Update zur Malausrüstung für draußen
Ich tüftele gerade an meiner Pleinair-Ausrüstung herum und schreibe ein paar Zeilen dazu, warum und wieso.
Neutral tones development | Entwicklung hin zu neutralen Tönen
The way I came to watercolour painting, I learned that a smaller palette is more, that highly and purely pigmented paints are best and that you can mix all the colours you need yourself. I learned about neutral tones which
On painting on the train (English only)
I occasionally paint on the train on my way home, so much so that by now I sort of plan to do it as I think about when I might have the opportunity to paint. So how does this painting
Colourful greys | Bunte Grautöne
In yesterday’s post I already hinted at my attempts to mix greys, and here are a few more examples of it (and some orange mixes, too). This grey-mix topic was a crucial one for me in my own development. An
Why talk about colour? | Warum über Farbe reden?
The specifics of how colours mix are of obvious importance if and only if you mix colours yourself. You don’t need to since you can buy all kinds of ready-made premixes in tubes or pans. The mixes contain certain amounts
In the city
I am exploring ink as a drawing medium at the moment, and I have also started taking a very small sketch book with me at all times. This past week I sketched a fellow traveller on the train to Hamburg,
Heimatliche Wälder | Home forests
Ich bin gerade bei meinen Eltern im Brandenburgischen und genieße die alte Heimat – vor allem beim Malen von Unkraut (mein Sujet diese Woche, einem Aufruf von James Gurney folgend) und von Waldstücken. Wenn ich zurück bin, zeig ich euch