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I remembered I hadn't painted a cat in a long time, so I corrected that. This portrait of my kitty Coralie @coralie_and_xenia is painted on a cradled wooden panel, ground with standard wall paint. And I like the result very much. Not so much the vertical lines, but I’ll pay attention to that next time.
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As a gift for myself, I'm spending one month at Jean Haines Online Art School www.watercolourinspiration.com, and her newest online tutorial "Wacky Pheasant" inspired me to create this painting.
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I've never painted a bat, but aren't they cute animals? For years, we've had one, or maybe two, in our garden, and we feel so lucky to admire their gorgeous hunting rounds around our garden lamp.
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Ich habe unsere Gartenkröte wieder entdeckt und festgestellt, dass ich zwar schon einige Frösche gemalt habe, aber noch nie eine Kröte. An diesem ersten noch herrlich warmen Herbsttag ist es einfach wunderbar noch draußen arbeiten zu können.
Ich habe ohne jede Vorzeichnung mit dem Auge begonnen und dann langsam die Kröte und ihre Umgebung drumherum aufgebaut.
I rediscovered our garden toad and realized that although I have painted a few frogs, I have never painted a toad. On this first, still lovely warm autumn day, it is simply wonderful to work outside.
I started with the eye without any preliminary drawing and then slowly built up the toad and its surroundings around it.
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Great Lessons!
“The owl teaches us that sometimes it’s in the silence that the greatest lessons are learned.”
– Anonymous
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....und es geht weiter mit meiner Nordseetier Serie! Schweinswale haben es nicht leicht in unseren beiden Norddeutschen Meeren und ihre Bestände sind durch den Menschen und Umwelteinflüsse stark bedroht. Es sind KEINE Delphine, sondern kleine Wale. Sie sind scheu und kaum erforscht.
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First version of this awesome cute photo of Coralie, maybe I'll try a less colorful version next.
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It's time for more animal paintings again and this is my first go with a donkey portrait.
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SKTCHY ARTSCHOOL watercolor #30faces30days. Day 9 thanks for the wonderful tutorial Lisa Filion and many thanks to the muse Mel B for the inspiring reference photo
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Es treibt der Wind im Winterwalde
Die Flockenheerde wie ein Hirt,
Und manche Tanne ahnt, wie balde
Sie fromm und lichterheilig wird;
Und lauscht hinaus.
Den weissen Wegen
Streckt sie die Zweige hin – bereit,
Und wehrt dem Wind und wächst entgegen
Der einen Nacht der Herrlichkeit.
Rainer Maria Rilke, Schmargendorf, im Dezember 1897.
inspired again by Jean Haines Online Art School
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Autumn is a very exciting time for my Coralie; she's sitting the whole day at the windows and looking at the leaves dancing through the air. The Challenge at Jean Haines Online Art School was to paint a cat profile and here it is.
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Here in Lower Saxony, we are very fortunate to have unique and varied landscapes, from the Harz mountains to the North Sea coast, everything is there. And especially in my immediate vicinity, the Lueneburg Heath with its wide heath and moor areas, there are some almost extinct animal species that you can observe with your own eyes or camera.
While the black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) was still native too many heath and moor areas in Lower Saxony until the 1970s, the bird, which belongs to the grouse family, has almost completely disappeared from the state today.
Only in the Lueneburg Heath is there a residual population of the black grouse, which has stabilized in recent years due to intensive protection and care measures, but is now declining again. At the last count in 2022, only 39 black grouse were found. It is imperative to protect this stock.
The black grouse is a small relative of the capercaillie. While the capercaillie is typical of large natural forest areas, the black grouse lives in open landscapes such as moors and heaths.
Only through the preservation of the open heathland and the special consideration of the visitors, by observing the rules on the way, will it be possible to preserve these animals of this bird species, which are threatened with extinction.
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It's my first attempt at the "Sleeping Dog Challenge" at Jean Haines Online Art school. Sleeping cats would be sure easier to paint for me.
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