Indigo bee | Biene in Indigo
And now for somethiing completely different… a little honey bee! It is drawn in ink (by Sennelier) and painted with gouache on a sheet of paper which I have torn out of Flow magazine. I love that magazine for its
Vergleich: Großes Skizzenbuch vs. kleines Skizzenbuch
Wenn über Aquarellskizzenbücher geschrieben wird, dann ja oft über die Qualität des Papieres oder der Bindung oder ob sie einen harten oder weichen Einband haben. Aber wie sieht’s mit dem Format aus? Mein erstes Aquarellskizzenbuch war von Moleskine und es
Around Luneburg | Um Lüneburg herum
Whilst the town (or city?) of Luneburg has lots to offer, so does the hinterland. It’s pretty flat on the whole, with small indulations (you can’t call them hills really) to the South, the large and beautiful heath to the
St.Nic & Baumstraße 16
Two drawings this time for the weekend, both with carbon ink and pigment markers on craft paper. About the paper: formerly it was used to wrap canvas boards which I had ordered. That’s where I ’sourced‘ it. You can find
On painting on the train (English only)
I occasionally paint on the train on my way home, so much so that by now I sort of plan to do it as I think about when I might have the opportunity to paint. So how does this painting
Colourful greys | Bunte Grautöne
In yesterday’s post I already hinted at my attempts to mix greys, and here are a few more examples of it (and some orange mixes, too). This grey-mix topic was a crucial one for me in my own development. An
Why talk about colour? | Warum über Farbe reden?
The specifics of how colours mix are of obvious importance if and only if you mix colours yourself. You don’t need to since you can buy all kinds of ready-made premixes in tubes or pans. The mixes contain certain amounts
Colour 1 | Farbe 1
This week I want to do a series of technical posts about colour and realistic painting. The main reason for this is that I have finally got around to swatching my watercolour tube paints. My primary interest was in testing
Selwyn Co. Paint crawl
Ten years ago, I returned from New Zealand, and I have wanted to go back there at least for a short visit ever since. I was rummaging through my old photos on the weekend and somehow, what with one thing
(German only) Papier und Rubbelkrepp
Liebe Mitmalerinnen, ich habe in den letzten Tagen mit verschiedenen Aquarellpapieren/ -kartons gearbeitet und dabei sehr viel gelernt. Papiere sind sehr verschieden, und je nachdem, was man mit ihnen anstellen will, sind sie besser oder weniger gut geeignet. Ich konnte