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Tag: digital
It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood
The project is finished. The Rodenbach farmland marked the end of the project. There are 10 images. to see all of them click here.
Fall farmland in southern Germany
It’s late Fall in Germany and I wanted to capture a bit of the coor that is left in the trees so I took a few minutes and I went exporing today. I found this farm a little ways north of Kaiserslautern. Conveniently, there was parking nearby so it was a short walk to the field where I stood to draw this. Good scenes = next to parking lots. Great scenes = next to parking lots and a place to sit. 🙂
New drawing – St. Nikolaus
No, not Santa Claus. The church. This chruch, St. Nikolaus Catholic Church, is in the village of Ramstein, Germany.
Beginning a sketch on my iPad
1Â In the beginning Michael created the lines and the shapes. Michael saw all that he had made, and it was very good.
Would you trust travel photo tips from an artist? I have 2 for you.
Do you take photos when you travel? I don’t because I either forget my camera or I forget to use it.
So my tips are
Tip #1: Do not forget your camera
Tip #2: Do not forget that you have your camera
Sometimes I get really excited when I am traveling to a new place. I just take it all in. I look, listen, smell, taste, and participate. I’ve been to lots of cool places and done all sorts of interesting things and you think I whould have a photo of me doing them? Almost always, no. Well, that is if you do not count the video of me dancing with schoolchildren in Costa Rica.
I always remember to draw, so I have lots of drawings and paintings. But don’t take my word for it. Scroll down and under My Paintings, click on My Travel Paintings.
How to look cool in public in 3 easy steps
1. Â Download this image to your ipad and open it like you open a photo.
2. Â Sit in a public place that has people walking by.
3. Â Pretend like you are drawing the picture.
It works for me. At least a lot of people look at me when I draw in public.
Lots of people walked by as I was drawing this view of St. Martin’s Square this afternoon. I looked cool didn’t I? Darn, I knew I should have put on the shoes that matched my outfit. I don’t know about looking cool, but I have sure met many people this way. I like it when a brave soul walks up and says hello.
Today was chilly and sunny, a nice Fall day. The place in the drawing is St. Martin’s Square (Platz in German). Here is what the city says about it on their website: “The pretty “Martinsplatz” is the gateway to the old city. It is one of the loveliest open spaces in the City of Kaiserslautern.”  I won’t disagree. A few cafes ring the square, and one of the buildings is the former Hotel Zum Donnersberg, where Napoleon once ate breakfast. Hey, the United States has George Washington, Western Europe has Napolean. The reddish block building in the center is St. Martin’s Catholic Church. St. Martin Cafe is the blue blue building on the left. Trees are chestnuts.
Annotated Alaska
Annotated Alaska – the images are out.
I took 13 watercolors from my many cruises through Alaska and digitally mixed them with a nice border visual. The border is a totem pole design. I call the series Annotated Alaska because  I write on them; notes about location and a brief narrative of the moment.