Collage

....is the theme of the Art Journal Journey for the finally snowy month of December and here is my try:

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and I wish you all the best for 2015!

Alfons Mucha and William Blake inspired Art

Hello,
today I want to show you some of my work that is/was inspired by the work of great masters.
(Art Journal Journey Challenge)
You probably all know William Blake and his poetry, but he also illustrated his poems. I love his poetry and when I first saw a copy of his handwritten and illustrated work...I wanted to do the same, but I am not William Blake - so my work turned out to be completely different and is still unfinished....

I also love the work of Alfons Mucha and Art Nouveau Designs fascinate me extremely. So I started a series of Mucha inspired collage-paintings... most of them are not finished - unfortunately...

Please leave a comment!

Autumn Leaves...

Dear Friends,

today I went on a bike ride in the woods with my family. The rain had just finished and had colored the forest in soft brightness.....the tree trunks almost black and the remaining leaves shining in red, green, brown and yellow!

Have a look!

I am a leaf on a tree

watching the sea as it washes toward the pebbled sand.

I grew up in spring lovely and green,

young and innocent.

I felt the warm rising power of the sun

And I experienced her passionate heat in summer.

Thirsty and burned I waited for the cold of night.

Now I am old.

I saw many people come and go

Children play

Heard the birds and the wind sing

Singing me to sleep…

Now I am old.

My days will soon be over

And I will drop down onto the shore.

I might get lucky

and the strong winter wind will blow me away

into the sea to find my final peace.

Next year my children will come

And see and hear what I once saw. 

                                                 - Anie Baum -

                                                        (Cyprus 27.10.2006)

 

 

Oktober 2014 Still Life / Stillleben

Hello Everyone...

this months theme of the Mix it Monthly Challenge is Still Life / Stillleben.
Something I hardly ever draw. So while my students were taking a test I arranged my things and drew:

This is what happened: 

 At home I added some water colors:

 

What do you think?

Trees - Bäume

Hello Everyone,

the theme of MIX IT MONTHLY for this beautiful month of September is Trees. Trees are one of my favorite things in life! I - actually we all could not live without them.... my last name is Baum - which is Tree in German....my grandparents' family name is Baumgart which can be translated as tree guard...

So actually I have been drawing and painting quite a few trees over the past years and I also made a whole book about trees for my mothers as a present for her 60th birthday...

So come and join me on a walk through my little forest :)

This one is my work for the Challenge and I found one last empty page in my book - yeah!
I used a black pen and water colors.

And here is some older work: I have been doing some work on the theme of Daphne and Metamorphosis:

Metamorphosis, Photography and Acrylic Paint on Canvas, started in 2009 (still in progress)

 A variation of my Daphne-Tree you will see later...(digital work with my stencil sketch)

 Here are some prints on a sketch of some tree bark I found on the beach  - done in 2008

I also painted a big oil painting (about the size of a door) on the Daphne subject - and below the water color sketch I did to work from.... (2008)

 

And in the end I did the four seasons with my Daphne. These are four A4 pages done in pen and colored pencils, 201. I still would like to do them as wall mosaics on an outside wall of our house.

I hope you enjoyed my walk though the trees!
Have a nice week!
Anie

Crazy Dresses / Lustige Kleider

Hello....

we (my family) are all back from a lovely short vacation at my parent's house. And I even found some time....to....well, mainly I had my head free to draw and create in my head and then I eventually found time to put something onto paper.....

Since my book is almost full, I started a new sketch book and this time it is a "Black  Book" and here is my first page, which is for the theme:

  Crazy Dresses / Lustige Kleider 

Mix it Monthly

Frida Kahlo

Hello my Dear Readers,

yesterday I decided to give the Art Journal Journey's theme for August Frida Kahlo a try.
First I only wanted to draw her hair, but I ended up doing a little portrait. Forgive me Frida, you are much prettier in the photo, but I tried to give my best and it was my first attempt!

I first drew here face with black pen and then I added some watercolors!

More soon!

Flower Power

My interpretation of flower power is Hildegard von Bingen. She was ahead of her time and knew so much about the power of flowers and plants! Revealing true flower power - she made it into my journal for this months theme of the Art Journal Journey.

I hope you all enjoy it.
At the same time I started a flower power painting, which isn't finished yet. As soon as it is done I will add it to this post!
Thanks for dropping by!

Sailboats

Hello,

the theme of the Mix it Monthly Challenge for July is Sailboats and here is my creation:

Material: water color, wall paint, oil pastels and black / white markers.

Summer of Color - Week Four

Pink & Apple Green

with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Dark Green

Artist Trading Cards

I got ask to trade some cards on flickr the other day, but I have to admit, I didn't have any, nor it I really know what it is all about! So I did my homework and read up on ACT on the internet. Sounds like fun, I thought! And then I got creative!

My first set of ATCs:

The Owl Family

And since this months ART JOURNAL JOURNEY theme is 

FLOWER POWER

I drew a little flower power owl.

Hope you all enjoy it!

And there will be more sets of ATCs to come!

Houses....

Houses or Homes
is the theme of the Art Journal Journey and Mix it Monthly in June.....even though I have more time than usual at the moment, I haven't been too creative these days :(

...but somehow connected is my series of butterflies that I am doing for my house....the guest room to be precise!

If you like my butterflies take a look at one of my older posts too ;)

More soon!

Summer of Color - Week Two

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Hello my dear friends....

even though teal is my favorite color I found it hard to think of something to draw - until then yesterday when we went to the Rosegarden Rosenhöhe in Darmstadt!

This weeks colors are:

Coral & Teal 

with a Smudge, Splash or Pop of Bright White

I did use white, but it is hard to see :)

Here is the photo I worked from and some more impressions from Darmstadts lovely Rosegaren Rosenhöhe:

Have a nice weekend!