Schwanenstein
(click on the image to enlarge) From the holiday on the island of Rügen I brought home a sketch, the “Schwanenstein”. That`s an erratic block, a few meters in front […]
Author Archives: Abel Dewitz
Fruit
I have no idea, from which plant this fruit is. It is dried and has lost it´s original colour. I know it is from Cuba and I have it for […]
Coral – a Second Try
After the first try (have a look here) with soft colours, reminding of the shades of the object, I made a second attempt: These colours are quite different from the […]
Coral
There are things on my shelf that remind me of something, a travel, an encounter, a find. One of these is this coral.After a lot of sketches I made this […]
Hag Stones/Hühnergötter 2
After the first edition of “Hagstones” I made some corrections with the shadows and printed only with black ink. It´s looking a little bit warm/brownish because of the colour of […]
“Hühnergötter”- Hag Stones
( Für Deutsch bitte nach unten scrollen) When we visit our friends in East Anglia, we use to collect pebbles with holes in it at the shore. In Germany, these […]
Beeches – about sketching and cutting
(Für deutsche Fassung bitte nach unten scrollen!) In early spring the leaves are still buds, there´s light between the trees, and these beech trees -actually a twin tree – with […]
Etching on Aluminium
In early spring, when these ashtrees were cut back, I made a brush drawing. You can find it here. To make an etching, I had to paint the light areas […]
Roots
I like the old beech trees with their strong roots. How to make a woodcut? How to show the stout forms? How to get some depth in the picture? […]
Social Distancing
Today we all have to keep distance from each other. But not only we as individuals act like that. The societies are closing the doors. The European Union promised to […]
From Print to Painting
Leaving Rönnäng (Sweden) by boat, you have to go through a small passage. I took a photo last year. Will we be back this year? I`m not sure because of […]
From sketch to print
From my sketch of a pollarded ash tree I made a print, trying to keep the idea of the brush strokes alive. Some of these print got a second layer […]
