Lübbelau, Scharnebeck
The Lübbelau is a small park in the village of Scharnebeck. Until yesterday, I was teaching an urban sketching class in Scharnebeck, and as I don’t know this place all that well I always felt uncertain about where to take
Peaceful farmyard | Friedlicher Hof in Ebstorf
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
In the Alps | In den Alpen
This is the holiday period, my friends, and thankfully this year I am having my share of it! This past weekend I was away in the Austrian Alps and it was absolutely wonderful! It is always so special to be
Courtyard | Innenhof
I am pre-posting this whilst I’m away doing some cat-and-kitten-sitting fpr a friend, with a few days on the North Sea coast with my sweetheart on top. This is the inner courtyard behind the city hall in Luneburg. Whilst drawing
Morning on the heath | Morgen in der Heide
Fresh off the easel! A little oil painting for a change. I consider this a practice piece whose main purpose is to re-acquaint myself with the medium. This is because oil is a difficult medium for me these days. I
Kurpark Lüneburg
I’ve been meaning to write a more extensive technical post for quite some time, but there’s just so much going on at the moment that I am glad if I get to go sketching at all, let alone write at
Euthanasia Memorial Luneburg | Euthanasie-Gedenkstätte in Lüneburg
The caption for this sketch could also be ‚the other watertower‘, for that’s what it is: the watertower on the grounds of the psychiatric hospital here in Luneburg. The smaller buildings are part of the bathhouse complex. During the Second
Into the forest | In den Wald hinein
Yesterday was a public holiday in Germany. I went to meet a friend in the morning and on my way back I was drawn into the forest by the fantastic play of light and shadow on everything. The road went
My regular painting problem | Ein regulär auftretendes Malproblem
So, as you probably know I paint in both oils and watercolours (and gouache), and I have done a whole lot more plein air painting in watercolours than in oils. Because I want to get better at oil painting I
Snowy logs: original oil painting | Verschneite Stämme: Ölbild
I posted the initial gouache study I did for this one a few days ago. I didn’t realise it back then but the composition didn’t actually have a good focal point. It took me another little study, this time in
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