Faith Dance Art

Dancing Birch Self-portrait – Gouache Painting

Dancing Trees My upcoming exhibition has the title "The Dance of Trees" and as a result, I tried different ways to express the moving character of trees. Dancing Birch Self-portrait This painting of a birch that dances started out as... Weiterlesen

Earth Plant – Gouache Painting

September Challenge - Day 1 As I have explained in my recent post, during the 30in30 Challenge in September 204 I will post different paintings from the recent months alternating with new draft paintings done in September in preparation for bigger paintings. Most... Weiterlesen

30in30 challenge again

30in30 Challenge It's time again - Leslie Saeta is again calling artists to participate in another "30in30 Challenge" during September 2014. The idea is to challenge oneself to paint 30 paintings in 30 days. I have already participated three times (January 2013,... Weiterlesen

Upcoming Exhibition – Dance of Trees

Upcoming Exhibition - Dance of Trees Even though most of you won't have the opportunity to visit my next exhibition in Upper Austria, I still want to let you know about it. Here is the front of the invitation: [caption id="attachment_3669"... Weiterlesen

Surrealism and Magic Realism today.

Surrealism and Magic Realism today. At the end of July 2014, I participated in another elective seminar as part of my art study program. The topic was Surrealism and Magic Realism. I found both art styles highly fascinating. The course... Weiterlesen

Large format paintings and their potential.

Large format paintings and their potential. In July 2014 I participated in a course about "Large format paintings and their potential" at the Leonardo Kunstakademie Salzburg (Leonardo Art Academy Salzburg). This was one of the elective courses as part of my art... Weiterlesen

LKS Advanced Course 1

LKS Advanced Course 1 After two basic classes,  came the first advanced class, which introduced us to acrylic, gouache, tempera and oil paint. And of course, there was more theoretical teaching about material theory and art history. [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="96"... Weiterlesen

LKS Basic Course 2 Homework

LKS Basic Course 2 Homework Again we got a long list of instructions for the homework to be done until the next course. These included some reproductions of famous painters. Several of these paintings have already sold. [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="90" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_pro_thumbnail_grid"... Weiterlesen

Van Gogh and new series

Van Gogh and new series Due to the homework, I do for my art studies, I will have to paint several pictures of the "Old Masters". So far I did not do this very often, because it goes against my... Weiterlesen

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms Cherry Blossoms are a major theme in the area where I live. Among other things a road bicycle race is named after it, as well as a public hiking event, and several buildings have "cherry blossoms" in their... Weiterlesen

Good Friday – It is finished

  [caption id="attachment_14891" align="alignnone" width="600"] Karfreitag, Aquarell auf Papier, 40x30cm * Good Friday, Watercolor on Paper, 16x12in © 2014 by Jutta Blühberger www.juttabluehberger.at[/caption] Joh 19,30 When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” and he bowed... Weiterlesen

LKS Basic Course 2

LKS Basic Course 2 The second class of the two-year study program at Leonardo Art Academy introduced us to color theory, watercolor painting (aquarell), art history and material knowledge. [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="88" exclusions="1933,1932" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_pro_thumbnail_grid" override_thumbnail_settings="0" thumbnail_width="200" thumbnail_height="200" thumbnail_crop="0" images_per_page="20" border_size="0" border_color="#eeeeee" spacing="2"... Weiterlesen

Room With a View – Pencil Drawing

This is my living room, nicely tidied up so that I have fewer details to work on, drawn as a simple line drawing with a pencil. It's my last piece of homework for the art academy - a room with... Weiterlesen

Vegetable Still Life – Fineliner Drawing

After taking some time off for redesigning my webpage, I am back to posting some drawings. The following still life with organic vegetables shows one red cabbage, one kohlrabi with leaves and several yellow turnips. I did this drawing as... Weiterlesen

Memories of Vacation

Now that the 30in30 Challenge is over, I lost the routine a little bit. Of course, I will continue to draw and post my drawings, just not quite as often.   This latest drawing is again part of my homework... Weiterlesen