Making Of - Work process

My work process is quite unusual, few painters work outside and directly on-site these days, and it is quite a challenge to take your whole painting equipment with you. Large canvas (mostly 150 x 100 cm), easel, and a backpack with oil paint and paint brushes. Since I don't have more than two hands, I am finally using "Der Spiegel" or a similar magazine as a palette and  fold it afterwards to store it in my backpack. But the advantage of adapting to different light atmospheres, the clouds and the seasonal colours or even the artificial light is obvious: the painting becomes so much more lively, you literally dive into the motive and the surroundings, almost forgetting everything around you. 

The painting of the Hambach Castle is an exception: I finished the flags during the shooting for the exhibition at the State Representation of Rhineland-Palatinate in Berlin.

Thanks to the technique I learned during my studies in Paris, I only use three to five colours plus white, one or two blues, one or two red tones, and yellow. 

Mixing these basic colours and creating the complimentary colours allows me to create a fascinating universe of shades, and I can travel with a reduced amount of oil paint.