Anniversary – 20 Years of Painting

Anniversary – 20 Years of Painting

Anniversary - 20 Years of Painting. Today, I am celebrating 20 years of painting. 20 years ago I attended my first watercolor painting workshop at an adult education center in the Siegerland (Germany). At that time I painted my first... Weiterlesen
Grado Sunset – Aquarell Painting

Grado Sunset – Aquarell Painting

Grado Sunset - Aquarell Painting My vacation is slowly coming to an end and I can't leave Grado (Northern Italy) without posting at least one painting of this place. This is one of several stunning sunsets that I saw here. It is... Weiterlesen
Tolstoy Portrait – Aquarell Painting

Tolstoy Portrait – Aquarell Painting

Tolstoy Portrait - Aquarell Painting. Today is Leo Tolstoy's 186th birthday and Google honors this with a doodle. So I decided to paint his portrait for the 30in30 challenge. I found an old postcard photo on eBay which I used as... Weiterlesen
Van Gogh and new series

Van Gogh and new series

Van Gogh and new series Due to the homework, I do for my art studies, I will have to paint several pictures of the "Old Masters". So far I did not do this very often, because it goes against my... Weiterlesen
Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms Cherry Blossoms are a major theme in the area where I live. Among other things a road bicycle race is named after it, as well as a public hiking event, and several buildings have "cherry blossoms" in their... Weiterlesen
Mount Rinjani, Indonesia

Mount Rinjani, Indonesia

This was the last painting that was finished in time for the exhibition in Vienna in November. It is based on a vacation pic of my sister. This mountain lake has a fascinating color. The smoking volcano in the middle... Weiterlesen
Kassa Island, Guinea

Kassa Island, Guinea

The following watercolor is based on a vacation pic that I took 10 years ago. Due to a workshop, I traveled to Conacry, Guinea, and was able to spend some much needed vacation on an island across from the capital. I... Weiterlesen
Barbados Beach

Barbados Beach

Here is another painting based on the vacation pic of somebody else. This time it is a photo taken by my sister south of Bridgetown in Barbados. I just love this atmosphere of sun and clouds, reflected on the water,... Weiterlesen
Dutch Heath

Dutch Heath

Here is a later entry for my series on Dutch landscapes. I did a similar one in August but wanted one in landscape format. The heath on the southern edge of Ermelo in the Netherlands is close to full bloom,... Weiterlesen
Lake Crossing, Mali

Lake Crossing, Mali

This is another painting based on one of my favorite photos - a Boso pirogue (dugout canoe) carries people across the lake of Selengué in the south of Mali. The setting sun bathed everything in orange light and is beautifully... Weiterlesen
Lanikai Beach, Hawaii

Lanikai Beach, Hawaii

High time to post my recent paintings. Some of them were done several weeks ago but I was either traveling or had problems with bad photos. So, here is one painting that is based on one of my favorite photos... Weiterlesen
Vineyards in Lower Austria

Vineyards in Lower Austria

This is another painting based on somebody's favorite vacation picture. Sabine who is from Lower Austria but lives now in Styria wrote: My family organizes each year a family hiking day. This time we chose the area around Hollenburg. We... Weiterlesen
Sahel Sun

Sahel Sun

September is over and the 30in30 challenge, too. Nevertheless, I wanted to continue along the same lines and paint another ten watercolor paintings, since I added 10 drawings into the mix. Today's painting is a typical view of the Sahel... Weiterlesen
Swiss Mountains

Swiss Mountains

Here is another view of the Swiss mountains - a landscape painting showing a beautiful spot near Medels in Rheinwald, with beautiful green meadows and interesting rock formations, all bathed in warm afternoon sun.