Opera lovers will know the annual summer festival in the arena of Verona and may have been there at least once. It is not unusual to visit this northern Italian…
St. Anne’s Church in Vienna organises trumpet concerts during the Advent season. There are several reasons why one should attend one of these concerts. St. Anne’s is an impressing baroque…
I am not a nature lover. My interest in plants hardly exists and I have a very selective attention concerning animals. However, birds of prey belong to my favourites and…
Literary greetings from Goethe’s Faust. It is the second time I painted this group. I sold the first one during an exhibition where I demonstrated how to paint flat figures.…
Vienna has experienced the warmest October since years but last Wednesday it had to rain. This answered the question if the USK Vienna will sketch outside or inside the museum…
During the warm season, which lasted this year in Vienna until the third week of October – I neglected flat figure painting. But I promise I will finish some before…
The castle Aggstein dates back to the 12th century. Today it is a ruin with a spectacular view of the Cultural Landscape Wachau. That alone makes it worthwhile to drive…
On the northern hemisphere autumn is beginning today. Finally! I have been longing for it since mid-June. To celebrate autumn I painted a little still life in watercolour only.
If you are interested in history you might have heard about Aspern. Archduke Karl defeated Napoleon there in 1809. Today the Seestadt Aspern one of Europe’s biggest urban development project…
Prince Eugene of Savoy was already 62 years old when he bought Schloß Hof and let it remodel. A special feature was the estate farm nearby. After Prince Eugene’s death…
I bought this charming flat figure in Kulmbach in 2013. It was made by Reiner Mischko. Back at home I put it beside all the other figures in the cupboard.…
If you ever come to Austria you must visit a genuine "Kellergasse" (cellar lane). No, this does not mean visiting an overprised mass tourism institution in Grinzing with parking spaces…
I take the strain of travelling because I love to be somewhere else. Going as Viennese to Trieste gives you sometimes the impression you haven’t left home at all. Between…
Welcome
My name is Patricia. Travelling, painting flat tin figures and urban sketching are three of my hobbies. And that’s exactly what this website is about.
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One reason why I like travelling and sketching is that it gives me plenty of time to listen to music. Part of my collection was used as data material for the test phase of a new project. If you have ever asked yourself what I am listening while I am waiting for the next train or swinging the brush, the answer is here.