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
Musicians and their instruments | Musiker und ihre Instrumente
Recently at a chamber music festival: We were sitting quite far away from the stage, but not too far so that I couldn’t do a few pencil drawings of the musicians. This was almost two weeks ago and I had
Watertower | Wasserturm Lüneburg
This is a tiny little contre-jour sketch, just about 4 x 5.5 inches, in my sketchbook. It depicts the watertower in downtown Luneburg. To me personally, it also depicts a modicum of the despair which I felt after walking the
Workshop am 12. August
Wer hat Lust, am 12. August draußen mit mir in Lüneburg zu malen? In diesem eintägigen Workshop geht es tatsächlich weniger ums korrekte Sehen und Zeichnen und viel mehr um die Farbe und das Malen. Ich bin selber über die
Vicarage St. Michaelis | Pastorat St. Michaelis, Lüneburg
The other day, as I was searching for a suitable location for my Monday evening Urban Sketching class, I came across a whole slew of buildings which I had somehow never seen before. The part of town where they are
In the monastery | Im Kloster
There are several interesting pieces of ecclesiastical architecture nearby, but none so complex and appealing as Kloster Lüne. Kloster means monastery, and although this particular one is open to the public and features a lovely café and a few craft
Spontaneous commission | Spontane Auftragsarbeit
I received a commission for a tricky piece of work this week, which has set me back for a day or two. So I’m not going to post the third painting in the series which I shared with you yesterday
Light in Luneburg | Licht in Lüneburg
As I said in yesterday’s post, I’m still riding on the wave of recent inspiration. Yesterday afternoon, the currents carried me to a little street which I seem to paint all the time – Baumstraße in Luneburg. ‚Tis because one
Lübeck!
Last weekend, I participated in a workshop in Lübeck with the fantastic painter Barbara Hirsekorn. I didn’t only get inspiration for all kinds of new approaches to painting, I also learned a lot of technical stuff. My head was brimful
When in Hanover… | Wenn man schon mal in Hannover ist…
…then one must sketch the Ernst August Monument. Or at least that’s how it seems to go with me because that’s what I did last time I sketched in Hanover. Maybe it has something to do with this guy being
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