birdsart | almost daily paintings
drawings, illustrations & wildlife art

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The biggest drawback working with oils is the gear you need for painting outside. If you are flying, your package (usually) is limited to 20kg. So the format must be keep small. I took a linen roll with me and cut equal pieces of 21×26 cm out. With tape I attached them to a board. At the end of the journey all finished linen pieces were very comfortable to transport.

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Usually the summer on the bulgarian black-sae coast is pretty hot. Painting and sketching outside is not that easy. The best time is in the morning or in the evening or you have to watch for enough shadow. The advantage of the summer is, that fresh oil paintings dry much faster.

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For a week you can get only a taste of new a landscape like Ibiza. There are so many opportunities, like the salinas south from the airport. This area is a highlight for all birdwatchers. My last day from our painting trip was partially interrupted by a storm. So we had to look for a shelter.

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I should post these images a view months ago, but …
Eugen Kisselmann invited me to paint en plein air with him for a week on Ibiza. It was in middle of march. In Berlin, the whether was lousy, in Ibiza – sun, swallows and butterflies. So, I took the opportunity and flew to Ibiza. I know Mallorca, but Ibiza was new for me. It’s smaller, there are no mountains, only hills and everywhere are lizards.
These photos are mostly from a small, secluded bay – Cala de Jonc, in the north eastern part of Ibiza.

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Hi all, after a long break I should add some new stuff to my blog. I found some images from the last summer, which are not published here. All paintings are en plein air from different spots around Berlin. I hope to produce this year a little bit more paintings.

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