Sketch-walking | Mal-Spaziergang

Sketch-walking | Mal-Spaziergang

I love plein air painting because it takes me outdoors. As it isn’t freezing cold at the moment I have therefore decided to take my sketching kit on my daily walk and to see what I can do. And it turns out: I can at least do a thorough drawing which I can then...
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...
Snow alley | Verschneite Allee

Snow alley | Verschneite Allee

I love snow! All the subtle hues of blue and gray – I can never get enough of it. So right now is a happy time for me, because winter is here already in Northern Germany. A new set of challenges for the sketcher! Ink line work must be done with care or it will...