New illustration for the spring issue of the Magazine "Lebenslust Emmental"

 

For the new story by Sandra Rutschi here is my new illustration: an old house in the architectural style of the Bernese countryside, with a garden and... a blooming rose, hidden behind a rose bush.

It was a special joy to paint this illustration, because it combined my passion for typical architecture with that for cottage gardens. Thanks as always to Marie-Claire Hofstetter, Torfinn Rothenbuehler, and Sandra Rutschi for their trust!

New Christmas Illustration for Sonah Publisher: Frau Holle

 

Among the wonderful things I am grateful for is the new opportunity, which I had again this year, to create the Christmas card for Sonah Publisher.

Many thanks to Mrs. Anika Meyer for her trust. I love the subject :

Frau Holle, seen in the original mythological aspect of an ancient goddess, and I love painting winter landscapes, forests and ancient villages!

Sonah's cards are always beautifully edited and printed! The quality of the print, colors and paper are excellent!

You can find the wonderful Sonah Magazine and see the images and postcards (Christmas and floral) on the site: Sonah Verlag

  And here: 

Grusskarten - Greeting Cards

Riedlingen on the Danube, art, nature and beautiful storks

This is a memory of a summer evening in Riedlingen, a small town along the course of a still young Danube, with splendid half-timbered houses in a truly remarkable natural landscape. Riedlingen is located on the German Framework Road and is one of the few towns where storks have never stopped nesting since time immemorial.

In the drawing, in addition to the storks, you can also see a sandpiper, a beautiful common tern (Sterna hirundo) and rare salmon from the Danube, or Huchen. 

 

Schwäbisch Hall, drawn in ink and graphite

This view of the half-timbered houses overlooking the Kocher river was made (starting from a photo I took years ago on the spot ) to test some new "extra fine" and "super fine" brush pens just bought. With the addition of some graphite blended with the paper stumps.

Schwäbisch Hall is a truly wonderful medieval town, located deep in the Baden Wuerttemberg between Stuttgart and Wuerzburg, on the banks of the Kocher River. Marvelous half-timbered houses, towers and covered wooden bridges characterize the entire historic center.

North Sea Coast

A view of the North Sea Coast: Atlantic puffins, terns, seals and traditional thatched roof houses.

 

Monschau

Summer thunderstorm over the half-timbered village of Monschau (Eifel, Germany)

Fachwerk Lexikon - Lexicon of German Half-timbered Architecture

Hagenwil Castle, Swiss Fachwerk "Riegelbau"

FACHWERK GLOSSAR – GLOSSARY OF GERMAN HALF-TIMBERED ARCHITECTURE

1; Sparren

2; (Quer-) Riegel

3; Diagonale Streben (Mannfigur)

4; Schwellen

5; Rähm

6; Ständer (Eckständer)

7; Fenstererker

8; Andreaskreuz

9; Gefach/Ausfachung

10; Schnitzdekorationen

11; Fensterständer

12; Gebälk E.G.

13; Geschweiftes Andreaskreuz

14; Inschriftlicher Dekor

15; Brüstungsgefach

16; Geschweiftes Holz

17; Kopfwinkelholz 

The drawing with some of my bibliographic sources

A photo of the beautiful Palm’sches Haus, in Mosbach, 1610

Here is my article (text, illustrations and photos) on the German half-timbered houses published on "Borghi Magazine"

Monschau