This rose has been pretty snazzy this year.

Some scribbles. This week was quite exhausting. I am reeeeeady for the weekend.

Wanted to practice how the face changes when resting on hands or when the jaw shifts.

Two new roses joined the balcony recently. The Lark Ascending and Maurice Utrillo rose. I need to buy pots.

Another watercolor study. #originalcharacter

Watercolor on Arches paper. #originalcharacter

Some shadow practice.

Similarily, the Bienenweide rose I bought online which was labeled as Bienenweide Fruity is actually an ordinary yellow Bienenweide. I guess it is also fine.... >_> But it is funny this has happened twice now.

I have waited two years for what I thought was a white currant bush to bear fruit and turns out the shop had mislabeled them. It is a red currant bush. :| I was so looking forward to white currants again after 25+ years, man.

The Bienenweide Fruity.

A few photos from the Rosentage in Bad Tölz.

A little kitsch at the end of Sunday. Used a photo as ref because how do arms work! Good night, yall! #originalcharacters

A tiny watercolor sketch of Sid. The shadows and bounce light were really cool.

After wrapping up the watercolor piece, I used the remaining time for a wax pastel sketch from a different angle. #lifedrawing #waxpastel

Life painting result of today. #lifepainting #watercolor #aquarell

Plein air watercolor painting of a local spot in the neighborhood. There were two geese honking about and it was very cute. They swam too fast so I did not get to add them to the picture. :P

A watercolor study from last evening. I wanted to get more color blending into e.g. the plains of the face, neck, hair... Next time, I will use reference for the shadows again lol...

Some sketches. Last two pictures were sketched while rewatching "Below" so it has a lot of stark shadow studies.

Doing some watercolor studies. Used a photo ref. My phone camera is not very good... There is a lot of information that gets lost. 🫠

Love the ambient sound design these days. Very immersive. (They are renovating the elevator. I wish them well.)

Trying out some vietnamese coffee. It already smells super nice!

Es ist wieder an der Zeit. Lasst es euch schmecken!

Watercolor study. Reference was a Sargent painting. Wanted to see what colors are used. It got all over the place pretty fast and looks nothing like the ref anymore but it was fun. 😬

Was at the Hunt and Fishing Museum this morning.

Some Sargent studies. First one for the nose and mouth. Second one for the neck.

Horror vacui sketching while watching The Apartment (1960).

Partnachklamm in the winter.

A sketch of Sid from last evening. He was not moving much while inking so I had a good opportunity to draw him. I wanted to use less lines, work more with values, shadow edges. It was fun!

Some studies.

The train ride home last night took way longer but I had some red wine and sketched original characters.