von Antje | 25. Aug. 2017 | Privatbesitz/NFS
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 for me was and to an extent still is the queen of...
von Antje | 14. Aug. 2017 | Privatbesitz/NFS
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 the next time I think ‚I better spray another coat...
von Antje | 4. Aug. 2017 | Privatbesitz/NFS
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 article in The Artist magazine) to do a...