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Watercolours and white ink, June-July 2011, 18x28 cm

Luise and Elke on a winter stroll along the Stadtkanal in Potsdam, featuring the once famous garrison church. This photo served as my initial inspiration and reference.

Please note that this thing scanned really badly. I did mess around correcting the colours but they are still not quite right.

This painting has been maturing in my brain since February and lain on my desk for a month or so, progressing infinitesimally slowly. So slowly in fact that in the end I cared little what would become of it. When I finally lifted it off my drawing board, I was pleasantly surprised at what I thought would become another failure. Do not get me wrong; there are a million things that could be so much better, but I was pleasantly surprised nevertheless. This summer I have had a very frustrating job that has left me with little energy to paint, so I am happy to have finished at least something.

The slow process is one of the reasons I am painting a winter picture sitting alone in a very hot room in the middle of summer. Usually I like to paint seasonal pictures because I can draw directly from what I see around me.

Description
Watercolours and white ink, June-July 2011, 18x28 cm

Luise and Elke on a winter stroll along the Stadtkanal in Potsdam, featuring the once famous garrison church. This photo served as my initial inspiration and reference.

Please note that this thing scanned really badly. I did mess around correcting the colours but they are still not quite right.

This painting has been maturing in my brain since February and lain on my desk for a month or so, progressing infinitesimally slowly. So slowly in fact that in the end I cared little what would become of it. When I finally lifted it off my drawing board, I was pleasantly surprised at what I thought would become another failure. Do not get me wrong; there are a million things that could be so much better, but I was pleasantly surprised nevertheless. This summer I have had a very frustrating job that has left me with little energy to paint, so I am happy to have finished at least something.

The slow process is one of the reasons I am painting a winter picture sitting alone in a very hot room in the middle of summer. Usually I like to paint seasonal pictures because I can draw directly from what I see around me.