von Antje | 28. März. 2017 | Privatbesitz/NFS, Technik
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 take the heavy box easel outside a lot these days. And there...
von Antje | 25. Jan.. 2017 | Zu verkaufen/Available
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 oil, to figure that out. Small studies really...
von Antje | 3. Dez.. 2016 | Allgemein, Technik
Today was spent in my little at-home studio trying to get a painting ready to submit for a show. The frosty morning painting I had thought I would work on seemed frightening all of a sudden, so I tried something else: a frosty sunset (it’s winter time after...
von Antje | 29. Nov.. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
These pollard willows were unusually tiny. I hope you agree: they are very wee. But the branches were very orange and just beautiful! So I couldn’t resist even though it’s always a risk to sketch something that looks unusual – it tends to look like...
von Antje | 27. Nov.. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
This week, I happend to travel deep into the Berlin hinterland. I was shown (by a very friendly research participant – this was a work trip) to this little wooden chapel. It is tiny, measuring barely 10 x 15 m or so. In the past it had been used for worship and...
