Aug 31, 2024

Pencil studies after Bellflowers

 So delicate and beautiful this purple or white flowers hanging as little bells!

Here I did some line sketches after two different sorts of them. 

You can purchase them as prints in my ETSY shop, you can also let me a comment or write me if you are interested in the original drawing which might be still available.

"Campanula N.1",  pencil drawing.

/Print HERE/


"Campanula N.2", pencil drawing.

/Print HERE/



Aug 29, 2024

"Spring Bloom"

"Flores de Marzo" was the spanish name. 

 I am refreshing my ETSY shop "CATILUSTRE" with some new drawings. It is a long time that I don't update it after having my baby nearly two years ago! I didn't expect to be soooo busy and often soooo tired too! hahaha šŸ‘¶

Have a look if you need new wallart or some present for a lovely one :)


"Spring Blooms", watercolor and pencil.

/Print HERE/







Jan 14, 2022

Pears as Tears

 This is a winner of last edition of the cooperation between Minted and Westelm, an ink drawing after cute Autumn Pears softly digitally colored. You can buy it directly by Minted /HERE/

Pears as Tears-  2021
Ink and digital colour
in Minted  /HERE/

 


Dec 17, 2021

Wittelsbacherallee, Frankfurt Bornheim.

Another watercolor and pencil sketch on my neighbourhood, the beautiful Wittelsbacheralle that divides Frankfurt Ostend from Frankfurt Bornheim, I think!

The big plane trees accompany the curved street and the charming old buildings.

I drew this on a Sunday in Winter, the soft light, violet and ochre colors, the quietness of the street invited to sketch.

Wittelsbacherallee, Frankfurt Bornheim -  2021
Watercolour  and pencil
PRINT for sale /HERE/



Dec 15, 2021

Osthafen


This is a view I enjoy every day walking or cycling to the Atelier. 

I choose this promenade close to the water. At the other side the industrial machines work day and night and move as robots. 

The evening sun falls on the colourful metalic containers and the iron of the bridge appears heavy and elder.

 

Osthafen -  2020
Watercolour and pen
PRINT for sale /HERE/


Oct 21, 2021

Some Wild flowers ....

A bouquet and souvenir of a Spring in Portugal, two years ago, when the world was a gathering place and people enjoy being together without fears or illness... 

You can buy a print of this drawing in my ETSY shop /HERE/

Wild Flowers Bouquet  -  2019
Watercolour and pencil
PRINT for sale /HERE/






Aug 5, 2021

CeluƔn, pleinair watercolour seascape...

A little beach of white sand where the industrial river flows into the sea.. It is quiet, a bit misty, cloudy and warm, and I think that these pastel colors are so typical of Asturias coast..

CeluĆ”n, Asturias -  2018
Watercolour pleinair
PRINT for sale /HERE/





 


Jul 22, 2021

Nordendplatz, Frankurt

 Another sketch on location on my way, here the very lively Nordendplatz that has all to be a beloved meeting point:

Small bookshop, natural and home-made ice cream dealer, CafĆ© with tables outside...  and a playground for children under big chesnut trees...  In the sketch appear just the bike riders, Altbau fassade and the beautiful big trees... next time more :)

Nordendplatz Frankfurt Nordend- 2020
Watercolor and pencil on sketchbook
PRINT for sale /HERE/




Jul 6, 2021

Waldschmidtstrasse, Frankfurt

 Hier ist eine StraƟe dass ich fast tƤglich bei Fahrrad durchfahre... Sie ist die direkter Verbindung zwischen meinen Standort in Ostend und westlichen Stadteilen wie Bornheim-Nordend, Nordend .. Sie fƤhrt mir direkt zu Merianplatz, Friedbergerplatz usw.... 

WaldschmidtstraƟe, Frankfurt Nordend- 2020
Watercolor and pencil on sketchbook
PRINT for sale /HERE/


 


Jun 21, 2021

New Nude Prints in Minted Store

It is so long that I don't post here!
I hope you readers also switch to instagram, where I am posting now from some years nearly daily!

I wanted to active a bit my blogspot again, first sharing some of the last drawings which were selected by Minted jury, most minimal line nude drawings: 

"Transfiguration 02" - Limited Edition Art Print by Catilustre in beautiful frame options and a variety of sizes.
"Transfiguration 02" available in Minted HERE
"Awaking" - Limited Edition Art Print by Catilustre in beautiful frame options and a variety of sizes.
"Awaking" available in Minted HERE

Oct 23, 2019

Winter Landscape

around the quiet lake in Offenbach. Sunny and calm Sunday.
A pleinair drawing with mixed media (gouache, oil pastels, crayons) on brown paper.
Schultheis Weiher, Offenbach - 2019
mixed media Pleinair
PRINT for sale /HERE/



Oct 15, 2019

No.2 Records - Concerts

Two musicians, singersong writers, were playing in the small and nice music shop No.2 Records in Sachsenhausen this early year. Both American:  Jim Reed and Ian Fisher.
It was an intim and intense concert with sometimes romantic and sometimes ironic passages and we enjoyed it a lot.
Jim Reed in No2 Records

Jim lives in Frankfurt and Ian will play here in February again so I hope to hear them soon!

Ian Fisher in No2 Records


Oct 2, 2019

Asturias coast

Some pleinair watercolors in my homeplace Asturias, in North Spain ..šŸ’™
They are already from a couple of Summers ago...
Arnao - 2016
coastal watercolor
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Bayas - 2016
Beach watercolor
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Sep 30, 2019

Oberrad

A sunny day in Winter I went with my bike to an area I have never been before: Oberrad. Actually not far away at all, but somehow isolated because of the highway and train rails. It was very rural and charmant and I enjoyed drawing there with the early Spring light in the sky.

Pleinair in Oberrad - 2019
Oilpastels on brown paper
PRINT for sale /HERE/



Sep 29, 2019

Mampf - The JB Lloyds

Mampf is a small pub with live music many days of the Week, main stream in Jazz and Blues. It is in my neighbourhood so we go there ofter in Winter.
Here were the two funny blues musicians, I thought no one realise when I was drawing, because I always try not to move my head so much, but the singer caught it very soon and asked me to show him the drawings. He was very excited and like them, so said he :D




Sep 27, 2019

Out of Frankfurt - Berger Enkheim

A long and windy road on a cold Sunday of February...  I went with my bike to the East of Frankfurt, looking for some nature and peace. And I found it :)
A pleinair gouache painting of the winterly landscape, where the birds already were singing as a Spring Prelude... 
More drawing coming! Excuse the long pause!


Pleinair in ENKHEIM landscape - 2019
gouache on brown paper
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Mar 14, 2019

Jam Sessions in Club Voltaire

It is a very authentic club in Frankfurt.
I went there a couple of weeks ago with Valeria and other friends.
There was open stage and different musicians and singers making music having fun. We had fun too, it was a great atmosphere and I sketched while dancing a bit and  drinking some beer. That's all you need to be happy: friends, music, beer...
At this evening I just had a red pen with me... so a bit bloody sketches here.




  to beer or not to beer..