von Antje | 11. Okt.. 2017 | Farbe/ Colours, Skizzen/Sketches
Yesterday was the first time in this cold season that I had to paint in the safety of my car. I was a bit pressed for time, and so I settled on a nature subject which I thought might work: a tree next to a field with dead branches and some twigs zigzagging across the...
von Antje | 5. Okt.. 2017 | Zu verkaufen/Available
Still working with the Zorn palette, still into them trees! It is quite unusual, to be honest, to use so much black in a watercolour painting. But I like it! It serves a good purpose, as does the yellow ochre. It really is a star of a colour! I like it very much. Ich...
von Antje | 4. Okt.. 2017 | Privatbesitz/NFS
Our little regional group of watercolour painters came together again yesterday, this time in order to paint dwarf beech trees (fagus sylvatica tortuosa). They are quite rare in Germany but there happens to be a small population of these (small) trees near Hanover...
von Antje | 2. Okt.. 2017 | Privatbesitz/NFS
On one of the last few days of September, my painting companion Sigrid and I went out to paint some trees. We both of us like trees very much, but we also wanted to prepare a bit for painting dwarf beech trees this week on a paint-out with other watercolourists. To...
von Antje | 28. Sep.. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
I’m sure I mentioned before that I am sometimes pretty uninspired when I set out in order to sketch. I am, and I was when I set out in the afternoon two days ago. But it’s getting better: I know by now that I must not be choosy about my subject or else...
