Time for chocolate / Zeit für Schokolade

After two days of rainy cold and grey weather  it was time to visit the charming café called CacaoGalerie once more. There were lots of visitors that must have had the same idea! Je trüber das Wetter um so reizvoller scheint ein Besuch in der CacaoGalerie mit ihren vielen Variationen von heißer Schokolade. Und ich…

flea market / Trödelmarkt

Last saturday Urban Sketchers Duesseldorf/Cologne met at a very charming flea market at Gare du Neuss. So many things to see and sketch that it was hard to decide which one to choose! I didn’t come very far and stayed in the little cafe sketching my surroundings. To be honest only a little part of…

view / Aussicht

Looking out of a  window while visiting a friend the red car caught my eye and I picked up my pens and colors  for a really quick sketch. Beim Blick aus dem Fenster fiel mir das rote Auto ins Auge und ich habe schnell meine Skizzensachen geschnappt und losgelegt. Viel Zeit war nicht, aber immerhin,…

shopping vs. sketching

I frequently visited a big art supply store, Boesner. To me it is nearly impossible to go in and then come out only with the items that were on my list. But I found out how I can manage to stick to the shopping-plan. I grab all the things on the list and then I…

even more / noch mehr davon

It was so much fun to try this positive approach to negative painting that I couldn’t stop. When I start with the first brushstrokes I almost always think something like: What am I doing here? This is going to be a disaster! But when I remind myself that it is only a piece of paper…

Café Enuma

Recently I discovered this very nice cafe. I really like the unusual and a bit oldfashioned mix of furniture. Their coffee is really great and the whole place tells you to sit down and relax. Who am I to say „no, thanks“?! Das Caffè Enuma in Düsseldorf-Bilk ist für mich die Entdeckung der letzten Tage.…