New beginnings | Neuanfänge
I ended last year on a high note: just a few days before the year was out I managed to get out to paint and it was oh so wonderful! I just love these very atmospheric overcast days we’re having
Autumn leaves | Herbstliche Blätter
It is fast getting cold and there are almost no leaves on the trees anymore. On the one hand this is a true shame as I really enjoyed drawing and painting them this year! Picking up a few leaves or
Apples in August | Äpfel im August
I am lagging behind with posts… good things have happened really recently, but I have to start where I left off (in August apparently) and work my way into the present from there. So here goes: In August, my art
Recent sketches | Die letzten paar Skizzen
About a week before it got hot here in Germany I spent a few days with my parents in their new garden house. The weather was fantastic, i.e. sunny but NOT too hot, and me and the little one spent
In the park | Im Park
I am sick and tired of never posting any of my sketches anymore and of always feeling like I’m lagging behind… It’s not that I don’t find the time to paint, it’s more that I don’t find the time to
March | März
I can’t believe it but it’s already the last day of March! Crikey! And I haven’t posted once! Normally I work on something or just paint for pleasure and I have a few insights or I encounter problems which I
Season’s greetings! | Herzliche Grüße!
It’s been a while, my friends! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas with your loved ones. At my end we spent Christmas as a family of three with our newborn baby son James. He is just wonderful and
Soft fog | Sanfter Nebel
I’ll be honest with you – I love fog! Be it a fine morning mist or a thin veil over a shadowy valley, or maybe even really thick fog which envelopes everything, swallowing people and sounds alike – I love
Surviving homes | Die letzten Häuser, die übrig blieben
My sweetheart’s hometown in Tennessee is home to a large chemical manufacturer. Slowly but surely the plant and all its associated industries have spread out, assimilating residential areas in the process. These little houses used to be part of a
Why I paint with a limited palette | Warum ich mich auf drei Farben beschränke
This is the fourth week in a row of me painting with a limited palette. I will introduce the current palette tomorrow. Why am I doing this at all though? I have already hinted at how my thinking about the
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