national arbor day / Tag des Baumes

This sketch is about 9 month old and it shows my favorite tree. I knew this tree since childhood, it was more that 150 years old (which I am not). While painting this I already knew that it was slowly dying. Every year there were less leaves and in November they finally decided to cut…

waiting for me?

For more than 3 years this plush dog is sitting in the toy shop in a huge store downtown. Every time I’m there I check whether or not that little terrier is still there. He has already lost his price tag but that doesn’t make it cheaper, I’m afraid. It is an original Steiff animal…

#doodlewashaday #selfieday

It is selfieday and I can show you my attempt without fearing you will recognize me if we meet:-) Still not much likeness although it isn’t the first try.   Heute ist Selfietag, und meinen Versuch kann ich zeigen, ohne fürchten zu müssen, dass man mich erkennt :-). Nach wie vor keine große Ähnlichkeit, obwohl…

not really a portrait

I know that my portraits lack any kind of likeness… but today I had to try…   Meine Portraits sehen dem Modell meisten nicht mal ansatzweise ähnlich, aber heute wollte ich es trotzdem mal wieder versuchen, aus gegebenem Anlass.

Narzissen / daffodils

These daffodils are standing on my balcony for about 2 weeks now waiting to get painted. Somehow there never was time, but before they finally wither I managed to do a quick sketch. Of course it should have been much looser, but I’m quite happy with the way it turned out. Loose enough for the…

national garlic day

This was an easy choice for #doodlewashaday. In a friends‘ opinion garlic fits for nearly every meal and he likes to use a lot of it. The sideeffect can be that people stay in secure distance the next day. So don’t eat too much garlic when you have a date with your dentist or someone…

locker genug / loose flowers

Lately I saw a video by Andrew Geeson and his very loosely approach to watercolor. Normally I’m more the kind of see-every-petal-type but I want to change that. So I tried to copy his picture. And I’m quite happy with the result. But I must admit: it is very small:-)   Neulich habe ich ein…

rubber eraser day #doodlewashaday

In Charlies link there was a rubber eraser day on the list and I thought that this is a good opportunity to worship these helpful little guys. So I checked my desk and found some of them. My favorite is the blue kneedable eraser in the middle because it is gentle to the watercolor paper.…

Pulsatilla vulgaris

Now it’s official that spring is here and I am once more very happy that the Pulsatilla vulgaris on my balcony survived winter and is showing its purple blossoms. Sorry but I didn’t find the English word for this flower, does someone know it?   Jetzt ist es amtlich, der Frühling kommt! Eindeutiges Anzeichen ist…

submarine day #doodlewashaday

Today is national submarine day. My sketch would also fit for a national dragon day, but I don’t know if there is something like that. The idea behind this strange combination was inspired by friends. She loves dragons and he is very interested in submarines 🙂 Es gibt also einen Tag des U-Bootes. Dabei würde…