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Manchmal gehe ich trotz meiner Regalmeter ungelesener Bücher in den Buchladen auf der Suche nach „dem Buch“. Das ist eines, das mich gerade anspringt, das mir schon von außen verspricht, jetzt genau das richtige zu sein. Hier ist es mir so ergangen. Ich alter Coverjunkie.

Es gibt da diese Bücher, die lese ich schnell und ein bisschen atemlos, ich kann nicht aufhören und denke mir trotzdem: Wärst Du nicht so spannend, ich hätte Dich längst zur Seite gelegt.

I spent our skiing holiday sketching snow. Well, somehow an obvious thing to do, I know. I just love snow so much that I had a lot of respect drawing it. Shari Blaukopf is an amazing artist who is an absolute master in drawing snow. So I learnt from the best by looking at her drawings, but also by taking her class on landscape sketching in watercolor on Craftsy.

Here you can see this week’s attempts:

I used my lunchbreaks in cabins to draw, looking at the amazing mountain panorama around the Sella Ronda in Alto Adige:

Oh, I love snow. Have always loved it and probably always will. It is often the things I love most that I find hardest to draw. So I stand there in awe, looking at the light on snow and struggle depicting it in my sketchbooks. This time I really want to do something about it. There are so many amazing artists who set an example. Just look at Shari Blaukopf’s incredible mastery in painting snow in watercolor. Also Andrew Wyeth with his often so lonesome, accurate paintings can be an amazing teacher.

The thing with snow is for me that it seems to have so many colors, but they are all so barely visible. It changes so quickly with the light. Ah- and the light in winter is something special altogether.