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The last post in English for a while and a big thank-you to my subscribers abroad
Autumn leaves | Herbstliche Blätter
It is fast getting cold and there are almost no leaves on the trees anymore. On the one hand this is a true shame as I really enjoyed drawing and painting them this year! Picking up a few leaves or
A little miracle | Ein kleines Wunder
Having a baby bestows so much happiness and many little wonders on my life! I am exhausted often, of course, and I am flustered about the chaos at home even more often, I think (toys everywhere). But then I get
Asleep | Im Schlaf
My little son James is the cutest wee man alive! I gaze at him in wonder and amazement many hours every day. I wish I could capture so many of his funny expressions. Sadly, the moments I look at hime
A week of still lives | Eine Woche Stillleben
So, last week was my still life week. This means I made one little still life watercolour sketch every day. Doing this usually took me about an hour and was a means to get watercolour sketching again, meaning: I wanted
Prickly subjects | Stachelige Motive
Continuing with my still lives, I notice a few trends. I tend to want to go for the potted plants first because they seem a lot more interesting than most other subjects around the house even though the sheer plenitude
Up on the shelf | Oben auf dem Regal
… are these guys all next to one another. I challenged myself and tried to paint them in the semi-dark. Tricky but very, very interesting. … sind diese drei Dinge angeordnet. Ich habe mir eine extra Herausforderung gestellt und versucht,
Little still lives | Kleine Stillleben
Lately, I really haven’t had as much time for painting as I would have liked. So I have come up with a cunning plan: new little daily projects. The hands (here and here) were my first daily project during which
In the market and at home | Auf dem Markt und zu Hause
I’m more or less housebound at the moment – the second sketch is a hint as to why – but sometimes I need to go out to see a doctor or learn about how to give birth to a baby
In Wittenberg
We went and visited the birthplace of the Reformation, Wittenberg, last week. As per usual when out and about with family, I didn’t expect to get much sketching, let alone painting done, and so I was super glad when the
