Blue Angel | Blauer Engel
This wee guy is down in the crypt at my church. I discovered him more or less by accident just recently and I was totally amazed: an angel with blue wings, and I didn’t even know about his existence! (It’s
Daisies | Margeriten
Despite being alone at home (as my sweetheart tours the world for work and fame – not really) I had such a lovely and colourful weekend! And I have friends to thank for that for the most part. Saturday was
Plein air watercolour painting | Freilicht-Aquarellmalerei
When I paint outdoors, that is en plein air, then it’s mostly an elaborate version of urban sketching. Not so this week: I actually took an easel with me, real brushes and very good paper! I started off with a
More audience impressions | Noch mehr Publikumseindrücke
Sketching at a meditation event | Zeichnen beim Meditationsabend
One of the perks of organising cultural events is that you get (or have) to attend (all of) them for free and that, in contradistinction to other guests, you can pretty much roam freely in the house. I made full
Flower sketches | Blumenskizzen
Getting ready to work on a commissioned painting for me means lots of pencil sketches to figure our the composition and the values and some little colour studies to clarify that part to myself, too. I mostly have reference photos,
Vergleich: Großes Skizzenbuch vs. kleines Skizzenbuch
Wenn über Aquarellskizzenbücher geschrieben wird, dann ja oft über die Qualität des Papieres oder der Bindung oder ob sie einen harten oder weichen Einband haben. Aber wie sieht’s mit dem Format aus? Mein erstes Aquarellskizzenbuch war von Moleskine und es
Kurpark Lüneburg
I’ve been meaning to write a more extensive technical post for quite some time, but there’s just so much going on at the moment that I am glad if I get to go sketching at all, let alone write at
Euthanasia Memorial Luneburg | Euthanasie-Gedenkstätte in Lüneburg
The caption for this sketch could also be ‚the other watertower‘, for that’s what it is: the watertower on the grounds of the psychiatric hospital here in Luneburg. The smaller buildings are part of the bathhouse complex. During the Second
Am Markt 6, Lüneburg
Last night I had about 40 minutes to spare between arriving in town and going to an evening meeting at church. You probably know this feeling yourself – when you are fully willing to sketch something and nothing really appeals?
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