Pencil studies after Bellflowers

 So delicate and beautiful this purple or white flowers hanging as little bells!

Here I did some line sketches after two different sorts of them. 

You can purchase them as prints in my ETSY shop, you can also let me a comment or write me if you are interested in the original drawing which might be still available.

"Campanula N.1",  pencil drawing.

/Print HERE/

"Campanula N.2", pencil drawing.

/Print HERE/

Winter Landscape

around the quiet lake in Offenbach. Sunny and calm Sunday.
A pleinair drawing with mixed media (gouache, oil pastels, crayons) on brown paper.

Schultheis Weiher, Offenbach - 2019
mixed media Pleinair
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Asturias coast

Some pleinair watercolors in my homeplace Asturias, in North Spain ..💙
They are already from a couple of Summers ago...

Arnao - 2016
coastal watercolor
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Bayas - 2016
Beach watercolor
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Feliz 2019

Ay ay! I have to catch up this good whish for you all 💖, at least before January is over :D and before Spring comes... that will come, yes !!

The 2018 was a crazy year with a couple of big changes that came like surprises, some old dream coming true this year, like quitting the music lessons and making a living from my art ..  And because life is a yinyan, was not all roses in 2018..,
I am confident and optimist about this already starting 2019 and I wish also your dreams to come true. I am sure now that it can ever happen, so keep on with it!
I will also try to update ofter this blog, as I forgot it a bit due to the easiness and comfort of using Instagram, for those using it also  -->
https://www.instagram.com/catilustre/

KISSES and LOVE
Catalina

Tiempo de Fresas

Strawberries Season.
A fresh watercolor still life.
Available as print in my EtsyShop

Strawberries 2018
Watercolor drawing 8"x11.5"
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Frankfurt am Main

direct at the river shore, a Summer evening.

I drew this watercolor on location in 2016. All the people were outside enjoying the warm evening. At the background, the Mainhattan Skyline under the pink and golden sunset light.

Frankfurt am Main 2016
Watercolor and pencil sketch
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Aschaffenburg drawings

Schloss Johannisburg, Aschaffenburg - 2018
Ink drawing
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Aschaffenburg- 2018
gouache and pencil sketch
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Street in Aschaffenburg- 2018
Watercolor sketch
PRINT for sale /HERE/

A couple of months ago there was a Urbansketchers meeting in Aschaffenburg, a very nice city in Bavaria close to Frankfurt and along the Main River.
Even if it was quite cold and windy, we got to make a few sketches. Here is my contribution.

 After sketching outside, we went to the mythic Schlappeseppel brewery to eat some Wurst mit Kraut and drink some.. Bier of course 😋

Rhododendon Art Print

The 2018 has started with some very good news!

From October you could find -and buy- a fine art print of this Rhododendron pencil drawing in IKEA stores all over the world!💪
This is just the first one, in the new year you would find new prints. It makes me feel happy that many homes could have a beautiful botanical print from me, drawn with loads of love 😌😍
And I am so thankful to Ann and Rachel from Artpress who believe in my work and made this happen! 💖

Singersongwriters in Frankfurt

in March, one very cold Saturday, we went quite spontaneos to a music shop, No. 2 Records in Sachsenhausen, a beautiful neighbourhood in Frankfurt. There were playing two musicians, first Boohoo Music from Frankfurt. I don't find his website anymore, but it was a very lyrical music!
And afterwards 'Cannonball Stateman' from USA. A very different style, less slow, also indie and a bit heavmetal sometimes! I only could draw his rich, curly mane :D

Nude drawing in movement.

a couple more nude drawings after female model.
I post here the quick line drawings, where I try to catch as fast as possible the essence of the model and the movement.

Female Nude 2017 - ink drawing
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
/SOLD/

Female Nude 2017 - ink drawing
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
/SOLD/

Female Nude 2017 - charcoal
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

Finissage Wed. 21st March

In café Metropol
Wecktmarkt 15,  60311 Frankfurt am Main.
Is the last time to see my botanical pictures there, and we will play a lot of beautiful music, from classics to jazz!
Come if you are in Frankurt!

Printemps

another floral painting

Amarillo

art prints - Yellow bouquet

Another artwork submited for the Minted challenge.

You can follow this link if you want to vote it:
https://www.minted.com/design-rating/919882
or just having a look and voting other designs.

Rojo

This is a picture of the process with the model, as I was painting them in my studio.

Visit my Instagram to see many pictures of my last drawings:

https://www.instagram.com/catilustre/

Exhibition at Café Metropol

in Frankfurt, to see until February 2018.

Café Metropol
Weckmarkt 15,
60311 Frankfurt am Main
http://www.metropolcafe.de/


You can visit the cosy Café close to the Frankfurter Cathedral, have a nice brunch, meal or coffee pot, and look at the pictures that hang at the walls. There are 21 original watercolors and oil paintings of flowers and veggies, and 4 Prints of my more modern botanical series "Foliage".
Have a nice Christmas everyone!!

White peonies

Peonías blancas y fragantes con carboncillo y grafito.

White Peonies - Charcoal and pencil
Original Size: 22" x 16" (59 x 42 cm)
Print for sale /HERE/

Line nudes

is a long time I don't bring you nude studies!
you can see HERE all of them in this blog.

Female Nude 2017 - charcoal
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

Female Nude 2017 - Charcoal
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

Female Nude 2017 - pencil
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

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Es ist lange her dass ich euch Aktzeichnungen bringe... ab und zu aber mal wieder.

Female Nude 2017 - marker
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

Female Nude 2017 - marker
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

Female Nude 2017 - marker
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
ORIGINAL for sale /HERE/

OPEN STUDIOS in AtelierFrankfurt

Von Fr. 17 Nov. bis So. 19 Nov. haben wir in AtelierFrankfurt wieder Opendoors.
Mehr Infos:
www.atelierfrankfurt.de
Link zum  Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/159452654661410/?active_tab=about

Freitag, 17. November 2017 — 18-22 Uhr
— anschließend Dance@AF
Samstag, 18. November 2017 — 14-19 Uhr
— anschließend Jazz@AF
Sonntag, 19. November 2017 — 14-19 Uhr

"Hessens größtes Kunstzentrum ATELIERFRANKFURT (AF) öffnet wieder seine Türen. Drei Tage lang sind die Besucher während der OPEN STUDIOS eingeladen, auf 6 Stockwerken hinter 130 Ateliertüren zu schauen und die Arbeitswelt von etwa 200 Künstlern, Kreativen und Kulturschaffenden zu erleben.

Ein vielseitiges, interdisziplinäres Programm aus bildender Kunst, Performance, Literatur und Musik begleitet das Wochenende der offenen Ateliers und die Kantine im Atelierfrankfurt sowie die RAMPE - Bar im Atelierfrankfurt laden zum Verweilen, Speisen und Trinken ein. "

Das sich ständig aktualisierende Programm gibt's auf unserer Webpage: http://atelierfrankfurt.de/ausstellung/vortragen/open-studios-im-af/ 

Sunday Hike

Sonntag Wanderung in Odenwald. Ein schnelle Skizze mit Bleistiften. Durch das Wandern lade ich  meine seeliche Batterien auf 😌..

Autumn Leaves

Yes, they come each year. These are from last Autumn, but I did not have time to digitalize them and share them here...

Autumn  leaves I- ink and watercolor drawing
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Autumn  leaves II - ink and watercolor drawing
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
PRINT for sale /HERE/

Autumn  leaves III - ink and watercolor drawing
Size: 11" x 16" (29,7 x 42 cm)
PRINT for sale /HERE/

And whith Autumn Leaves, you have to listen here 
There are so many beautiful versions. Now a not so jazzy one, but also beautiful :)