Landscape painting
Instead of knitting or spinning, I have been spending my time playing the violin, reading, and painting, lately. I wrote…
Tag: landscape
Playing with colours
I’ve started a new spinning project with some beautiful fibres that I received in a Secret Santa exchange. However, it’s…
Spring time
I wrote my previous post in the middle of winter. Now, the world is waking up again. Time for an…
Exploring still lifes
For the past few months, whenever I was painting on my iPad, I sort of ended up painting fantasy landscapes.…
Shifted focus
Lately, I have been focused on some other things than fibre crafting. I don’t have room in my head for…
iPad Pro sleeve
Last week I was on holiday, and halfway through, I decided to (finally) bite the bullet and get a new…
I need my space
It’s been a while since I’ve written a post, and that is because I went on holiday for two weeks.…
Happy New Year!
I know that it’s already January 4th, but here in The Netherlands you are allowed to give your well-wishes for…
Space and silence
There are some things that I really need in my life, and those are not often available if you live…
Space and watercolour
My latest painting is developing slowly. I’m trying to add focus with every step… but it’s not easy! I also…
Moving into colour dreams
My most recent paintings have been more dreamy than the ones I made in the beginning. When I started painting…
Suggestion
Wet-in-wet. That’s what I’m trying. For the birds I was working wet-in-dry, which gives you more control over the outcome,…
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…
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…
Colour and depth
No postcard today. I decided to paint a bit in my sketchbook, just improvising with the colours of the Winsor…
Lefka Ori
Lefka Ori (Λευκά Όρη) means “White Mountains”, and it is the name of the amazing mountain range on the west…
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…
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…
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…