von Antje | 31. Mai. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
Last night I had about 40 minutes to spare between arriving in town and going to an evening meeting at church. You probably know this feeling yourself – when you are fully willing to sketch something and nothing really appeals? That’s how I felt at first...
von Antje | 26. Mai. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
Yesterday was a public holiday in Germany. I went to meet a friend in the morning and on my way back I was drawn into the forest by the fantastic play of light and shadow on everything. The road went uphill and then down into the forest. I stopped half-way up and...
von Antje | 23. Mai. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
Yesterday’s post was the inspiration to today’s sketch. These flatboat replicas are opposite the old crane (which is ‚hiding‘ behind the trees on the right edge of the sketch). The sketch was pretty difficult; as you can see, there is a whole...
von Antje | 20. Mai. 2017 | Figurativ
I felt an itch yesterday to get out the ink bottles and nibs to draw a figure. Unfortunately I pulled the label off my ink bottle, so I can’t tell you what brand it is. But it is amazing! Runs really smoothly even on Ingres paper like here. The great thing about...
von Antje | 17. Mai. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
Today, I started my day with a little exercise in composition and tonal values. I found the exercise on Tom Hoffman’s GREAT website. Tom Hoffman often puts up value exercises, i.e. ways in which you can learn to create depth in a painting. I have learned a lot...
