Reihe 17

Reihe 17

On the Central Cemetary in Luneburg, in row 17 towards the Southern end, there’s a cistern positioned beautifully next to an old iron fence. A good subject for a limited palette? Probably, except that my painting is very mid-tony allover. Auf dem Zentralfriedhof...
Field with twigs | Feld mit Ästen

Field with twigs | Feld mit Ästen

Yesterday was the first time in this cold season that I had to paint in the safety of my car. I was a bit pressed for time, and so I settled on a nature subject which I thought might work: a tree next to a field with dead branches and some twigs zigzagging across the...
Last call | Letzte Runde

Last call | Letzte Runde

Last night was the last session in a class I ran at the local college for further education. We met up in a brew pub here in Luneburg in order to try our hand at some indoor pub sketching. My students did wonderful sketches of one another for warming up and then...
Lakeside harmony | Harmonie am See

Lakeside harmony | Harmonie am See

I’ve been away over the weekend, and even though I came came home with further painting work to add to my (already long) list of work, I felt that tonight I just needed to paint something for my heart’s delight. I chose this couple because I just adored...
St. Johannis, Lüneburg

St. Johannis, Lüneburg

This wee painting was a workshop demo. My point here was to use a very reduced palette so as to work out the light-shadow pattern more clearly – the imagined light-shadow pattern, I should add, because it was overcast that day. For me though, the light was...