von Antje | 17. Juni. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
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 thumbnail sketch of my chosen scene, even tried a...
von Antje | 13. Juni. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches, Technik
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, but I try not to rely on these too...
von Antje | 10. Juni. 2017 | Privatbesitz/NFS
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 kinds of vehicles on it that day. One of the youngest...
von Antje | 5. Juni. 2017 | Privatbesitz/NFS
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 of ultramarine which is my normal go-to blue, and it...
von Antje | 29. Mai. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
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,...