Spring is coming

Can you feel it? I think this is marvelous. And this brings fantastic opportunities with it. In about two hours I'll be at a watercolor presentation at my local artists supply and afterwards I will take advantage of the spring offers of the supply. The watercolor postcard block I use is considerably lowered in its price, which is good since I currently use up one block every two weeks or so. So I've decided to buy five blocks at once. I'll also buy some brushes, two pans of watercolor (purple and turquoise) for my box and most importantly I'll have a look at passepartouts for my pictures (photography and graphics).

In any case I'm delighted to attend this presentation, it should be interesting to learn more about watercolors and another artists process of creating art. I love to watch artists creating. I really hope to attend that watercolor class, but I won't sign up until the middle of next week for several reasons.

Anyway, I took these flower pictures last June in the Sanssouci Park in Potsdam. They aren't Spring flowers, but I like them. The color and petals arrangement are simply beautiful.

Enjoy your Friday everyone!

Daunting Stairs 2

The most relaxing strolls

can be taken in coniferous forests. You'll find this particular path on the Darss. I quite often wish I could live there. But there are no jobs for engineers on this peninsula. So I can "only" go there for vacations.

Daunting Stairs

Have you ever had the feeling that you know exactly the next steps you have to take to get where you want to go and you can already see the great result if you take those steps, but still the next steps scare you and you find yourself hesitating? I'm feeling currently like this. And the picture above is perfectly illustrating this feeling. The double exposure even gives the feeling of dizziness that comes with making one's way into new territory.

This picture pretty much sums up my current mood. Yesterday was a day were I was stalling and I felt miserable about it. It took me quite a while to get into drawing and at first it was anything but fluid. I hope today will be better.

Shahrukh Khan's successor (Spoilers)

Shahrukhs successor "Red" the cockatoo, Postcard 44/366

May I introduce you to "Red" the cockatoo, the bookmakers best bet on Shahrukh Khan's successor. In case you don't get it, in Bollywood films it is always extremely windy, even if you are in a perfectly normal british house, the hair of the actors and actresses is always flowing nicely in the wind. And yes he doesn't look happy. This is not something you should do with an aninmal (or person)!

Weeeell, so this is what happens when I adhere to my new motto: Just do it and then keep going. My intention was the following postcard, but instead I ended up with "Red".

Postcard 45/366

Have a great new week!