von Antje | 13. Nov.. 2017 | Figurativ, Skizzen/Sketches
One week of drawing a hand a day – it was good. Well, it got a bit samey as far as drawing is concerned. I had to really come up with ‚poses‘ in order to keep myself entertained. I did learn to see all kinds of colourful reflected lights on my hand...
von Antje | 7. Nov.. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
Practice makes perfect, right? As being able to draw hands is an important skill to have for a realist painterling, I have decided to draw my own hands – or hand, as it were – every morning. I try not to spend more than 20 minutes on it. These are the...
von Antje | 30. Okt.. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
The other day, just before the storm and whilst I was still working with a limited palette, I sat down outside and sketched these two boulders. They were bathed in bright evening sun – it was so beautiful! It’s just a little sketch, nothing fancy, but...
von Antje | 27. Okt.. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
I’m more or less housebound at the moment – the second sketch is a hint as to why – but sometimes I need to go out to see a doctor or learn about how to give birth to a baby and such like. I might even be able to schedule in some tea-cum-sketching...
von Antje | 23. Okt.. 2017 | Farbe/ Colours, Technik, Zu verkaufen/Available
This is the fourth week in a row of me painting with a limited palette. I will introduce the current palette tomorrow. Why am I doing this at all though? I have already hinted at how my thinking about the function of neutrals has changed. Two of the three limited...