Hello, I'm still alive even though Uni is still actively trying to kill me! At least I don't have any more papers to write rn.
Anyway, I've been to Wust twice this year, once two days ago (what does it say about me that I drove 500km for a dead guy's 291st Jahrgedächtnis...?), and have apparently been promoted to the local historical association's transcription specialist because they don't have anyone who can read Kurrent and I can. So now I have some 18th century documents on my desk at home. Which I still can't believe. Some bills, some official documents with Prussian seals, a letter to Hans Heinrich from 1705, a letter to his wife from 1743, and an envelope of a letter to one of the younger sons with a seal from another Katte. I have yet to transcribe them, but I'll notify you if I find anything fun :D Also there's more where this came from which i could possibly get. Needless to say I'm hyped and will actually pass away immediately if the next stack of unorganized documents contains a letter that mentions new stuff on Katte jr.
Speaking of Katte, I got an article about the punishment methods at his boarding school by a Thomas Grunewald, don't know if you've already covered that...? I haven't read the whole thing yet, but what I've seen is very interesting. Teen Katte, along with some other students, got reprimanded for throwing snow and "wird besonders ermahnt, weil er sich vieles sagen lassen kann, aber nachher so tut als sei nichts gewesen". He also got investigated for trading things with his classmates and being "nicht genügsam erwecket"
Finally, I made some art during the last few months. I don't remember if I shared my latest comic with you...? It's not even that new, but I sorta forgot... Anyway:
And two Kattes. It's rather obvious which one was made in a medium i know how to use and which one was an experiment with new things... They both have their charm, even though both faces didn't turn out the way I usually want my Kattes to look. The coloured pencil one was gifted to the people in Wust and will apparently end up on some wall there :'D
Alright, this was my quick dump of stuff that could be interesting :'D I might make more coloured pencil portraits in the near future, I'd like to have a proper, nice looking picture of Fredersdorf... Maybe I'll make it a small series of Fritz and his boyfriends, I kinda like the portrait on white background look ^^ Anyway, I hope y'all are doing well :D
A mixture of stuff, mostly Katte related
At least I don't have any more papers to write rn.
Anyway, I've been to Wust twice this year, once two days ago (what does it say about me that I drove 500km for a dead guy's 291st Jahrgedächtnis...?), and have apparently been promoted to the local historical association's transcription specialist because they don't have anyone who can read Kurrent and I can. So now I have some 18th century documents on my desk at home. Which I still can't believe. Some bills, some official documents with Prussian seals, a letter to Hans Heinrich from 1705, a letter to his wife from 1743, and an envelope of a letter to one of the younger sons with a seal from another Katte. I have yet to transcribe them, but I'll notify you if I find anything fun :D Also there's more where this came from which i could possibly get. Needless to say I'm hyped and will actually pass away immediately if the next stack of unorganized documents contains a letter that mentions new stuff on Katte jr.
Speaking of Katte, I got an article about the punishment methods at his boarding school by a Thomas Grunewald, don't know if you've already covered that...? I haven't read the whole thing yet, but what I've seen is very interesting. Teen Katte, along with some other students, got reprimanded for throwing snow and "wird besonders ermahnt, weil er sich vieles sagen lassen kann, aber nachher so tut als sei nichts gewesen". He also got investigated for trading things with his classmates and being "nicht genügsam erwecket"
Finally, I made some art during the last few months. I don't remember if I shared my latest comic with you...? It's not even that new, but I sorta forgot... Anyway:
Silly comic featuring Fritz and Algarotti
And two Kattes. It's rather obvious which one was made in a medium i know how to use and which one was an experiment with new things... They both have their charm, even though both faces didn't turn out the way I usually want my Kattes to look. The coloured pencil one was gifted to the people in Wust and will apparently end up on some wall there :'D
Oil Pastels:
and coloured pencils:
Alright, this was my quick dump of stuff that could be interesting :'D I might make more coloured pencil portraits in the near future, I'd like to have a proper, nice looking picture of Fredersdorf... Maybe I'll make it a small series of Fritz and his boyfriends, I kinda like the portrait on white background look ^^ Anyway, I hope y'all are doing well :D