Quick Tips for painting birds
Winter has come here in Germany, and as the leaves have disappeared and the snow is falling, I can do one of my favorite activities […]
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Nature Journaling
Nature Sketchbook giveaway and a 5-year blog anniversary!
It’s been 5 years since I started my blogging activities around nature sketching and nature journaling, and teaching about the subject. What an adventure! To
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The last echoes of summer – sketching dahlias and borage
Recently I’ve brought flowers home with me from my community garden, the last remnants of this summer. And what better way is there to celebrate
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Keep it simple – Tips for a stress-free sketchbook practice
One thing I’ve noticed about my own sketching activities, but also in comments that you readers and viewers send in, is that whenever I make
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How to draw anything – learn sketching for beginners
In this post I want to give you a simple guide on how you can learn to draw anything. You don’t need any special skills
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Loose but precise: Painting an iris
Today I’m going to share a flower painting tutorial for a beautiful blue and yellow iris. This demonstration is an outtake from my new course “Loose
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Loose but precise: Expressive and simple floral paintings in watercolor – new course
Today I’m excited to announce a new course: I focused a lot on big, loose floral paintings during this spring and summer, an activity with
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The life of a poppy flower
I’ve recently sketched a poppy flower over several days – starting with the closed bud that slowly unfolded to show the very thin and crinkly
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4 easy tips for your sketchbook practice | how to keep sketching
Keeping a regular sketchbook practice can be hard, and I’d like to take a quick look at the aspects that were most helpful for me
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Sketchbook Tour Spring 2023 – flowers, travel sketching, landscapes
Here’s another sketchbook tour for the first quarter of 2023. Lots and lots of flowers, some travel sketching and a few larger landscapes. I’ve already
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My mini travel sketching kit | lightweight portable watercolor gear
I recently went on vacation, and of course I took a few sketching tools with me. I always try to keep my tools very lightweight
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Adding color and textures to botanical sketches – loose but precise
In the last step by step, I showed a quick approach with ink. There’s also a more detailed way for approaching botanical sketches. For this
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