More china painting
The most exciting and a rewarding moment was when I was able to open the kiln and take a look at my stuff after each firing.
Painting on china was quite a different experience from what I have learned so far. Although it is an oil based paint, it does ...
Read More »China painting
I really enjoyed doing painting on China. The most rewarding moment was when I was able to open the kiln and take a look at the finished product. After each firing you need to wait until the kiln cools down to open it, otherwise your china would crack. The best ...
Read More »Watercolor
Watercolor was the most difficult medium to control from my experience with it. Although watercolor was the most challenging medium to work with, I really enjoyed experimenting with it.
Watercolor is lots of fun medium to play with, as you can achieve great results once you master this technique. I ...
Read More »Making little more progress in portrait!
They say that once you learn how to draw an apple, you are ready to try a portrait!
That's what happened here. I had a reference photograph of my younger daughter Katharina and once I realized that I can't get the likeness in my first attempt, I gave ...
Read More »Making progress in drawing
Drawing still liife pictures became increasingly easier and better as time went by. I have used soft lead pencil for most of my drawings, but I also used charcoal sticks and charcoal pencils and gradually moved onto drawing with colored pencils.
This was so much fun, especially when I liked ...
Read More »More drawings
We did make some progress, as you can see in these pictures. It is easier to draw with colors, but for a learning the basics and aquiring some experience in doing art, it is great to use black on white. Once you can draw monochromatic pictures using grey scale shading ...
Read More »Doing art as a hobby-First steps
Before I started doing art I had no clue about how to draw or how to paint. All I could do was pretty much doing just 'stick man' kind of drawings, that's all. Unfortunately, I was not born with a paint thinner flowing in my veins...
Over the years ...
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