I just realised that I have not yet shared this little painting with you. This is my beloved St. Nic in Luneburg. A friend commissioned „something special with several objects combined“ and concentrating on St. Nic. My first reaction was
The Lübbelau is a small park in the village of Scharnebeck. Until yesterday, I was teaching an urban sketching class in Scharnebeck, and as I don’t know this place all that well I always felt uncertain about where to take
This wee painting was a workshop demo. My point here was to use a very reduced palette so as to work out the light-shadow pattern more clearly – the imagined light-shadow pattern, I should add, because it was overcast that
Before the sun disappeared again behind thick thundery clouds I rushed out to capture myself something interesting near-by. Like this peaceful farmyard. For some strange reason I produced the pencil sketch afterwards. Should I ever feel like I want to
This is a tiny little contre-jour sketch, just about 4 x 5.5 inches, in my sketchbook. It depicts the watertower in downtown Luneburg. To me personally, it also depicts a modicum of the despair which I felt after walking the
Wer hat Lust, am 12. August draußen mit mir in Lüneburg zu malen? In diesem eintägigen Workshop geht es tatsächlich weniger ums korrekte Sehen und Zeichnen und viel mehr um die Farbe und das Malen. Ich bin selber über die
The other day, as I was searching for a suitable location for my Monday evening Urban Sketching class, I came across a whole slew of buildings which I had somehow never seen before. The part of town where they are
There are several interesting pieces of ecclesiastical architecture nearby, but none so complex and appealing as Kloster Lüne. Kloster means monastery, and although this particular one is open to the public and features a lovely café and a few craft
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
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
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