von Antje | 1. Sep. 2019 | Skizzen/Sketches
… to all my English language subscribers! Ever since I started posting sketches and paintings to this blog I have done so in two languages: English and German. Being married to an American and absorbing my knowledge of watercolour painting mainly from English...
von Antje | 17. Apr. 2019 | Skizzen/Sketches, Zu verkaufen/Available
The other day, I enthusiastically wrote about sketchwalking as a new method to discover subjects to paint. In my day to day life, I usually only have limited amounts of time to paint, and often not even enough for a spot of urban sketching. But even 50 minutes will be...
von Antje | 9. Dez. 2018 | Kurse
I recently taught a workshop which I called ‚Christmas Special‘. First we painted a still life with candle and then a snowy landscape. I composed the still life myself using my still life box. I’m not sure where exactly I got the instructions for it...
von Antje | 29. Nov. 2018 | Zu verkaufen/Available
Towards the end of my two years in Christchurch, New Zealand, I actually lived in the city proper, in Avonside. My flat was in a rather large wooden mansion which had been split up into several flats. The landing outside my first floor flat was huge, making me think...
von Antje | 28. Nov. 2018 | Farbe/ Colours, Kurse
Anfang des Monats habe ich in einem meiner Kurse das Malen mit reduzierter Palette thematisiert. Letztes Jahr im Oktober hatte ich damit ja sehr gute Erfahrungen gemacht. Meine Lieblingspalette damals war: Kobaltblau, Lichter Ocker und Sienna gebrannt. Naja, und was...