Another me | Wieder ich
My series of self portraits continues. This one I did with hard drawing chalk (by Conté) on tinted paper. Sadly, putting fixative on it has plunged all the values down a notch or two. I need to remember this for
Musicians and their instruments | Musiker und ihre Instrumente
Recently at a chamber music festival: We were sitting quite far away from the stage, but not too far so that I couldn’t do a few pencil drawings of the musicians. This was almost two weeks ago and I had
Two serious self portraits | Ich, ernsthaft: Zwei Selbstporträts
Drawing really is the foundation of realistic painting. The longer I’m in this, the more I realise how true this actually is. And portrait drawing is probably the queen of all drawing. This is why I was inspired (by an
In the monastery | Im Kloster
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
Light in Luneburg | Licht in Lüneburg
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
Kurpark, Lüneburg
I spent a lovely afternoon painting in the Kurpark yesterday. I didn’t know this before, but apparently there’s a rather large group of boule players who come to the park three times a week during the summer to practice their
More audience impressions | Noch mehr Publikumseindrücke
Sketching at a meditation event | Zeichnen beim Meditationsabend
One of the perks of organising cultural events is that you get (or have) to attend (all of) them for free and that, in contradistinction to other guests, you can pretty much roam freely in the house. I made full
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
Julia & David
…were talking in church the other day and the sunlight hit them so beautifully, I had to snatch a photo and paint them afterwards! I love the relaxed poses both of them were striking and I’m pretty happy with how
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