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Summer, as I remember it
SUMMER AS I REMEMBER IT
IN THE COOL SHADOW OF AN APPLE TREE
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VALLEY…
(a landscape study of 2008, colored in 2012, published 2013)
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Watch Birds Watch – in my journal
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I had my complex camera with me, of course, and very good advice from all the photographer friends around me. When you go out of the fully air-conditioned hotel, your camera lens fogs up immediately, (you too, by the way) and you can shoot photos with a “David Hamilton” effect, or wait until the lens clears up, which takes 5 minutes.
The beautiful river promenade through Singapore
There were also two sketchbooks in my backpack, one tiny Hahnemühle Sketchbook 9 x 14 cm which I used a lot for simple ink pen drawings as it’s so easy to carry around. The other a Clairefontaine Travel Album, 21 x 29,5 (A4) 180g. I had also Inkpens, pencils, watercolor crayons, and a little Windsor & Newton “COTMAN” watercolor paint box which I always take with me, every day of the year.
The first sketch in the Travel Album, The Botanic Garden in the middle of Singapore. A sudden warm shower helped dilute the watercolor crayons I’d used, as well as some of the non waterproof inkpen lines….
Take your sketchbook everywhere and if what’s going on around you inspires you, then draw it. You can use color on site, if you have the necessary tools with you, or at home, afterwards. Capture one precious moment in time. The more you do it, the more you’ll love it, I promise you that! Don’t let yourself get distracted by the people around you, you’ll get used to them.
Don’t think about what others could think about your sketch. It’s not about producing something correct, exact, accurate. It’s about letting the world into your heart through your eyes! Reflect what you see, feel it, re-create it. Be wild. Do it for yourself.
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Skyline of Paris (view of the Eastern part) from the Centre Pompidou in Paris. ink on paper
Same day, I went to see another exhibition, at the Centre Pompidou (Beaubourg) “GERHARD RICHTER”, a contemporary German artist. Intriguing. Huge paintings, like photos, in often somber colors, strong statements too, and also completely abstract works which spoke to me through their bright tones. I couldn’t sketch there, first because Richter’s works did”nt want to be sketched, and second, it’s not an intimate place like the Pinacothèque is. At Centre Pompidou, up there on the 6th floor, you feel very aloft, and exposed and in wide space. Now, PARIS wanted to be sketched, and it’s so relaxing…
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My Father’s Garden – Ink, Oil on paper (Canson 250 mg,24 x 32 cm)
There I sat, in the Garden, with 35 degrees (in the shadow), ink stains on my hands, the wonderful smell of oil color and turpentine oil, the light was intense and so the sketch turned out very intense too. Back in Paris now, where I visited two exhibitions yesterday, more about that in the next post.
Da sass ich im Garten, bei 35 Grad im Schatten, Tintenflecke auf den Händen. Ich liebe den Geruch von Terpentinöl und Ölfarbe. Das Licht war so intensiv, deshalb diese tiefen Farben hier. Jetzt bin ich wieder zurück in Paris, da gibts andere Sachen zu malen. Gestern war ich in zwei Ausstellungen, skizzieren, schauen, staunen. Davon mehr im nächsten Post. Tschüss:)
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A sunny Sunday afternoon at the “Bois de Vincennes” a couple of weeks ago. There were lots of people enjoying the warm weather after lots of rain and unseasonable cold:). There were even two freshly married couples, but they didn”t stop by long enough for me to draw them. We sipped our lemonade and watched the happy people….
La Confiserie du Lac – “look at them” – ink, watercolor 9.4 x 12.6 inch
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CLOWNS at the Samovar Theater – Cédric et Isabelle – ink, watercolor, oilpastel, 9.4 x 12.6 inch
I did 9 reportage drawings last Saturday evening at a Clowns’ Theater play for our new project Atelier 325. You can read everything about the play and see all the other drawings by clicking on the above drawing of the three clowns Isabelle, Adonus and Cédric.
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Did I tell you already that I love to sit on my sofa in the morning, sipping tea and drawing… Giving up the need of wanting to create something special is not an easy task. I almost reached this blessed state of an artist’s mind this morning. Lot’s of joy doing it. The outcome, Chaos, interesting. Motto: Give it up and see what happens.
Discovery of Chaos – pen and ink drawing, oilpastel, graphit crayon
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I recently read this book, I liked it so much and it inspired me this drawing. I added Knut sleeping. Oskar likes sleeping downstairs in the studio and kitchen area, but Knut likes it upstairs. Upstairs is my bedroom, a tiny bathroom and another studio area which I set up not long ago. So when I’m not inspired downstairs, I go up:)
I love sitting on my canapé (sofa) in the morning, sipping tea, drawing….
Ink drawing on Canson 240 mg 9.4 x 12.6 inch
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Ink (old Sheaffer fountain pen) and colored pencil drawing
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