A new social media website is coming up. Pinterest.com gathers people and invites them to pin from the net to their virtual pinboards what they like and what they want to share. Yes, the net is for extroverts and this is their latest gimmick. What’s wrong with that, spoil sport? With each pin the members [...]

After long last I finally did a video and filmed how I do my monotype prints without using a press. I mounted my mobile phone over the glass plate and then started the film function. I interrupted the recording two times. This simple monochrome print took about an hour to make and I compressed the [...]

Some time ago I joined Fine Art America as Print on Demand outlet for high quality prints. The qualities of the professional scans (full size scan with drum scanner at 300 dpi) I order each year of several selected monotype prints come to great effect on the website of Fine Art America. Their latest addition [...]

I was amused by a recent blogpost about the ING Art Collection. Somehow I did not get no further clue what the connection between banks and artists is other than what I knew already but wasn’t said in the post : The artists want the money and the banks want public relation. What I understood [...]

Forest diary calendar 2012 by editionhaSee other Forest diary Calendars Recently I finished the latest version of the forest diary calendar, which is now available in the Zazzle store. Newest winter and spring sketches with lots of snow have been added. share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share with Stumblers Subscribe to the comments [...]

My enthusiasm for keeping sketchbook diaries has been put into a micro website “The sketchbook a creative diary” some time ago.  Recently I found an interesting addition on the web log of artist Elva Paulson. The blog is named “Elva’s field notes”, which resonated with me immediately. Read here about the insights and tips she [...]

Sixteen years ago I bought an exhibition catalogue at Baden-Baden: Franz Gertsch woodcuts. In the title of that catalogue is an Albrecht Dürer quote, which I have difficulties to translate: “Die Kunst liegt in der Natur. Wer sie herausreissen kann der hat sie.” –>”Art is in nature. Those who can tear her out possess her.” [...]

OLIVE TREE NEAR FOURFOURAS, roller ball pen, Sketchbook Crete, 2009 courtesy Albrecht Rissler. Today I want to point out to a recent addition to the blogroll of this blog “drawing landscape” by Albrecht Rissler. For all those who are interested in drawing landscapes and trees this new weblog will be a resource of inspiration. The [...]

Since April 2009 I run a shop on Zazzle.com, a company that lets you produce many different customized products in print on demand. I always admired those designers and the work of artists or illustrators, what ever you may call them, featured on the Zazzle blog. There have been quite amazing and inspiring people interviewed [...]

I had offered my little pamphlet “How to draw a tree” with a small markup. Blurb however likes to kill small profits on the way to the bookmakers. The payout treshhold is nailed at €17,50. Before they issue a stoneage cheque they deduct their fee of € 4.- per cheque first. My profits of € [...]