Category Archives: Nature

YOU NEED SUMMER

If you would would like to see the summer full screen, please just click on the image…

Summer, as I remember it

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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The Old Barge (La vieille péniche)

One day it’s the big city and windowshopping, the next day it’s a walk by the river Marne.  When I go home from my dayjob in the early evening, I often take “the long way” home. I get off the train later, and walk alongside the river.

There is this old barge, rusting away but still beautiful. I think the barge serves as a kitchen to a little restaurant. They serve “tajines“. A metal bridge connects restaurant and ship. I stood and sketched, and when I was almost done, raindrops began to fall on the page:)

Fleurs en bord de Marne – Flowers on the border of the Marne

Petit Bateau – little boat

Petit bateau s’en va – Little boat leaving


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Let’s do something…

to protect all animals…

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“Making of” the TREE WORRIER

He says: PROTECT THE TREES, PLEASE !

Tree Worrier - Linen, Lace, glass beads, tree twigs

Preliminary sketches:

Tree-Worrier preliminary sketches

 

 

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Bonsai – detail

I take  photos from magazines or my own photos,  glue them into my sketchbook and when I’m on the train, I draw.

I think I cut this out from a Bonsai Magazine, but I’m not sure anymore… a multibreasted treetrunk. I draw some lines with an inkpen, and  finished the painting with a  pencil. So, as you can see, now I’m more into trees than into metroheads:)…

Bonsai detail - inkpen and pencil, 9x14 cm sketchbook

Bonsai detail - inkpen and pencil, 9x14 cm sketchbook

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Sketching in the train – catching impressions – some landscape

I came home from Germany last week, Frankfurt/Main – Paris. Some landscape between Frankfurt and Heidelberg…

Landscape flying by - quick sketch in Moleskine notebook

miss doodle en vogue

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Suddenly: What do pigs look like?

Suddenly, in between thoughts about where I’d like to live, (at the see, or in the mountains, at home or abroad:)  I asked myself: “what do pigs look like, how do I draw them??” Then I drew one from memory. I promised myself to do some research about pigs….

This is a friendly one, but anyway, I can’t imagine pigs other than friendly. When I was little (still today, I guess) and had the occasion to go into a pigsty, I loved watching and touching the pigs, especially the little ones. And their snouts. Love their snouts, they feel special:)

Suddenly : What do pigs look like?

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A part of Mr. Bonsai

Bonsai - Pencil drawing 14 w 9 cm

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Come away with me – My Valentine’s Ark

"Andrea's Ark" - inkpendrawing, watercolor

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Roots and Tree-Beings

Roots - Watcolor study, - watercolor, pencil, inkpen

 

Tree Beings - The Second Tree Being - ink pen study

Tree Beings - The First one - pencil study

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