Soft fog | Sanfter Nebel
I’ll be honest with you – I love fog! Be it a fine morning mist or a thin veil over a shadowy valley, or maybe even really thick fog which envelopes everything, swallowing people and sounds alike – I love
Painting with a limited palette | Mit eingeschränkter Palette malen
I have two weeks of painting with a reduced palette under my belt – what can I say about this approach so far? In the first week I used the Zorn palette adapted to watercolour: yellow ochre, alizarin crimson and
At home in the castle | Zu Hause im Schloss Plaue
I have visited this here castle so many times to walk in its grounds and I have also stayed there as a guest so often that any image of it immediately exudes a feeling of home for me. It helps,
At the monastery, again | Wieder mal im Kloster Lüne
The weekend was so sunny and wonderfully warm that, despite being into the human figure right now, I simply had to go out and paint from direct observation. I kid you not, this is actually really the mindset I went
Musings on figurative work | Überlegungen zum Malen von Personen
When I took up painting in 2005, I was into landscape in a big way. I had studied American landscape painting as part of my BA and I had immersed myself in self-directed study of the Flemish masters. Landscape painting
Lamb of God | Lamm Gottes
Our pastor made a very valid point in yesterday’s sermon. That Christ appeared to Constantine in 312 AD and told him, right before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, that he shall conquer in the sign of the cross („in
Warum Viele beim Aquarellmalen scheitern
Ich habe neulich ein ganz tolles Youtube-Video gesehen, dessen wichtigste Inhalte ich unbedingt mit euch teilen muss. Der indische Aquarellmaler Nitin Singh spricht darin über die fünf Gründe, warum die Aquarellmalerei Leute in die Verzweiflung treiben kann und Viele schlussendlich
Saying googbye to not-so-good paintings | Abschied von nicht-so-guten Bildern
Many years ago, Carol Marine mentioned on her blog that she likes to invite friends for a little collective and ritualistic painting demolition party. This is where everyone brings along those paintings which simply are too annoying and disspiriting to
Morning on the heath | Morgen in der Heide
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
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
