Tiempo de Fresas

Strawberries Season.
A fresh watercolor still life.
Available as print in my EtsyShop

Strawberries 2018
Watercolor drawing 8"x11.5"
PRINT for sale /HERE/

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.

Frankfurt am Main 2016
Watercolor and pencil sketch
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Aschaffenburg drawings

Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg - 2018
Ink drawing
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Aschaffenburg- 2018
gouache and pencil sketch
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Street in Aschaffenburg- 2018
Watercolor sketch
PRINT for sale /HERE/

A couple of months ago there was a Urbansketchers meeting in Aschaffenburg, a very nice city in Bavaria close to Frankfurt and along the Main River.
Even if it was quite cold and windy, we got to make a few sketches. Here is my contribution.

 After sketching outside, we went to the mythic Schlappeseppel brewery to eat some Wurst mit Kraut and drink some.. Bier of course 😋

Rhododendon Art Print

The 2018 has started with some very good news!

From October you could find -and buy- a fine art print of this Rhododendron pencil drawing in IKEA stores all over the world!💪
This is just the first one, in the new year you would find new prints. It makes me feel happy that many homes could have a beautiful botanical print from me, drawn with loads of love 😌😍
And I am so thankful to Ann and Rachel from ARTPRESS London who believe in my work and made this happen! 💖

Singersongwriters in Frankfurt

in March, one very cold Saturday, we went quite spontaneos to a music shop, No. 2 Records in Sachsenhausen, a beautiful neighbourhood in Frankfurt. There were playing two musicians, first Boohoo Music from Frankfurt. I don't find his website anymore, but it was a very lyrical music!
And afterwards 'Cannonball Stateman' from USA. A very different style, less slow, also indie and a bit heavmetal sometimes! I only could draw his rich, curly mane :D

Nude drawing in movement.

a couple more nude drawings after female model.
I post here the quick line drawings, where I try to catch as fast as possible the essence of the model and the movement.

Female Nude 2017 - ink drawing
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
/SOLD/

Female Nude 2017 - ink drawing
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
/SOLD/

Female Nude 2017 - charcoal
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

Finissage Wed. 21st March

In café Metropol
Wecktmarkt 15,  60311 Frankfurt am Main.
Is the last time to see my botanical pictures there, and we will play a lot of beautiful music, from classics to jazz!
Come if you are in Frankurt!

Beer plants Triology

Print for sale /HERE/

Now you can buy the SET of 3 PRINTS which refer to beer /HERE/
Barley, Hops, Wheat.
These are prints of my original botanical drawings with pencil and watercolors.

Printemps

another floral painting

Amarillo

art prints - Yellow bouquet

Another artwork submited for the Minted challenge.

You can follow this link if you want to vote it:
https://www.minted.com/design-rating/919882
or just having a look and voting other designs.

Rojo

The Minted Challenge is open to vote! You can vote for this watercolor of Tulips if you like it! :)
Here:
art prints - Rojo at Minted.com

And this is a picture of the process with the model, as I was painting them at my studio.

Visit my Instagram to see many pictures of my last drawings:
https://www.instagram.com/catilustre/

2018

Feliz año nuevo a todos!

Seguimos en la primera semana, así que no me retrasé demasiado! :)
Yo celebré el 1 de Enero con una caminata por los alrededores hasta un río que aún no conocía, el Nidder.

Exhibition at Café Metropol

in Frankfurt, to see until February 2018.

Café Metropol
Weckmarkt 15,
60311 Frankfurt am Main
http://www.metropolcafe.de/


You can visit the cosy Café close to the Frankfurter Cathedral, have a nice brunch, meal or coffee pot, and look at the pictures that hang at the walls. There are 21 original watercolors and oil paintings of flowers and veggies, and 4 Prints of my more modern botanical series "Foliage".
Have a nice Christmas everyone!!

White peonies

Peonías blancas y fragantes con carboncillo y grafito.

White Peonies - Charcoal and pencil
Original Size: 22" x 16" (59 x 42 cm)
Print for sale /HERE/

Line nudes

is a long time I don't bring you nude studies!
you can see HERE all of them in this blog.

Female Nude 2017 - charcoal
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

Female Nude 2017 - Charcoal
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

Female Nude 2017 - pencil
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

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Es ist lange her dass ich euch Aktzeichnungen bringe... ab und zu aber mal wieder.

Female Nude 2017 - marker
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

Female Nude 2017 - marker
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

Female Nude 2017 - marker
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

OPEN STUDIOS in AtelierFrankfurt

Von Fr. 17 Nov. bis So. 19 Nov. haben wir in AtelierFrankfurt wieder Opendoors.
Mehr Infos:
www.atelierfrankfurt.de
Link zum  Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/159452654661410/?active_tab=about

Freitag, 17. November 2017 — 18-22 Uhr
— anschließend Dance@AF
Samstag, 18. November 2017 — 14-19 Uhr
— anschließend Jazz@AF
Sonntag, 19. November 2017 — 14-19 Uhr

"Hessens größtes Kunstzentrum ATELIERFRANKFURT (AF) öffnet wieder seine Türen. Drei Tage lang sind die Besucher während der OPEN STUDIOS eingeladen, auf 6 Stockwerken hinter 130 Ateliertüren zu schauen und die Arbeitswelt von etwa 200 Künstlern, Kreativen und Kulturschaffenden zu erleben.

Ein vielseitiges, interdisziplinäres Programm aus bildender Kunst, Performance, Literatur und Musik begleitet das Wochenende der offenen Ateliers und die Kantine im Atelierfrankfurt sowie die RAMPE - Bar im Atelierfrankfurt laden zum Verweilen, Speisen und Trinken ein. "

Das sich ständig aktualisierende Programm gibt's auf unserer Webpage: http://atelierfrankfurt.de/ausstellung/vortragen/open-studios-im-af/ 

Sunday Hike

Sonntag Wanderung in Odenwald. Ein schnelle Skizze mit Bleistiften. Durch das Wandern lade ich  meine seeliche Batterien auf 😌..

Autumn Leaves

Yes, they come each year. These are from last Autumn, but I did not have time to digitalize them and share them here...

Autumn  leaves I- ink and watercolor drawing
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Autumn  leaves II - ink and watercolor drawing
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Autumn  leaves III - ink and watercolor drawing
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
PRINT for sale /HERE/

And whith Autumn Leaves, you have to listen here 
There are so many beautiful versions. Now a not so jazzy one, but also beautiful :)

Atelierfest in Traben-Trarbach

Diese Samstag am 23. September!
Die Künstlerin Christine Fröhlich macht offene Tür in ihrem Atelier, wo ich auch ein paar botanische Zeichnungen ausstellen werde.
Komm vorbei wenn ihr in er Nähe seid! es wird schön!

This Saturday the 23rd September I am going to Traben-Trarbach, a town by the river Mosel.. The artist Christine Fröhlich make a fest at her Atelier and she invited me to show some botanical drawings. I hope to see you there! you can also taste the delicious wine of the area! ;)