Monday, 26 October 2009

Street market

The fall has come to the Slovenian coast as well. The weather is just right for hiking in unspoiled nature to admire nature's splendor in the richness of the colors of plants like Cotinus coggygria (Slovenian: ruj). Made some beautiful walks in the surrounding these days, but painting all those leaves is still too much of a challenge ;) ... So today a little piece to practice painting with a limited palette (Prussian blue, Permanent magenta and Transparent yellow).



Enjoy life!

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

Tea Time

...and off to bed.





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Saturday, 3 October 2009

Cemetery of seashells

It was a beautiful day today. Just perfect for a walk to the sea. The local soccer team was playing a match on the near football ground and some kids were running up and down the pier. Some years ago they have deepened the sea in this point and millions of seashells were dug out to the surface, so the place got the name "cemetery of seashells". It is a popular spot and offers some nice scenery as well. Sitting on the seashells path I was trying to sketch en plain air ...