
Just doodling along. Last summer I stayed in Keswick for a couple of weeks. We were hiking each day. The landscape is stunning there.
material: fineliner on paper
size: 21 x 15 cm
I have created art for many years now and I have to say that there are quite some influences, which should be known in order to understand my art better. The great American artist 'Georgia O'Keeffe' once said: "Nichts ist weniger real als der Realismus. Nur wenn man auswählt, weglässt und Schwerpunkte setzt, stößt man zur wahren Bedeutung der Dinge vor!". A friend of mine said to me "Never try to be someone else, be yourself". It sounds so easy but it isn't.
It is going to be a birthday present. I used polychromos colored pencils on purple paper. At the moment I quite enjoy drawing on colored paper. It appeals to me --- for now. I want to paint another landscape, but at the moment I don't have enough time. When I paint, I normally do not stop until it is finished. I simply cannot stop. In advance, I spend hours and hours thinking about it until I have the final image in my head and then so to speak just copy it.
I posted this portait (underneath) some days ago. I decided to work further on it because it did not feel right. I liked the first version but it bugged me that the resemblance was not as good as it could be. Now when I look at the drawing (above) I see clearly the man who was meant to be it.
