von Antje | 22. Juli. 2017 | Technik
Righty-ho, this is the third attempt at getting the lights and darks right in this scene and an overall impression that I am happy with. I like this one best of all of them. I have tightened the composition a bit and I have kept the lights intact on the right side. I...
von Antje | 20. Juli. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches, Technik
I received a commission for a tricky piece of work this week, which has set me back for a day or two. So I’m not going to post the third painting in the series which I shared with you yesterday – that will have to wait. Instead, here are two sketches which...
von Antje | 19. Juli. 2017 | Technik
As I said in yesterday’s post, I’m still riding on the wave of recent inspiration. Yesterday afternoon, the currents carried me to a little street which I seem to paint all the time – Baumstraße in Luneburg. ‚Tis because one of the doctors I...
von Antje | 18. Juli. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
Last weekend, I participated in a workshop in Lübeck with the fantastic painter Barbara Hirsekorn. I didn’t only get inspiration for all kinds of new approaches to painting, I also learned a lot of technical stuff. My head was brimful of ideas when I returned,...
von Antje | 15. Juli. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
…then one must sketch the Ernst August Monument. Or at least that’s how it seems to go with me because that’s what I did last time I sketched in Hanover. Maybe it has something to do with this guy being so near (as in: right outside) the train...