I just realised that I have not yet shared this little painting with you. This is my beloved St. Nic in Luneburg. A friend commissioned „something special with several objects combined“ and concentrating on St. Nic. My first reaction was
This wee painting was a workshop demo. My point here was to use a very reduced palette so as to work out the light-shadow pattern more clearly – the imagined light-shadow pattern, I should add, because it was overcast that
There is a lovely modern jazz song by the title of ‚Hang on, little tomato‘ – my husband wants to play this with his band sometime soon. Even before he has a chance to do that though, I am borrowing
Like I said yesterday, Saturday’s paint-out was a bit flawed insofar as the weather forced us indoors, at least temporarily. And there, indoors, lovely flowers in large vases were waiting to get painted! I went for the gladiolas, and I
Before the sun disappeared again behind thick thundery clouds I rushed out to capture myself something interesting near-by. Like this peaceful farmyard. For some strange reason I produced the pencil sketch afterwards. Should I ever feel like I want to
The other day, as I was searching for a suitable location for my Monday evening Urban Sketching class, I came across a whole slew of buildings which I had somehow never seen before. The part of town where they are
The way I came to watercolour painting, I learned that a smaller palette is more, that highly and purely pigmented paints are best and that you can mix all the colours you need yourself. I learned about neutral tones which
There are several interesting pieces of ecclesiastical architecture nearby, but none so complex and appealing as Kloster Lüne. Kloster means monastery, and although this particular one is open to the public and features a lovely café and a few craft
Righty-ho, this is the third attempt at getting the lights and darks right in this scene and an overall impression that I am happy with. I like this one best of all of them. I have tightened the composition a
As I said in yesterday’s post, I’m still riding on the wave of recent inspiration. Yesterday afternoon, the currents carried me to a little street which I seem to paint all the time – Baumstraße in Luneburg. ‚Tis because one
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