früchte
So, my painting trip has turned out very different from what I had anticipated. This is mainly due to the weather. It rained for most of Day 1, was dry and cold on Day 2 and then it rained again
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