Hello friends. I mentioned in an earlier post to stay tuned as there could be giveaways of my “questionable art.” If you would like your own HD original, made-with-love, amateurish acrylic swiss landscape it would tickle me pink to ship it to you at no cost (goes to first taker). It is small so I can…
oh, dear – bad blogger!
It really has been a long time since I have been here. And not just “not here” here. I also haven’t been painting and haven’t been hiking. I just simply have not felt like it and am only just recovering from the lethargy of summer vacation and the upheaval of a new school year. I guess…
new painting – view of kleiner mythen
Hello all, It has certainly been awhile. Bad weather and family commitments have kept me from my walks and shear laziness has kept me from painting and writing. I have, however, managed to finish one small painting. The material for this came from my hike awhile ago to Sattel. It was a lovely day, but…
weekend wander – june 22/2014
Hello all, Every morning as I have my first coffee of the day I look out at Rigi. Rigi is “Queen of the Mountains” – or so the swiss call her. This is strange considering she really is not all that impressive as far as swiss mountains go. “She” is, however, both attractive and accessible…
new painting – landslide garden – goldnau
Hello readers, As promised, here is the newest painting. It is a more literal than usual interpretation of an earlier photo posted from one of my wanders. In painting it I tried to incorporate some of the lessons provided in Mitchell Albala’s Landscape Painting. I hope to provide a post/review on this later this week….
weekend wander – june 7/2014
Last weekend saw temperatures rise to 34 around our parts. Normally this has us pasty-skinned Canadians running for cover but seeing as we live in a “Dach Wohnung” (roof apartment) the heat inside was worse than that outside. Might as well get out there and hike, I figured. Good choice. It was much cooler up…
weekend wander, june 2/2014
Oh, what a good weekend! I was very fortunate this weekend to have a partner in crime in the person of my lovely sister-in-law, Michelle. Now, I generally enjoy the solitude of my weekend wanders, but there are certainly a few people whom I would always welcome to walk with me. “Mitch” is one of them….
weekend wander – may 25/2014
Hello and happy sunday – especially to those visitors from the other side of the pond who are lucky enough to just be starting theirs! True to my word I managed a weekend wander and a little outdoor sketching today. Given that Saturday was taken up by visit to Basel, that left only sunday for…
Where did the week go?
Is there a word for a new blogger that feels a certain anxiety when she fails to add new material to her blog for a week? Bloganx? Despite all good intentions very little has happened in terms of painting, sketching or reading of painting. I was hoping to finish the Mitchell Albala book and provide…
new painting – path to menzingen
Good morning all! Another Monday, another painting. Last week I decided to go for a smaller canvas (30 x30cm) and something a bit more “pastoral”. Given this change, plus the bad weather, I was able to complete the painting much faster than usual. I read in one of my art books recently the rather obvious…
example of the potential pitfalls of an art education?
I am currently seeking an educational program to help me improve my drawing, composition and painting from life. I was very pleased to find a website for a program not too far away that has workshops that exactly fit this bill. Sorted, right? Well, maybe not. perusing the school’s website I came across its mission…
weekend wander – may 17/2014
Ah, the weekend. Time for a wander. This weekend I decided to take a different kind from to the hill-ranging ones of late. Realizing that I have been living here for three and a half months and have not yet had a good look around Zug, I decided it was time. Zug may be a…
The Tipsy Pine 