A garden at the altar | Garten im Altarraum
As strange as this may sound, there is a garden in our church at the moment. It is right around the altar and it is very beautiful. Almost paradisical! I sketched it from behind so that the main space of
Blue Angel | Blauer Engel
This wee guy is down in the crypt at my church. I discovered him more or less by accident just recently and I was totally amazed: an angel with blue wings, and I didn’t even know about his existence! (It’s
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
Daisies | Margeriten
Despite being alone at home (as my sweetheart tours the world for work and fame – not really) I had such a lovely and colourful weekend! And I have friends to thank for that for the most part. Saturday was
Plein air watercolour painting | Freilicht-Aquarellmalerei
When I paint outdoors, that is en plein air, then it’s mostly an elaborate version of urban sketching. Not so this week: I actually took an easel with me, real brushes and very good paper! I started off with a
Flower sketches | Blumenskizzen
Getting ready to work on a commissioned painting for me means lots of pencil sketches to figure our the composition and the values and some little colour studies to clarify that part to myself, too. I mostly have reference photos,
Play at church | Spielen in der Kirche
We had a children’s fest at church last weekend. It was a lot of fun! Now that the pews are out the entire centre part of the church was one huge free space, and children were allowed to ride all
Kerstin’s yard | Kerstins Hof
This painting was a present for a family friend. Kerstin is always there to help when help is needed and she is a wise and very kind person. I did something different for this painting: I used cobalt blue instead
Westbahnhof Lüneburg (German only)
Dieses Gebäude ist heute Teil des Bahnhofs Lüneburg. Züge, die dort abfahren, führen statt einer Gleisnummer in der Anzeige ein ‚West‘. Früher war der Westbahnhof ein eigenständiger Bahnhof, der zwar gleich neben dem anderen (eigenständigen) Bahnhof lag, aber eine andere
Ein großer Tag! | Big day!
Von morgen an wird unsere Kirche 4 Wochen lang ohne Bänke sein! Dadurch wird sie zu einem freien Raum für Erkundungen, Gebet und Spaß. Es gibt es ein volles Programm (unter diesem Link einzusehen) mit vielen tollen Veranstaltungen. Heute ist
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