{"id":17215,"date":"2017-09-15T08:44:44","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T06:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hahnemuehle.com\/en\/?p=17215"},"modified":"2017-11-16T11:07:05","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T10:07:05","slug":"watercolourpostcardbox-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hahnemuehle.com\/en\/watercolourpostcardbox-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Jubilee Edition: Watercolour Postcard Box with Venice Motif"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Un cappucci per favore \u2013 one morning in Venice <\/strong><\/p>\n

A guest article by Alexa Dilla<\/em>
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Who actually is painting the pictures for Hahnem\u00fchle\u2019s Watercolour Postcard Box<\/a>? For the jubilee edition, the 10th<\/sup> edition of the small metal boxes with the watercolour postcards, we asked Alexa Dilla. With her fresh, urban picture \u2018La dolce vita\u2019 in Venice she inspires travel lust and the passion for creativity. And here, in our blog, she reveals how the picture for the limited box was created. Be fast if you want to secure one of the boxes. The 20,000 promotional items will be sold all over the world.<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I have to admit it: I don\u2019t succeed every day in going to the caf\u00e9 and sip my first cup of \u2018Cappucci\u2019 before 09:00hrs. On this morning, however I was richly rewarded for having got up early. In my pocket I had \u2013 as always \u2013 my paintbrushes, the watercolours and different Hahnem\u00fchle sketchbooks and Leporellos \u2013 homemade from Hahnem\u00fchle paper.<\/p>\n

These are the most beautiful days: no appointments and I can promenade across the city to see, hear, feel and \u2013 of course \u2013 taste. Vivid cities such as Venice, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, Nice or Barcelona often are overcrowded by tourists even in early summer and it is difficult to find some peace for feeling the heart of the city. During my trips as onboard-painter on cruise liners I had a lot of time for discover the beautiful places by painting. More often than not I visited a place \u2013 other than the passengers \u2013 again and again what allowed me to get to know it better.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”17218″ img_size=”large”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A wonderful plus when it comes to painting and drawing outdoors \u2013 particularly in cities \u2013 are the encounters with the locals. In Ajaccio on Corsica, for instance, I received the most tasty fruits as a gift as the market-woman was of the opinion that I had painted her particularly well. Espresso in Catania, Caf\u00e9 con leche in Barcelona and yoghurt ice on Corfu, coconuts on St Maarten and mango on Bali \u2013 sometimes it nearly felt like being at home. In English, French or with hands and feet I do chit-chat with people who admire my plein-air painting. And if I need my peace I just put my earphones into my ears.<\/p>\n

On days like the one in Venice it can happen that I\u2019m filled by a wonderful peace. If this happens I become totally transparent and blend in with the environment \u2013 like a chameleon. Then, all my senses are sharpened and the impressions flow right into my pen or paintbrush. It feels as if the environment is sucked in by my colours and the paintbrush and the pictures are virtually painted automatically. A state I\u2019m not thinking in but just am. Wonderful. No thoughts about perspective, light or shadow, no self-doubts, no assessment \u2013 just being there to paint. A big present. Sometimes, however, nothing works and then I move to another place, just walk on until the next subject smiles at me, or I try another technique or stick a ticket on it. Therefore, the pages of my sketchbooks usually don\u2019t look like printed. There are those that continuously feature quite a lot of rather nice sketches and pictures but in others you find just two or three complete pictures, with the rest of the book being filled with notes, colour samples or just unfinished sketches.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Apropos: beautiful sketches… What exactly is beautiful? And what is a subject? Topics that have plaguing me particularly since I have seen so many countries, cities and places of interest as on-board painter on a cruise ship in such a short time \u2013 now about three years. Postcard subjects galore. I regard Venice as particularly challenging when it comes to finding fresh subjects. Do I really also have to paint the Rialto Bridge? Or the gondolas? Yes, I have to \u2013 no matter how many artists have painted these subjects over the century. After all, I haven\u2019t. Or I have, in the meantime \u2013 but in the style I paint them. And that\u2019s why I like this Venice subject for Hahnem\u00fchle\u00b4s Watercolour Postcardbox at the Campo Santa Maria Nova so much.<\/p>\n

When looking at the picture I still can taste the \u2018Cappucci\u2019, recall the cool conditions and that is was so quiet that you heard everybody talking and the old man on the bench vis-\u00e0-vis who also told me about his painting sister. The beginning of a day I promenaded across Venice on \u2013 and in the evening I painted the Salute from the Guidecca in dreamy sunset light. Just a perfect day and this day now will accompany all the Hahnem\u00fchle fans that will purchase a sample of the 10th<\/sup> edition of the Watercolour Postcard Box<\/a>. My picture on 20,000 boxes that are sold all over the world. A great feeling!<\/p>\n

You can find Alexa Dilla with her pictures, workshops and tutorials at numerous channels:<\/p>\n

alexadilla.de<\/a><\/p>\n

maldichgluecklich.de<\/a><\/p>\n

facebook.com\/alexadilla<\/a><\/p>\n

instagram.com\/alexa_dilla<\/a><\/p>\n

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