Category Archives: Mixed Media

More Landscapes without using Greens!

I the past I often tried to draw and paint landscapes in my sketchbooks with a different mood and with not so much green to achieve what I wanted. But it was truely so hard to do! I almost everytime grabed some kind of green… Recently I shared two landscape sketches without using green andContinue reading “More Landscapes without using Greens!”

Landscape Sketch with Mixed Media

Just another landscape with mixed media in my sketchbook! I love to use all kinds of mixed media just like a child. Heute nochmal eine weiter Landschaft aus meinem Skizzenbuch. Ich liebe es ganz viele verschiedene Materialien zu verwenden und mit Ihnen zu spielen.

Sketching Boats – Working on a prepped Sketchbook Page

One thing I love doing is drawing on a prepped sketchbook page. This spread is done in my Ranger Journal with a background using Flash Paints from LeFrance & Bourgeoise. These paints are similar to acrylic gouache. They are drying mat and permanent. I love using them as a base layer in my sketchbook. AsContinue reading “Sketching Boats – Working on a prepped Sketchbook Page”

Drawing Landscapes without using Greens! Tip!

I the past I often tried to draw and paint landscapes in my sketchbooks with a different mood and with not so much green to achieve what I wanted. But it was truely so hard to do! I almost everytime grabed some kind of green… For these two pages I am sharing today I triedContinue reading “Drawing Landscapes without using Greens! Tip!”

Some more abstract landscapes in my sketchbook

Today I have to share some more abstract landscapes which I drew from Mapcrunch. Abstracting from photographs is quite hard compared to drawing directly on location, but of course it’s much easier to realies. And it is a lot of fun! I try to capture the depth of the landscape and the colours, but notContinue reading “Some more abstract landscapes in my sketchbook”

Stormy Seascape – Working on a prepped Sketchbook Page

One thing I love doing is drawing on a prepped sketchbook page. This spread is done in my Ranger Journal with a background using Flash Paints from LeFrance & Bourgeoise. These paints are similar to acrylic gouache. They are drying mat and permanent. I love using them as a base layer in my sketchbook. AsContinue reading “Stormy Seascape – Working on a prepped Sketchbook Page”

Landscapes – An abstract Version

The main thing why I am playing in my sketchbooks is fun I have doing this. I almost feel like a child when I can grab all kinds of colourful materials and put them onto the paper without being afraid what comes out. I truely never care about the result! In my opinion that’s theContinue reading “Landscapes – An abstract Version”