A pleinair drawing with mixed media (gouache, oil pastels, crayons) on brown paper.
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| Schultheis Weiher, Offenbach - 2019 mixed media Pleinair PRINT for sale /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.
A pleinair drawing with mixed media (gouache, oil pastels, crayons) on brown paper.
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 lives in Frankfurt and Ian will play here in February again so I hope to hear them soon!
It was an intim and intense concert with sometimes romantic and sometimes ironic passages and we enjoyed it a lot.
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| Jim Reed in No2 Records |
Jim lives in Frankfurt and Ian will play here in February again so I hope to hear them soon!
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| Ian Fisher in No2 Records |
Oct 2, 2019
Asturias coast
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.
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| 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
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!
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| 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..
I went there a couple of weeks ago with Valeria and other friends.
At this evening I just had a red pen with me... so a bit bloody sketches here.
Feb 14, 2019
Palmengarten ...
again!
We are having a very grey, dark, grey, rainy Februrary (not today!). It is also very cold, so on Sunday there is not much joy to go for a hike. That's why a couple of weeks ago I went for a walk to the Palmengarten in Frankfurt. There is cosy and green, and if it is raining you can go inside and feel a bit tropical, even if it is still dark and grey! 💚
First I tried to stay outside, and I sat under a evergreen tree to paint this majestic Beech tree with oil pastels which are good when it is wet and raining... but the rain didn't want to stop so I moved inside to paint more greenery and the crazy Orchideas blooming! wow, they look a bit like aliens to me...
We are having a very grey, dark, grey, rainy Februrary (not today!). It is also very cold, so on Sunday there is not much joy to go for a hike. That's why a couple of weeks ago I went for a walk to the Palmengarten in Frankfurt. There is cosy and green, and if it is raining you can go inside and feel a bit tropical, even if it is still dark and grey! 💚
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| Green Jungle, Palmengarten - 2019 Watercolour an pencil sketch PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
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| Old Beech tree in Palmengarten - 2019 Oil pastels PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
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| Orchideas at Palmengarten - 2019 black ink sketch PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
Jan 27, 2019
Feliz 2019
Ay ay! I have to catch up this good whish for you all 💖, at least before January is over :D and before Spring comes... that will come, yes !!
The 2018 was a crazy year with a couple of big changes that came like surprises, some old dream coming true this year, like quitting the music lessons and making a living from my art .. And because life is a yinyan, was not all roses in 2018..,
I am confident and optimist about this already starting 2019 and I wish also your dreams to come true. I am sure now that it can ever happen, so keep on with it!
I will also try to update ofter this blog, as I forgot it a bit due to the easiness and comfort of using Instagram, for those using it also -->
https://www.instagram.com/catilustre/
KISSES and LOVE
Catalina
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I am confident and optimist about this already starting 2019 and I wish also your dreams to come true. I am sure now that it can ever happen, so keep on with it!
I will also try to update ofter this blog, as I forgot it a bit due to the easiness and comfort of using Instagram, for those using it also -->
https://www.instagram.com/catilustre/
KISSES and LOVE
Catalina
Dec 9, 2018
Palmengarten Frankfurt
A sunny, Summer Sunday morning at the Palmengarten in Frankfurt. I went for a guided visit on the subject "Palmtrees". It was very interesting, afterwords I make a walk through the gardens and sketched a little bit. With watercolors and with black ball pen.
Also I went inside the greenhouse to draw some tropical plants. I will bring you soon some more to keep faith and strenght over this grey year time!
Meanwhile have a nice 2nd Advent!
Also I went inside the greenhouse to draw some tropical plants. I will bring you soon some more to keep faith and strenght over this grey year time!
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| Palmengarten, Frankfurt - 2018 black ballpen sketch PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
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| Palmengarten, Frankfurt - 2018 watercolour sketch PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
Meanwhile have a nice 2nd Advent!
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| Tropical flowers - 2018 watercolour and pencil sketch PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
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| Tropical flowers - 2018 black ballpen sketch PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
Jul 6, 2018
Feierabend im Fein
Ich habe schon irgendwann ein Skizze von Ort hier gezeigt.. Aber nun kommen ein paar mehr.
Ist es doch ein geliebter Ort wenn das Wetter schön ist .. und dieser Frühling und Sommer können wir nicht meckern .. doch vielleicht etwas mehr Regen wäre nicht verkehrt! 😋
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| Fein feierabend - 2018 blue pencil sketch PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
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| Fein feierabend - 2018 blue pencil sketch PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
Jun 4, 2018
Tiempo de Fresas
May 14, 2018
Frankfurt am Main
direct at the river shore, a Summer evening.
I drew this watercolor on location in 2016. All the people were outside enjoying the warm evening. At the background, the Mainhattan Skyline under the pink and golden sunset light.
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| Frankfurt am Main 2016 Watercolor and pencil sketch PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
May 2, 2018
Aschaffenburg drawings
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| Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg - 2018 Ink drawing PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
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| Aschaffenburg- 2018 gouache and pencil sketch PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
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| Street in Aschaffenburg- 2018 Watercolor sketch PRINT for sale /HERE/ |
Even if it was quite cold and windy, we got to make a few sketches. Here is my contribution.
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