I wish you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR, with lots of fun, exitment, new experiences and a wonderful time, good luck and good health.
Don't drink too much!
See you in 2011 !!!!
Looking forward to all your lovely posts and comments!
Barbara
Freitag, 31. Dezember 2010
Donnerstag, 30. Dezember 2010
A Baery Tale
I hope you had a wonderful christmas time this year with family, friends, nice food and little presents, drinks what ever.
I like to THANK all of you who answered my "What is typical-question" - that was really interesting for me to hear how you celebrate. I would celebrate with all of you!
Here a short summary what was the case with us:
And I'm ready with the sketchbook for Arthouse, the trick was I glued a few pages together. My excuse is that the paper is so incredible thin (and annoying - GGGGGRRRRRR!!) that you hardly could work on it. The worst paper ever I would say! Equal if you use graphit, coloured pencil it shines through and don't even think about using glue or watercolour it wrinkles like hell.
But I'm ready who cares any more? I messed the cover a littlebit......
Later a bit more about that (photos if you like).
I like to THANK all of you who answered my "What is typical-question" - that was really interesting for me to hear how you celebrate. I would celebrate with all of you!
Here a short summary what was the case with us:
trying to escape the next day |
hungry birds |
hungry squirrel - I call him Hemmy |
And I'm ready with the sketchbook for Arthouse, the trick was I glued a few pages together. My excuse is that the paper is so incredible thin (and annoying - GGGGGRRRRRR!!) that you hardly could work on it. The worst paper ever I would say! Equal if you use graphit, coloured pencil it shines through and don't even think about using glue or watercolour it wrinkles like hell.
But I'm ready who cares any more? I messed the cover a littlebit......
Later a bit more about that (photos if you like).
Donnerstag, 23. Dezember 2010
Fröhliche Weihnachten!
I wish you all a wonderful and happy Christmas
and a joyful, healthy, successful and creative 2011 !
I like to thank all of you - my new blogland family - for all your kind, thoughtful, encouraging and lovely comments. Starting a blog is like a journey to the unknown and I experienced friendly and creative companions all along and I enjoyed every step of my way.
THANK YOU.
P.S. Its never to late to panic. Where others slow down and preparing for relaxing holidays I changed into Warp Impulse.
Dienstag, 21. Dezember 2010
What is typical?
I have a question. What is typical and traditional for you for christmas?
Are you celebrating on 24th or 25th?
And what is a traditional meal and are you cooking tradional or something else?
After I read that lovely Sandra will have Schnitzel with potato salad (which sounds so damned german for Germans.) I started wondering what all the others are up to.
Since we all got connected through blogland, I thought I just ask!
What Barbara does:
Our christmas tree (a small, very thick and heavy one this year) will be decorated on 24th. In the evening we will have gift giving and a roasted goose with stuffing of maroons and aples combined with little potato dumplings.
This is very traditional german, which I think is good if you have children.
And now you please!
Today we went to Gutenberg Druckladen were we printed on old letterpress, that was a lot of fun! And good for my son to experience and to have a few gifts for his grandparents.
Sonntag, 19. Dezember 2010
Christmas Market
Yesterday we went to the christmas market in Mainz to buy a shining star - wow, it was sooo crowed!
But with the snow and all the lights it was really nice and christmassy!
But with the snow and all the lights it was really nice and christmassy!
Samstag, 18. Dezember 2010
Freitag, 17. Dezember 2010
brain game
150 x 100 cm - 2006 |
Today I like to show you an older painting, because I had a few thoughts with Julia about the spites and tricks of our brains.
And I thank you all very much for your comforting comments on my blog here. I don't wanted to complain - I want to complain about the sketchbook paper, but this will be another post - no it's only what occurs if you have to many plans and ideas in exactly the same minute... the normal MADNESS! Nothing to worry about, but maybe not possible to do it all and it gets even harder, if you easily distracted by for example the allurement of the world-wide-wahnsinn (insanity), such as all your lovely and creative blogs where I like to look and where I realise that the planed 10 minutes turned into 2 hours. Which isn't fatal any more since I know whom to blame for ( Einstein).
Snow and SUNSHINE today- Yihaa! |
even the birds made a funny face in the snow |
So I hope you all will have a brain soothing weekend! What are you up to?
Have good time!
Barbara
Donnerstag, 16. Dezember 2010
Mittwoch, 15. Dezember 2010
Einstein and Me
I don't know what happens with the time right now! It seems to disappear into nowhere. It seems no matter what I'm up to, if I look at the watch next time hours have gone in a minute. So I'm sure I'm the proof of Einsteins theory of relativity.
So what is my artwork doing? Yes, what? Sometimes it's terrible if you don't have any ideas and you're not sure under these circumstances, if you're an artist or not, or if you only pretend to be.
BUT sometimes your (or better mine) brain seems to have an overload of ideas and your thoughts are running around like wild chicken. You don't know what to start with, get easily distracted and nothing seems to get done (after hours have disappeared into a black hole in space-time continuum).
So what is my artwork doing? Yes, what? Sometimes it's terrible if you don't have any ideas and you're not sure under these circumstances, if you're an artist or not, or if you only pretend to be.
BUT sometimes your (or better mine) brain seems to have an overload of ideas and your thoughts are running around like wild chicken. You don't know what to start with, get easily distracted and nothing seems to get done (after hours have disappeared into a black hole in space-time continuum).
Dienstag, 14. Dezember 2010
Winter Wonder Land
All snow was totally gone here, until yesterday evening when it starts snowing again and now we have a Winter Wonder Land again. I took the little time window with sunshine today to take a few photos. I still can't feel my feets and my fingers are stiff, having problems to type. It's FREEZING!
A perfect day to go to a christmas market this afternoon - BUT before we're only thinking about doing this, we should get some moonboots! I fear we are completely toooooo late for them.
How could you expect having this winter snow and freezing temperatures again. The last 13 years you could have been happy, if there was any snow at all or if it would last for more than a half day. And now? To be honest the global warming I would have figured out differently. My brother thinks it has to do with the eruption of the vulcano in island in spring this year. So maybe we gonna be insticted like the dinosaurs?
If not, I wishing you a wonderful winter (or sommer) day today. Stay happy.
A perfect day to go to a christmas market this afternoon - BUT before we're only thinking about doing this, we should get some moonboots! I fear we are completely toooooo late for them.
How could you expect having this winter snow and freezing temperatures again. The last 13 years you could have been happy, if there was any snow at all or if it would last for more than a half day. And now? To be honest the global warming I would have figured out differently. My brother thinks it has to do with the eruption of the vulcano in island in spring this year. So maybe we gonna be insticted like the dinosaurs?
If not, I wishing you a wonderful winter (or sommer) day today. Stay happy.
what kind of animal does make such lines - rats? |
can you see the ship? |
I like that the water seems to steam |
Clouds are coming again |
it reminds me, that I still havn't a "Tannenbaum" |
Freitag, 10. Dezember 2010
Sketchbook P A N I C !!!
I discovered that I have only a little time left for my sketchbook for Arthouse.
AND I discovered that I have MANY pages to go, until it's filled. Eek!
I think if I could do 3 or 4 pages a day, it could work. Can I make it? I'm not so sure. Help!
NO time for excuses: WORK!
What's with you, any schedules you're falling behind? Arthouse books which still waiting to be filled, forgetten somewhere in the corner?
AND I recived my announcement cards (is this the right name?) for my next exhibition, which is pretty cool, if there wasn't as well the fact that I'm way behind my schedule. Which schedule? I should go and have one (quickly). Argh. Fear.
So don't panic but have fun and a nice and creativ weekend and 3rd Advent!
Barbara
AND I discovered that I have MANY pages to go, until it's filled. Eek!
I think if I could do 3 or 4 pages a day, it could work. Can I make it? I'm not so sure. Help!
NO time for excuses: WORK!
What's with you, any schedules you're falling behind? Arthouse books which still waiting to be filled, forgetten somewhere in the corner?
AND I recived my announcement cards (is this the right name?) for my next exhibition, which is pretty cool, if there wasn't as well the fact that I'm way behind my schedule. Which schedule? I should go and have one (quickly). Argh. Fear.
P.S. The Title above means something like_ Insight - Opinion
The guy I'm exhibt with is doing glas objects, so this title seemed appropriate to us.
Barbara
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