Robin
This afternoon I decided that I would paint a bird today, and I selected a robin because then I could…
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Done with Delft
For this painting, anyway. I have tried to intensify the darks a bit more, and to add nicer shadows to…
Neutrals
I’ve been working on my Delft painting a bit more. I tried to give the houses interesting stone colours. I’m…
Colour musings
One subject that I really, really love, and always get back to through the years (and in my pastimes) is…
Sketching and painting
I finished my Delft sketch today! In the past few days I worked on it a bit every day, but not…
Delft
Yesterday I visited the lovely Dutch city Delft. It’s quite an old city, and very close to Den Haag. I…
Three eggs
Happy easter! In Dutch we have an old song: Eén ei is geen ei Twee ei is een half ei Drie…
Dark sunset
Today I painted a sunset, and tried to create real dark colours without using black. It kind of worked, but…
Sock Madness round 2
Today when I woke up, I had an email from the Sock Madness organizers: I’m in team Kweechah Knotweed! Kweechah…
Fun with flowers
Now that I have this nice crafting spot, I have to use it, of course. No problem, no sir! I…
Ready to paint!
We made some more progress on my crafting corner! I had already cleaned out the back part of the storage…
Knit & Knot
Another intense day today: time for the first edition of the Knit & Knot knitting fair in Tilburg! The first knitting…
Lots of work…
Today I decided to clean up our storage room a bit more. It’s a very narrow room (about 1.7 m…
Wonky me
I still felt like painting this afternoon, so I decided to do a quick portrait study. And not with just…
Grounding
I have been working on the Amsterdam canal painting a bit more. It really needed more depth, because the boats…
Amsterdam Canal
I did it! I have painted on my hot press paper, despite being afraid to ruin it! And it works.…
Sunset at Haagse Hout
Today’s painting is of the same forest as the one from yesterday. You may recognize the bridge (we are looking at…
Forest light
Yesterday was such a busy day that I didn’t get to do my daily painting. When I came home, I…
Stormy sea
Another seascape postcard today! This time I was trying to make it less vibrant, more stormy. Higher waves, greyer sand,…
Trial and error
After the big painting of yesterday that turned out way nicer than I anticipated, I decided to only paint a…
Wet wet wet
Yesterday I started a new painting, and really messed it up by adding way too much water. There were pools…
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…
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