How I Design a Package – and Why It's More Than Templates
Why I completely rethought my Atelier Plus package, and how the August package makes getting started with painting as easy as possible.
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Thoughts, techniques and insights from my studio.
Why I Paint and Love Flowers
Why I have loved flowers since childhood - from my grandmother's hollyhock to the calm that painting brings me. A very personal look behind my motifs.
Little Helpers That Spark Creativity - and One I Avoid
Fineliners, watercolor pencils, stamps, washi tape and more - little helpers that make painting more playful. Plus one I deliberately do without.
My Perfect Color Palette – The Colors I Reach For Again and Again
I analyzed my last 22 watercolors and looked at which colors I really use. What emerged is something like my personal palette – surprisingly small, almost entirely single-pigment, and with hardly any mixing.
Using Watercolor Templates – Why They Aren't Cheating, but Make Getting Started Easier
Why templates aren't cheating, how to transfer them onto watercolor paper – and why the outline, for me, is a starting point rather than a limit.
Watercolor Techniques – The Most Important Basics, Simply Explained
Wet-in-wet, glazing, gradients, negative painting and more – the essential watercolor techniques as tools for botanical motifs.
Mixing Watercolors – The Basics for Luminous Flowers and Botanical Motifs
Warm and cool primaries, complementary colors and pigments on damp paper – how I mix colors deliberately instead of by chance.
The Best Watercolor Brushes – Why More Expensive Doesn't Automatically Paint Better
Why more expensive doesn't automatically paint better – and what really matters with watercolor brushes: water capacity, shape and care.
Choosing the Right Watercolor Paints – Why I Don't Recommend Standard Sets
Why I don't recommend standard paint sets – and how I learned to choose watercolors by their pigments instead of their names.
Choosing the Right Watercolor Paper – My Recommendations After Countless Paper Tests
Why 300 gsm and 100% cotton don't automatically make the best paper – and the two papers I actually work with today.