One-line-drawing

A portrait in one line, meaning you put the pen on paper and draw in one line fluently, without taking the pen of the paper. I made this portrait of a woman and was happy with the result. 

My first Christmas studio-day I worked on an assignment and was happy with the loyal customers who dropped by and purchased some art and cards. I always like to turn my studio into a retailshop, and showing new products :).

Preparing Open Studio days

Two Open Studio days are coming up and I always like to make something new. So I spent some time making new Christmas cards, and new charcoal portraits. I also want to start on some new artwork but somehow I have not find the rest and calm to concentrate and take time for this. It is probably because of too many sideprojects... In busy times I cannot work on larger pieces, I tend to grab some sketchbook for quick ideas or drawings. But the best thing is to block some days for creating without being disturbed or distracted :).

Info on the Open days you find here on the right side of the page. Please contact me for questions.

 

Soft light

Autumn leaves are still here, they are holding on and the weather is dry and quiet. So I'll be outside, enjoying the colours, the soft light, the shades and shapes.

 

Female painter Else Berg

Last week I visited the art museum SINGER, www.singerlaren.nl. A portrait I really liked was this one by Else Berg, it is called "Young woman in a red pinafore" and was painted in 1913. She was a Jewish artist, and lived in Amsterdam from 1910. She has made quite a lot of paintings which are all scattered in Museums and private collections. I did not know this portrait and I like the strong lines. 

She lived 1877-1942, she was taken to Auschwitz where she was murdered upon arrival...

Markers and greens

 Another sketchbook-page, using permanent markers to draw and just one colour tone. I really enjoy doing this. Ofcourse the markers are a challenge, because you cannot erase anything...

Just collect images and pictures which draw your attention and draw them in a page, and then start colouring them in dark and light tones or patterns and see where you end up.

Snippets of paper

 In my sketchbook I glued some snippets of paper randomly. I skipped the page for a couple of months ;), but now I decided to tackle it in trying to draw a portrait out of it, using the snippets.

The start and the finish:

 

And the fun thing is, I find, that you would never have made this portrait without the snippets. So it brought me something new, surprising, and well maybe I do not like it, but it is the challenge to make something out of it... and I somehow do like it.

New: Morning fog

 Morning fog is the title of a new painting I made. I love the soft colours and the mystery of the fog and clouds. I made it on a prepared canvas, which adds texture to it. When sunlight shines over it, it adds depth.

It is now in my Etsy-shop.