portrait

Portrait  Mixed media and collage on paper 29x43cm. 

This is a typical 'Michele Portrait' .... When I don't have a model or a photo, my portraits look all similar ! First at al,l they all look so sad and always a little bit like they are coming from another world !!!

 

Even when I have a look at really old portraits that I have done when I studied, they have the same expression ! I wonder why that is....

'Genuss' and more Red Riding Hood !

Genuss Mixed media and collage on paper 29x43cm.

She had not seen the wolf in him Mixed media on paper 29x43cm.

Apart Mixed media and collage on paper 29x43cm.

Unschuld
Mixed media and collage on paper 29x43 cm.

Red Riding Hood   Acrylic on paper 29x43cm.

I didn't paint for 2 weeks after my little '30 day art challenge, not because I needed a brake, but because there was the school holidays and even I wanted to paint , there is never enough time !

Even after  only this short brake, I feel somehow it is starting from the beginning again ... The question , WHAT to paint and even HOW to paint :) 

The first day I painted the 'Red Riding Hood' which really was just an enlargement of one of the sketches. The sketch is much stronger as always .... I don't even know why I bother to rework sketches in a larger size , but as a starting point after resting for 2 weeks , it was probably sensitive to do ! The painting yesterday 'Unschuld' was  a new idea, but still involves the wolf and Red Riding Hood . 

With the title I realised, that some words you just can not translate. ' Unschuld' ( German )  meaning : innocence, but also virginity and it has the word 'Schuld' which means 'fault, mistake' and 'schuldig' is 'guilty' which  with other words means , once you loose your innocence you are guilty ! So I left the German title ... There are so many words that you can't translate without loosing some of it's meaning ! 

At the end one question, that you maybe can help me with ...Why do you call 'Red Riding Hood' like that in english ? In all other languages I am aware of, she is called after her red hood ... Why is she riding ? Does anybody know ?

The last 3 days of the 30 day art challenge

day 30 b ( the end !!!) 

Day 30 a 

Day 29 b

Day 29 a 

Day 28 c

Day 28 b 

Day 28 a 

The last day of my challenge to fill a sketchbook in 30 days ! Hurrrraaayyyyyyy ! I did it ... The sketchbook is full and I should have enough ideas for bigger paintings for the next few months :) 

I have enjoyed that project very much ... Not only to have FINALLY a full sketchbook, but also the challenge to come up with new ideas, even when you think  "Today I can't think of anything" ! I also had such an amazing response from my 'Red Bubble' friends, that I have to recommend to other artists who are not on Red Bubble to try it out ! I am somehow already missing my sketchbook ...I think tomorrow I will have to get a new one.... ;-)

Day 27 a

Day 27 b 

Day 27 c 

Day 26

Day 25 c

Day 25 b 

Day 25 a

It is not that long to go anymore until I finish this sketchbook. I am looking forward to the last page and at the same time I know I will miss it :) 

But I decided to always have a sketchbook and to work daily on it . Probably even few different ones ! One for drawings, 

One for just colour combinations and scraps ,

One  for ideas and little paintings like this one !

So I need three new sketchbooks ....

another day :)

Day24 c 

Day 24 b 

Day 24 a

Day 23

Day 22 c 

Day 22 b 

Day 22 a ( Cate ) 

sketchbook, sketchbook, sketchbook...

Day 21c

Day 21 a 

Day 21 b 

I have just decided today not to stress too much with this 'finishing a sketchbook in 30 days ' .... I didn't count my pages before I started :)) I somehow thought , that I would do fine with one sketch a day ! So that is how I started . Later on I realised, that the book has 60 ( 60 !!!) pages , so now to finish it in my own challenge, I have to do 3 a day ( and I still have one day rest if I want ...) Is all this counting not contra creative ? If you just paint because 'you have to finish the job ' not a secure thing to fail in the painting ? Though... I like the saying that

 ' inspiration for the artist is a luxury , you have to work for the inspiration ' 

well... I will still try my best :)

Day 20 a ( the missing sister ) 

day 20 b 

Day 20 c

sunday sketch !

Day 18 a 

Day 18 b 

Day 18 c 

Day 18 c 

Day 19 

" photo of the day "

Today ( actually day 19 ) I just made one sketch, which is not a lot compared to the last couple of days... But it is SUNDAY :) Time for a break really. 

What amazes me the most about my "30 day fill the sketchbook project" is, that even when I think " no, today I can't think of anything " something DOES come up! It is just about starting ..... not even thinking about it, but actually opening the book with a pen in your hand ! 

The " photo of the day " is my first photo I made , that I actually like  !

Day 17 b 

Day 17 a

Day 16 b 

Day 16 a 

halfway through the 30 day art challenge !!!

Day 15 

Day 14 a

Day 14 b 

Day 14 c 

 Well, I am halfway through my own challenge to finish a sketchbook in 30 days ...
BUT I have more than half still empty pages in the book ! Therefore, I will have to work a bit harder for the next couple of days to keep up .
I do enjoy a lot working on those sketches, I just don't get to paint anything else ! People always think, just because a painting is smaller, that it takes less time..... well, let me tell you : " that is not the case at all" not in my case anyway ! I can work the whole day on a small work and some times it is even possible to finish a big canvas in one day . Once again : no rules in art :))

sketching over the weekend :)

Day 12 

Day 13 

Photo day 5