von Antje | 8. Feb. 2020 | Material
Ich male am liebsten direkt vor dem Motiv und am allerliebsten draußen. Habe ich schon einmal erwähnt, oder? 😉 Und draußen stellt sich ja immer die Frage nach der Ausrüstung. Wie kriege ich schnell ein kleines Malatelier aufgebaut, so dass ich auch unterwegs alles...
von Antje | 25. Jul. 2017 | Farbe/ Colours, Skizzen/Sketches
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 are mixex using three primaries, and I was...
von Antje | 20. Okt. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
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 aboard a train work? You need a small sketching kit. I have a Moleskine sketchbook,...
von Antje | 19. Okt. 2016 | Allgemein, Farbe/ Colours, Technik
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 eye-opener, if you will, which is why I got my teeth in...
von Antje | 18. Okt. 2016 | Allgemein, Farbe/ Colours, Technik
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 of the pure pigments which make up the...