Wet wet wet
Yesterday I started a new painting, and really messed it up by adding way too much water. There were pools…
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Wet galaxy
Just a bit of playing, really. Using lots of water, and spattering on the stars after it had dried a…
Frankenau
My parents in law have a small holiday house in Germany, right at the edge of a national park. It’s…
Experimenting
Yesterday was a really busy day, and I did not find the time to paint. Today I was going to…
Sail away
That’s what I would like to do. The sun was shining today, my husband was at home, and it felt…
Colour and depth
No postcard today. I decided to paint a bit in my sketchbook, just improvising with the colours of the Winsor…
Curves & Neutrals
My small study of today is part of the ceiling of a room in Casa Battló (Barcelona). I have tried to…
Boerenbont
Boerenbont is an old Dutch style for sets of cups and plates. I still have a couple of cups and…
Ferret
Today’s painting is a little ferret. Not an easy subject! Just like a tortie cat, it has so many different…
Kingfisher
In the past week or so I have been drawing or painting with my watercolor sets every day. I have…
Remember
It has been almost half a year since my dear cat Fiona passed away. On Tuesday September 1st we had to…
Just keep swimming!
I’m addicted to painting again. I feel the urge to make something every day. Today I was not feeling well.…
Lefka Ori
Lefka Ori (Λευκά Όρη) means “White Mountains”, and it is the name of the amazing mountain range on the west…
Stormy sea
Even though the paper I’m using is quite terrible, I took it out again today to make a painting. I…
Drenthe heath
As some of you may know, I’m not originally from Den Haag. I was born in the beautiful province Drenthe…
Sunset
I’ve been playing with my watercolour set again! Again, I used a postcard. I do have some watercolour paper too…
Dishes
Remember the dishes I made last week? They have been sitting around, drying, after which I gave them a first…
Longing for colour
It may be spring(-like), but it’s still quite cold. Today it even snowed in the east of the Netherlands! Not…
Water kitten
A couple of days ago I tried painting an improvised forest. Starting with lighter colours and building up to darker…
Spring is early
It’s spring here! This winter has been very, very warm compared to what we’re used to – you can hardly…
Clay and paint and play
This afternoon I decided to work a bit more on my clay items. They had dried enough, and I was…
Wet instead of dry
Until now I have mainly been working with dry mediums when creating art. Last year I discovered pastel pencils (and…
Meeting a new friend
Yesterday I had an appointment in Haarlem, and when I mentioned that on Ravelry, one of the members of the…
Draw a word
Last Tuesday I was going to meet RandomGwen here in Den Haag. Gwen is a fellow knitter and spinner, and…
Cats
Yesterday I started a new drawing. This is the first new drawing project after my hummingbird postcard. The reason I…
Hummingbird
I have not drawn a lot lately. I’m busy and have low energy. My cat is sick (she has a…
Deciding when to stop
I’ve been working on the painting for my mother some more. I erased the areas that I didn’t like (the…
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