Master with me
My recommended Palette
There are so many different paints to buy, not just companies also colours. It's seems so easy to buy that colour you need, but then you collect much more tubes or bottles than...
Gesso?
You've heard of it, but you don't know what to do with it? I use it to prepare my wooden supports to use it for painting with. Why buy celicate stretched canvases... With wood,...
Coursework: Britta’s Present
Right for christmas I found Britta's acrylic work that probably made somebody very happy. Finding the fitting value for light, shadow and glistening surfaces...
Prepared for the Workshop
You never know how the weather would be like when you announce a workshop for summer and especially in the garden. Better you prepare for sunny and for rainy...
Willow called Nefertiti
There's a willow in our new garden that had quite long brushes and made a nice shade. They almost reached the table nearby. My partner was very ambitious to cut the brushes in...
Ulrike Miesen-Schuermann
I’m Ulrike Miesen-Schuermann, fine artist, tutor and full of ideas for me and for you. Some times just a word or a picture is needed to take us to old and new worlds, where we have collected and still collect treasures: little gems, places and memories – with a whole lot of love. Let’s get out these apples of the eye and brighten our world.
Tips for Drawing
and Painting
before, while, after
Tip of the Day
For a stressful day: Have a cup of tea and a look out of a window.
Need an Exercise?
For Writers:
Describe drinking a drink.
For Painters:
Take the most simple item around you, a pencil and paper and sketch it.
A good Saying?
“Tell me to what you pay attention and I will tell you who you are.”
José Ortega y Gassett
Gallery
Paintings and Drawings
of
what I love
Tips for Writing
when you got stuck or
you need a new idea