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My Favorite Watercolor Mixes Right Now

February 26, 2020May 28, 2019 by Julia

I’m always experimenting and trying out new mixes with my watercolors. I do have a few favorites right now that’d I’d like to show today. Mixing watercolor is always an exciting thing, you never quite know what the result will be, and there are differences even when using the same pigments by different manufacturers. I … Read more

Nature Journaling – Drawing Ideas For Spring

November 27, 2023May 21, 2019 by Julia

Spring is in full bloom over here now and I’ve taken the opportunity and created a new class around nature journaling in spring! We’ll go for a hike together and take a look at different creative techniques for nature journaling now that nature is waking up again and you can see all kinds of plants, … Read more

My Sketchbook In April 2019

January 23, 2023May 7, 2019 by Julia

Another month has passed and it’s my time to look at what happened in my nature journal in that time. Spring is finally here and everything is coming to life in an amazing speed. There is so much fresh green growing everywhere suddenly, after the long winter months. Spring flowers appear in soft colors and … Read more

Why I Love Nature Journaling With Watercolors

February 26, 2020April 30, 2019 by Julia

There are lots of ways to keep a nature journal, some prefer pencil only while others like using colored pencils or ink. I keep coming back to watercolors. This might be because I’ve been painting in watercolor for a few years now, but even apart from that I find that it is a wonderfully versatile … Read more

How To Paint Clouds And The Sky – Learn to Paint Clouds in Watercolor (new class)

November 28, 2023April 23, 2019 by Julia

Do you sometimes wish you could just watch the clouds go by for an hour while not doing anything else? Now you can, at least almost! In my new course, we’ll take a relaxing time out and watch the sky and the passing clouds. And then we’ll take out our watercolors and paint them! In … Read more

How To Choose A Great Watercolor Palette – My Current Watercolor Field Kit

February 26, 2020March 26, 2019 by Julia

This is the palette I’m currently using for my sketchbook work and when I’m out in the field. When I work in my studio, I like to keep a bigger palette around just in case, but most of the time I end up using this one, too. I also have a Youtube video in which … Read more

How To Paint A Great Tit In Watercolor – Bird Painting (Video Tutorial)

April 29, 2021March 12, 2019 by Julia

Great tits are very common and very agile birds that you can see a lot at the bird feeder in winter. They are the biggest of the Paridae family in Europe. The have a lovely black and yellow plumage. In this video I share my entire process for painting one of these cute little birds … Read more

My Sketchbook in February 2019

February 26, 2020March 5, 2019 by Julia

February was another month where I focused on drawing birds, there’s not much happening here aside from that and the last breaths of winter. We ventured out for a few small trips however, one of them to the Hoher Meißner region south of where we live, and this was a very inspiring day for me. … Read more

How To Paint A Fieldfare In Watercolor – Bird Painting (Video Tutorial)

April 29, 2021February 19, 2019 by Julia

The fieldfare is a common bird here in winter, and it’s a delight to paint. In this video I share my entire process for painting a bird with a lot of detail. How to paint a realistic bird in watercolor Click on the video to start the tutorial. You can slow down the video (in … Read more

Common European Birds – An Ongoing Painting Project

April 20, 2020February 12, 2019 by Julia

One thing I’ve been working more on in the last few months is drawing and painting birds. I always felt strangely fascinated by birds, and in recent months I have started to paint them. I was particularly interested in what species are common and rare here in Germany (and in Europe), so that was the main focus of my research before starting to paint.

My Sketchbook in January 2019

January 23, 2023February 5, 2019 by Julia

It’s time for my monthly sketchbook review. January has been a relatively quiet time for me with lots of work done from home, or close to home. Winter is here and it has simply been too cold to spend a lot of time drawing outside. But I went on a few beautiful hikes when collecting … Read more

Drawing Ideas For The Winter Months

January 23, 2023January 29, 2019 by Julia

Starting or keeping a nature journal in the winter months may seem counterintuitive, because when you look outside it seems there’s not much there. There is happening less outside and that can be less distracting, and when you focus, you can notice that there still is quite a lot worth observing and journaling about. Winter … Read more