von Antje | 16. Feb. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches
I love, love, love painting places I pass every day, and this railways crossing is one of them. The red-and-white cross and barrier are simply stunning; I’m surprised it’s never occurred to me before to paint them! But here they are at last 🙂 W&N...
von Antje | 15. Feb. 2017 | Zu verkaufen/Available
We’ve had gloriously sunny weather in the last few days, and as a result of that I’ve been out painting a lot more. Not that it’s warm as such but the sun does help in bringing out the shapes of things better. The crisp cast shadows you get on a...
von Antje | 14. Feb. 2017 | Zu verkaufen/Available
So this guy here is probably the first thing you will see when you leave the main train station in Hanover (I have gestured at the building in the background). The equestrian statue itself depicts king Ernst August I. who was Duke of Cumberland from 1799 to 1837 and...
von Antje | 13. Feb. 2017 | Zu verkaufen/Available
I painted this lovely school building in Uelzen on a day with sub-zero temperatures. This means: I packed my stuff in my warm and cosy home, deciding to interrupt a little business trip I had to do that day for sketching in Uelzen; leaving the house I realised that it...
von Antje | 31. Jan. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches, Technik
We were in Hamburg last week and had lunch in a rustic little restaurant on the water. Going back up to the street afterwards I saw a spectacular light display: a group of people deep in the shadows and dramatic sunlight and shadow intermingled on the facades behind...