In the Mood for… Paintings inspired by the Masters

In the Mood for… Marc: Little Monkey (acrylic on canvas; 30×24 cm; 2016) In the Mood for… Rousseau – The Dream (acrylic on canvas; 40×30 cm) In the Mood for… Velázquez – The Rokeby Venus (acrylic on canvas; 40×30 cm) In the Mood for … Vermeer – Girl with a Pearl Earring (acrylic on canvas;

Merry Christmas! Seasonal Greetings from the South Pole

  Since everyone is concentrating on the North Pole these days (´cause that´s were Santa´s supposed to live;), I thought some seasonal greetings from the South Pole wouldn´t come amiss;) Wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!! Have a lovely time!!!

“Guess what!” … and yet another one

Last night I watched another of my all time favourite, pre-Christmas movies – and this is what I quickly sketched 🙂   Let´s see, if you can guess from which film this scene is! (Give you a little clue here: it´s from a classic film that was one of the most successful in box-office history.)

Animals

      A pair of gerbils in a coconut         gerbil   gerbils                                                                   guinea pigs    In the Mood for Beatrix Potter                                      

The Process of Painting

  Let me show you how my paintings come into being step by step: In the Mood for… Velázquez – The Rokeby Venus   In the Mood for… Degas – Dancers at Rehearsal       In the Mood for… Vermeer – Girl with a Pearl Earring    

Last Minute low-budget DIY Christmas Presents

If you´re anything like me, you´ll wonder how fast Christmas is upon us every year anew, too;) As a rule, I try to make as many selfmade presents as I possibly can, ´cause I myself like these kind of presents the most 🙂 So I´ve come up with some last minute DIY Christmas Present ideas

Guess what!

At the end of the year, I get, as everbody else I suppose, a little bit sentimental and tend to watch all the films I really love and can never get enough of 🙂   But this time, while enjoying my film and somehow managing to make a mess with pop corn and spilling the

It´s getting cold outside…

That´s how I must have looked yesterday, wrapped up from head to toe and determined to enjoy my walk despite the icy wind;) ´Cause you know: There´s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing!

In the Mood for… Diego Velázquez – The Rokeby Venus – Part I

I started working on a new painting today, inspired by the famous “Rokeby Venus” (around 1650) by Diego (Rodríguez de Silva y) Velázquez who was one of the most important spanish painters during the Golden Age. As the leading artist of the Spanish Court he painted a lot of portraits of the Spanish Royal family