von Antje | 24. Apr. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches, Technik
Dear friends, this Sunday was lazy and educational at the same time: First, I lazily sat at my desk watching James Gurney’s wonderful 70 minutes-film ‚Gouache in the Wild‘, then I painted with gouache. Not in the wild, however, because this April...
von Antje | 11. Apr. 2016 | Allgemein, Technik
Liebe Mitmalerinnen, ich habe in den letzten Tagen mit verschiedenen Aquarellpapieren/ -kartons gearbeitet und dabei sehr viel gelernt. Papiere sind sehr verschieden, und je nachdem, was man mit ihnen anstellen will, sind sie besser oder weniger gut geeignet. Ich...
von Antje | 6. Apr. 2016 | Allgemein, Skizzen/Sketches
Dear friends, the fantastic Liz Steel recently encouraged the readers of her blog to try sketching cups. And so I did, last night and lo and behold, it is a wonky cup just like Liz said! A normal little wonky cup. Embrace the wonkiness it says on the worksheet she has...
von Antje | 12. Feb. 2016 | Allgemein, Technik
For those of you who sometimes wonder what this medium is that I mention so often, there is a fabulous video on gouache by Roz Stendahl which you might find informative. You can watch it on the Sketchbook Skool blog masterminded by Danny Gregory.
von Antje | 26. Nov. 2015 | Allgemein, Reflektion, Technik
Seeing anything in three dimensions and flattening it to two dimensions for the purpose of painting is really difficult. It requires that we learn to see objects in a different way. What sort of way do I mean? I mean that we look at the person or thing we want to draw...
