Inktober 2019 – Wrap Up

  I actually planned to share the rest of my Inktober drawings with you piece by piece, like I did with the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland, but realized that I did far too many drawings to do this in time before Christmas (which unbelievably is due in just a couple of weeks –

Follow The White Rabbit

“Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!”  Sounds familiar? 😉 These are the famous first words by the White Rabbit, a fictional character in Lewis Carroll‘s book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. He appears at the very beginning of the book, in chapter one, wearing a waistcoat, and as illustrated here, always consulting his pocket watch. (I don’t

Paper, Ink and Pen

  Every October, artists all over the world take on the Inktober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month. Inktober has been created by artist Jake Parker in 2009 because he wanted to improve his inking skills and develop positive drawing habits.   I haven’t done ink drawings in a long

The Changing Seasons – April 2019

  It´s time again for the wonderful challenge The Changing Seasons hosted by my dear friend Su from Zimmerbitch!   This month is clearly dominated by one theme – flowers! April started with my beloved cactus showering me with its beautiful flowers! This cactus is a descendent from a plant that belonged to my great-grandmother, and is well

A Floating Tree

  Due to some minor health issues in August I haven´t done much blogging or painting – some of you might have noticed. 😉 But thankfully I´m on my way back and even did  a little water colour painting inspired by a book that I have borrowed from the library at the beginning of this

A Prickly Handful

    After having painted the pineapple that is more than a bit prickly to me 😉 , my thoughts went to one of the cutest animals, that also happens to be a bit prickly: the long-eared hedgehog. I´ve never had the opportunity to meet one as they are native to Central Asian countries as

Why We All Should Hug a Tree

    This month I´m joining the JUNE 2018 ART CHALLENGE: Outdoor Fun! created by my wonderful friend Charlie, creator of Doodlewash® and founder of World Watercolor Month™ (July) and World Watercolor Group™. Once again it is open to anyone who wants to participate with watercolor painting and/or simply pencil or pen & ink sketches. If you’re participating in the

Two Blog Awards and a Duckling

    I´m completely thrilled to have been nominated again for two wonderful Blog Awards! The first one is The Blogger Recognition Award for which I have to thank Cathi from OVER THE HILL on the YELLOW BRICK ROAD! 🙂 Please check out her wonderful blog, and I promise you that you will fall in

A Surprising Encounter

    Over 3.5 million people and a few thousand foxes live in Berlin, and supposedly the latter can be seen just about everywhere but so far I only ever saw one single fox. It was a couple of years back when I was on my way back home after a late course at uni.

It´s cold, it´s wet – it´s Easter!

  Wish you all a beautiful and Happy Easter! 🐰🐤🐔🌷   P.S. It´s quite cold and rainy around here, so I painted this snowshoehare still clad in his winter coat as an Easter bunny for you 😉