von Antje | 3. Okt. 2017 | Technik
This week, I am experimenting with Anders Zorn’s reduced palette. As an oil painter this would have me using four tubes of paint: titanium white, ivory black, alizarin crimson or cadmium red and yellow ochre. As a watercolourist, I am down to just three: ivory...
von Antje | 15. Sep. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches, Technik
The other day, I let myself by inspired by a German sketcher who fills his waterbrushes with ink and then makes wonderfully monochromatic drawings. Totally the copy-cat that I am, I filled one of mine with W&N non-waterproof ink and a bit of water and set out....
von Antje | 25. Jul. 2017 | Farbe/ Colours, Skizzen/Sketches
The way I came to watercolour painting, I learned that a smaller palette is more, that highly and purely pigmented paints are best and that you can mix all the colours you need yourself. I learned about neutral tones which are mixex using three primaries, and I was...
von Antje | 22. Jul. 2017 | Technik
Righty-ho, this is the third attempt at getting the lights and darks right in this scene and an overall impression that I am happy with. I like this one best of all of them. I have tightened the composition a bit and I have kept the lights intact on the right side. I...
von Antje | 20. Jul. 2017 | Skizzen/Sketches, Technik
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 – that will have to wait. Instead, here are two sketches which...
