My yoga and painting buddy Doris and me – we are having another exhibition coming up in May. Our first LoveLights show is still hanging beautifully and for our new show at a fancy hairdresser’s we also want to some of our collaborative paintings. We had another painting session last weekend. It was a warm… Read More
As you might have noticed by now, I am quite addicted to online art courses. Addicted is probably not the right word – e-courses are just such a gift of modern technology. You can learn from top artists and teachers, be part of a supportive worldwide online community and have some schedule and assignments to… Read More
oh, how I love magnolias!
I have already painted on a round canvas board this year and now I grabbed an oval one. the finished painting is called: “cosmic telephone: call me” The painting is influenced by a lesson in Alena Hennessy’s A Year of Painting 2, encouraging the use of black & white for classy elegance – but… Read More
A new collage called “triple goddess”. I usually have a couple of backgrounds on rotation in my studio. I put leftover paint on them, stencil stuff or start collages. They keep evolving over a couple of weeks and sometimes months, with some changes every now and then. And I rarely have an idea how they… Read More
This week’s pattern is again a by-product of the Make Art that Sells course Part B, its 5th and final week was dedicated to Party Paper – paper plates, napkins, paper cups, wrapping paper etc. Our inspiration – the mini – was Bavarian and Ukrainian folk art. Ok, I am half-German (but not Bavarian) and… Read More
I finished a painting this week, on a 1m x 1m canvas (40” x 40”). I don’t know how many layers this painting has (seven or more), I started it in October last year and I found every layer so uninteresting that I didn’t even care to take photographs of the painting in progress. And… Read More
Happy Easter everyone!
The pattern of the week is the result of the work I did in Week 3 of the MATS B course. The market was scrapbooking – something that took me a while to grasp. There is no such market in Germany (yet), but we were provided with lots of information and visuals in the class… Read More
Due to our Amsterdam adventure a couple of days later – here is Clara’s April page: Spring is officially here now – let the lovebirds sing!