Covehead Lighthouse

Another watercolor for the Virtual Paintout.

Schminke Horadam artists watercolors 

on Arches Grain Satiné hot pressed 

9 x 12 1/8 "

Berna Escudero

A drawing I did after Robert Henri's wonderful painting. It took me 3 times to try before I was satisfied with the result.

Lead pencil drawing on Schöllershammer 190 g/qm DIN A3

Too bad, but I found no information  who Berna Escudero was. I was fascinated on her expression that for me is a mixture of pride and disdain. Her look is childlike and in an adult manner, it's telling a story...

Roman Catholic Church, St. Peters Bay, Canada

Today I finished this painting for the Virtual Paintout.

It shows the Roman Catholic Church of St. Peters Bay Prince Edward Island, Canada, the paintout for August.

 Watercolor, 30 x 30 cm (11,8 x 11,8"). 

Enjoy!

An old barn and our cathedral 'Siegtaldom'

"Old Barn" DIN A4, pencil drawing

 Siegtaldom, St. Laurentius.
DIN A4 pencil drawing

Enjoy!

It's just Ink and a little watercolor

Today I draw two miniature paintings, the first with ink and watercolor, the second only with ink. I like the second one more. Would appreciate your oppinion. Which one is your favourite and why do you prefer it?

ATC No. 16

ATC No. 17

A little Sunflower

At first my consolation for the Tahitian. It is so far away from here, but I imagine it is horrible for the people staying there.
Hope they will get help soon.
This little Sunflower I painted yesterday. The kind answer of my request for permission came promptly. The copyright for the botanical picture is expired.

ATC No. 15

Umbrella and poppies

My drawing studies are going on and I can see some progress.

Before I painted the umbrella I've drawn it 5! times with pencil on drawing paper. I think I will dream of it tonight :)).

The poppies I painted without any drawing, just paint on the paper and both at the same time. During one was drying, I painted on the other. It tooks me less than a half hour for both.  That was a great experience for me because I never thought I can do that!

Let me know your opinion, am I a star or not? :)))

Thank's for stopping by.

Enjoy!

ATC No. 12, 13, 14

Please feel free to visit my album left above on this page.

If you are interested please email me: J.Smarsinski (ät)t-online.de

Don't forget to visit the ATC Exchange Place

New ATCs and a New Blog - ATC Exchange Place

Yesterday  started a special blog for exchanging the Artist Trading Cards. What a great idea! If you want to join in, ask the admin for invitation. It's fun! Visit the ATC Exchange Place

Created three mini-artworks during some breaks from my drawing studies.

ATC No, 9, 10 and 11

Watercolor + Ink

(No. 10 is already given for another).

Click on the diashow above to visit the complete album.

Enjoy!

Murateri updated

Following Sladdi's comment concerning too much lightness of the hair, I darkened some shadows of the drawing. Hope it will work better now.

This year starts with a drawing

Hi all!

First work in 2010 is a pencil and charcoal drawing of a nice japanese girl called murataeri. The photo was given under creative commons license from flickr member idua_japan. Thanks to him for the wonderful picture.

I selected this for a drawing because I love the glamourous but innocent look of that girl.

Klick here for the photograph

Hope you like it and also  my drawing. Enjoy!

Winter Scene

Today I finished this painting of a winter scene. Most probably this is my last winter painting before Christmas.

Wish you all happy holydays and a peaceful, healthy and successful New Year!

Schminke watercolor on Hahnemühle 425 g/qm  watercolor paper

9,4 " x 12,6 " (24 x 32 cm)

Drawing

Drawing is the hardest thing for me, but essentially for building up good paintings (I mean). I often draw, but most of my results are only scetches. Tried to draw a little more detailed and with more attention to light and shadow in this two I finished today.

Lighthouse, 8" x 10" on watercolor paper

Blossoms, 9,5" x 11" on drawing paper

The Fortress

Another painting about winter and snow was coming out of my brush at another sleepless night. It's showing a  German fortress surrounded by a protective body of water, apparently build up in the 13th century.

Watercolor 6" x 8"

Four further mini paintings, called ACEO

The show must go on!
Nightwork as usual, I love to paint when everybody's sleeping.

I'll tell you a secret. Most of my minis are copies from famous deceased painters. Some of them show only a small detail. Please leave your comment when you identify one of them.

Here are the next four ACEO

ACEO - Jetzt hat es auch mich erwischt! (I'm infected)

Hi Folks,
ACEO steht für Art Card Editions and Original  – diese Karten haben eine gemeinsame Regel, sie haben die Größe von 6,4 x 8,9 cm (2,5" x 3,5"), die Größe einer Sammelkarte. Und dazu sind sie auch gedacht, zum Sammeln und Tauschen. Natürlich kann man sie auch einrahmen und aufhängen.

ACEO stands for "Art Cards, Editions and Originals". These cards have one main rule - they are 3.5 inches by 2.5 inches - the size of a trading card.
If you want to learn more about ACEO feel free to visit this page:

ACEO

Hier also meine ersten 4 ACEOs oder ATCs, wie sie auch genannt werden, zum Thema Winter:
So here are my first four ACEOs for winter theme:

Bei Interesse einfach eine Email schicken. Die Adresse findest Du meinem Profil.

If you are interested in an exchange, please feel free to contact me per email. You can find the adress in my profile.

The Church at Auvers

Hi all,

today I finished this painting of the famous church, which Vincent Van Gogh painted plain air during the last year of his life. I did'nt copy his work but took a photo from a today's view of it. My version is a little bit more realistic, I mean ;)

Hope you enjoy.

Watercolor with artists paints Schminke Horadam on artists watercolor paper Hahnemühle 425 g/qm
9,4' x 12,6' (24 x 32 cm).

Reference photo: 
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Auvers-sur-Oise_%C3%89glise.JPG

Gold Hill

Eigentlich habe ich noch ein anderes Bild in Arbeit, auch eine Perspektive-Übung, doch  die Wetcanvas Oktober-Challenge hat mir dann doch keine Ruhe gelassen und ich habe sie vorgezogen.

Hier meine Version von 'Gold Hill, Schaftesbury'.

Shaftesbury ist eine Stadt im Norden von Dorset, England. Die Stadt liegt ca. 200 Meter über dem Meeresspiegel. Im Jahre 2001 hatte die Stadt 6665 Einwohner mit 3112 Haushalten.
Die Stadt liegt über dem Blackmore-Tal und ein Stück über dem Fluss Stour. Von verschiedenen Aussichtspunkten kann man Glastonbury Tor und die Isle of Purbeck sehen.
Shaftesbury ist insbesondere berühmt für die Gold Hill, eine treppenartige, steile Straße (welche für "Hovis Brot" in der Werbung genutzt wurde). Quelle: Wikipedia

Kürbisstilleben Nr. 2

Zu unserem gemeinsamen Malprojekt 'Kürbisstilleben' wurde von Yvonne noch ein weiteres Foto zur Verfügung gestellt. Hier meine Version.

Aquarell 32 x 34 cm

Cupcakes

Für alle Figurbewußten:

Diese Kalorien machen garantiert nicht dick!

Different Strokes From Different Folks ist ein Blog von Karin Jurick. Alle 2 Wochen stellt sie ein Foto und jeder darf seine eigene Interpretation dazu malen.

Gefunden habe ich den Blog vor etwa 2 Wochen, da war es für die Straßen von San Francisco schon zu spät. Aber diesmal wollte ich unbedingt dabei sein und habe es geschafft! Jipieh!

Neues Forum: Kreatives Malen

Vor einer Woche wurde ich von der Gründerin eines noch ganz jungen Forums eingeladen, dort mitzumachen. Ihrer Einladung kam ich sehr gerne nach, da ich Yvonne schon aus einem anderen Forum kannte, ihre konstruktiven Beiträge sehr schätze und nicht zuletzt weil ihre Kunstfertigkeit auf dem Gebiet der Aquarellmalerei bemerkenswert ist.

Da ich bekanntermaßen ein Challenge-Junkie bin, regte ich an, im Forum monatlich ein spezielles Thema zu malen. Yvonne stimmte zu und schlug für den September das Thema Kürbisstilleben vor.

Kürbisse verbinde ich mit Halloween, was ja auch in Deutschland immer mehr Popularität erlangt. Deshalb ist mein Kürbisstilleben sehr schrill ausgefallen.

Die Fotovorlage dazu lieferte freundlicherweise terragina .