Like I said in the snowflake pattern post 3/52 – flowers are great for wallpaper all year round. One of the first exercises in Module 2 of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design was to simply find an item in your living room and make a sketch of it. I chose this flower… Read More
After the tropical palette of the last pattern 2/52, it is now time to face the reality of German winter again. Even though we have hardly had any snow yet … You might recognize the pattern again, I used Clara’s January calendar page for it. I took a photo of the cut-outs and it image-traced… Read More
My second pattern for the year-long challenge is also based on a gem shape like 1/52, I call it Tropical Crystals: This time the crystal shape was hand-drawn. And why tropical? Because I used some colours of this colour palette from last year’s trip to Thailand. And how I surprisingly found out today, the colours… Read More
I am happy to announce a new year-long project today! As my three 365-day-projects have ended with the end of last year, I first felt some relieve for a while this month. Carolina has stopped taking her afternoon naps coinciding with the end of the photo-project and I can declutter now only when I feel… Read More
15 minutes of painting on a January day. And we even had a little snow today (that didn’t stay).
… “hanging day” of my exhibition together with Doris Reske.
More often than not I get this question – how do you do it all? Having a family with two young children, being a self-employed yoga teacher and then all those paintings and the crafty stuff like sewing and knitting (and blogging about it). There is no secret. We are all busy. We all have… Read More
My new art business cards from London were delivered yesterday. I used a floral pattern from the MATS-course for the front of the cards and part of a painting for the back/contact side. They were printed by MOO and I just love that the business cards come in squares and that you can have a… Read More
I spotted the first yarn graffiti of 2015 last Saturday opposite the cute little fabric shop (I blogged about it here): Bright colours against a grey January sky. Thank you, anonymous knitter.