A wonderful early spring day, sunny and warm. A great opportunity to draw – or better to paint? Another big struggle in my heart, I couldn’t decide. But spring is the time for love, so I let the techniques fall in love with each other. Daily Painting about spring love 7 April 2010, 7:51 pm Spring messages, Pencil drawing on watercolour, 24 x 18 cm
On my morning walk I met the old man from the next village. He didn’t look good. This, he said, is the end of my flagpole, everybody has to go and now my time has come. And he waved goodbye and went away. Will I see him again? Daily Painting about an old man and his dog 6 April 2010, 7:53 pm Untitled (Old man and dog), Aquarell, 17 x 24 cm
Heavy rain and snow on this easter sunday. I hope you didn’t get wet on your afternoon walk? It’s not because of you, but I’m concerned about the poodle! What about the hairdo? Or the kernel? More Goethe on this blog brings the Daily Painting about poodles 4 April 2010, 7:25 pm Wet poodle as drowned rat, watercolour and graphite on Bristol paper, 29,5 x 21 cm
Tomorrow it’s easter and I think about all the animals that lose their life in these days to end in our pots. For we are under the sign of Aries at the moment I choose the ram to erect a memorial in their honour. Daily Painting about a major ram 3 April 2010, 7:21 pm Major easter ram, watercolour, 23,5 x 17,5 cm
Since 50 years easter marches take place in Germany – Happy Birthday to all of you who are on the streets today. Another tradition coming over the channel is the idea of Easter bonnets. Perhaps it would be nice to combine them. Daily Painting about my personal Easter bonnet 2 April 2010, 7:42 pm And the winner of this year’s easter bonnet parade is…, watercolour, 32 x 24 cm
First of April, what a fun, I thought! Hey, it snowed whole night, I yelled in the morning! Very funny, I know, especially when it really started to snow! Uh oh, the spirits that I’ve cited… Seems to be Goethe’s Month. Ah, already April, I forgot. Daily Painting about spirits 1 April 2010, 7:03 pm Spirits that I’ve cited, oil crayon on watercolour,20 x 16,5 cm
When I hear news about child abuse from priests, teachers and in families I’m surprised that there are still people who claim to be surprised. Hey, it’s one of the eldest stories: My father, my father, he seizes me fast! Be calm, dearest child… Daily Painting about the erl king 30 March 2010, 6:54 pm Erl king, watercolour, 25 x 22 cm
It’s unfair! It’s spring and everywhere I see beauty developing. And when I look in the mirror I see the same old face I already know for years. So I decided to have a wellness day today and went to my cosmetician. Daily Painting about beauty in contest 29 March 2010, 6:54 pm Match in the mirror of Sister Nature, watercolour, 20 x 16 cm
Tomorrow morning I found a dead baby owl right under the tower of the church vis-à-vis. I guess it fell out of the nest, it still had a mouse in the beak. A barn owl, an expert told me who looked at it. I’m very sad, I will bury it now. Daily Painting about that dead little owl 28 March 2010, 6:36 pm Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.
This weekend the right wing extremists plan a big march in the Ruhrgebiet against mosques and minaretts and islam and everything they don’t like. I don’t like them. They are like evil slime crawling up from the past. Daily Painting about German nerds 26 March 2010, 7:42 pm German nerds, having a repeat, watercolour, 16 x 17 cm