At the Avon River | Am Avon

At the Avon River | Am Avon

Towards the end of my two years in Christchurch, New Zealand, I actually lived in the city proper, in Avonside. My flat was in a rather large wooden mansion which had been split up into several flats. The landing outside my first floor flat was huge, making me think...
Lüneburg!

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 days were holidays, and with sunny blue skies too!...
Hamburg

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 – or rather, as I see now, I WANTED to sketch all of...
Loose vs. line | Locker vs. nicht-locker

Loose vs. line | Locker vs. nicht-locker

Here are the most recent sketches. They represent two approaches: the first one works entirely without a line drawing underneath whereas the second one represents the opposite approach, the good old line-and-wash method. I had a leisurely moment on a retreat last...