The old bridge at Plaue | Plauer Brücke

The old bridge at Plaue | Plauer Brücke

I remember this bridge being the only bridge leading into Plaue which is beautifully situated on the river Havel near my hometown. The bridge carried pedestrians, cyclists, cars and trams. Whichever way you crossed it, excitement was in store because the bridge was...
Bleak pastures | Trübe Weide

Bleak pastures | Trübe Weide

I participated in a design workshop last evening where I learned, among other things, how I can add interest to my paintings. Looking at this morning’s plein air effort of bleak pastures, I feel that I took the suggestion to make one strong colour pop locally so...
Autumn birch | Herbstliche Birken

Autumn birch | Herbstliche Birken

On my way to work two days ago: we had just left a train station in the middle of nowhere when the train came to a sudden screeching halt. Nobody knew what was going on. The guy with the coffee cart came by, we got coffees, everybody waited patiently, sipping their...
Snow field | Schneefeld

Snow field | Schneefeld

We went to a lovely little gallery yesterday. It was quite a ways over country roads to get to it and so I saw an opportunity for painting a snowy scene in the car. This scene wouldn’t have been my first choice; in fact, we were running out of daylight fast and...
Cologne Cathedral | Kölner Dom

Cologne Cathedral | Kölner Dom

I had business in Cologne yesterday, and remembering that the massive Cathedral is right at the main train station (I was travelling by train) I arranged everything so that I had a one-hour layover there for sketching. I had not reckoned with the weather, however: it...