Silver tea service | Silbernes Teegeschirr

Silver tea service | Silbernes Teegeschirr

What better way is there for getting ready for work than painting a little bit in the morning? My Berlin flatmate has a lovely set of silver tea things and I thought it would make a nice subject to start the day with. I mainly used yellow ochre and ultramarine for it,...
Gouache day

Gouache day

Dear friends, this Sunday was lazy and educational at the same time: First, I lazily sat at my desk watching James Gurney’s wonderful 70 minutes-film ‚Gouache in the Wild‘, then I painted with gouache. Not in the wild, however, because this April...
Three-lips, three times

Three-lips, three times

Dear friends, I have had massive computer problems, hence my silence. It’s great to be back and to see what everyone has created in the past week! Spring seems to have arrived in quite a few people’s homes. In mine as well. Inspired by a lovely bouquet of...
Orchidee für Frauke

Orchidee für Frauke

Manchmal denke ich ‚das Bild ist noch nicht fertig, daran male ich später weiter‘. Später stelle ich dann fest, dass das Bild doch schon irgendwie rund ist. Also mit ein bisschen Mut zur Lücke jedenfalls. So wie dieses, das ich letztes Jahr auf der...
The nightingale and the rose

The nightingale and the rose

by Oscar Wilde ‚She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,‘ cried the young Student; ‚but in all my garden there is no red rose.‘ From her nest in the holm-oak tree the Nightingale heard him, and she looked out through...