Fresh off the easel! A little oil painting for a change. I consider this a practice piece whose main purpose is to re-acquaint myself with the medium. This is because oil is a difficult medium for me these days. I
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
The caption for this sketch could also be ‚the other watertower‘, for that’s what it is: the watertower on the grounds of the psychiatric hospital here in Luneburg. The smaller buildings are part of the bathhouse complex. During the Second
Yesterday’s sketch of the port left me a bit dissatisfied. The boats were my centre of interest, and I felt like they didn’t come out all that well. Thinking about how that might be improved I thought I might try
So, as you probably know I paint in both oils and watercolours (and gouache), and I have done a whole lot more plein air painting in watercolours than in oils. Because I want to get better at oil painting I
Sketching a painnting houses more often lately, I have noticed a few things which make that a rather challenging undertaking – if you want the house owner to buy your work or to be pleased about it being a gift
Reference photos are just that: photos which help you in composing a painting. This means that much of the information contained in the photo can be adapted to suit your pupose in terms of colour, composition and overall mood. Musing
From my diary this week: In Berlin once again, a pastel-coloured stupid sunset once again, the spacy skylights spheres, the angled roofs going on and on. And all of this means nothing at all, nothing, nothing because this is not
Let’s celebrate the children of the world today! Because children bring joy to all our lives – if they can. A child who cannot laugh and play is a child who cannot flourish and be all that he or she
Dear friends, when I started Light Stories in January 2015 I had no concept for how to go about putting content on the blog. I just wanted to post my work as regularly as I can and thereby create a
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