Barbara Gruenenfelder

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My mother tongue is swiss-german. I make courses in german and English and can answer questions in french and Italian as well.

I love to draw and paint, move and explore. i teach creative classes with adults and work as a coach. Drawing, painting and sewing are for me ways to explore both the outer and inner worlds, to deeply connect with life, to sharpen my awareness and to celebrate my playfulness. I am an Urban Sketcher in Bern, Switzerland.

Ich zeichne seit über 50 Jahren, gebe Kurse für Erwachsene seit 25 Jahren, coache seit 10 Jahren. Meine Leidenschaft ist Gestalten und den Dialog mit der Muse erforschen, dem BewusstSein (auch gemeinsam) auf die Spur kommen. Ich nähe auch gern und bin Korrespondentin bei Urban Sketchers Switzerland.

I love to draw and paint, move and explore. i teach creative classes with adults and work as a coach. Drawing, painting and sewing for me are ways to explore both the outer and inner worlds, to deeply connect with life, to sharpen my awareness and to celebrate my playfulness. I am an urban sketcher in bern, switzerland.

about my classes:

at the moment, all my udemy classes are about urban sketching, everyday- and travel sketching. since 10 years ago, i teach many urban sketching classes on location.  the classes here are either the essence of my on location classes in and around bern, or about what i love most: sketch on trekkings, in nature.

the most important ability in sketching from observation is to see, what is really visible in front of the eyes. so i highly recommend beginning with the "warming up exercises" or "aufwärmübungen..."

about the music:

mostly i leave it with voice and nature. sometimes i have added royalty free music (under a creative commons license) from kevin macleod from his great website incompetech.  i own extended lifelong licenses of the pieces i use (and otherwise i mention it according to the standard licence).