maandag 18 maart 2024

Working on another design

 In my studio I have been working on a design for a new card. This is my first try, using watercolours. I think I will try again with acrylics and see the difference. Sometimes it takes a while to get it right... so just keep going ;).



maandag 11 maart 2024

New work

Making hours in the studio are almost always well spent. The joy of making and finishing with an end result, I like it! I will have another look at these four small artworks and then make them into finished paintings. Have a nice week, make something if you can!



 

maandag 4 maart 2024

Studio creative time

 I was in the mood for some fun and colour. So I took some paint and made playful marks, to see what would happen, and it ended with 4 small art works in cheerful colours :).

Have a nice week, I hope to spend more time in the studio.






maandag 26 februari 2024

A painting by Co Breman

 Ah, I am looking back on a nice week with people visiting my studio and celebrating 15 years of creativity. Most of them know me for some time so they know the road I took. To see my process and share it with them was very nice.

I also went to a favorite museum of mine: Singer Laren, and I'd like to share this happy painting with you. It is made by Co Breman in 1915. It represents a square with its famous cafe and church. This square has been painted a lot because there was an active group of painters in this village (hence the museum). Once I was at the same square with the assignment from the academy to paint it. Wow, for me it was difficult. So much was happening: the high trees, the intricate houses, the shadows, I was overwhelmed. It did not turn out to my satisfaction. So when I saw this painting in the museum I thought: hey look what he has made, and how beautiful is this! It definitely brings some sunshine into the room.




maandag 12 februari 2024

15 years

 This Saturday my studio and creative company will exist for 15 years! I am not one for numbers and it is easy to just let this pass, but I decided to take a moment and celebrate. These weeks I have been looking back at old work, at the list of activities, the nice encounters and just the process of it all. For the first time I made a picture book with a lot of my work in it.

Focusing on developing my creativity has brought me a lot. Learning techniques, learning about art and history, finding your own path in it all and to spend actual time making and exploring. There have been uncertain times, or times without a lot of energy and I went through it all. An interesting thing I learned is that creativity opens up your senses. Your focus is on looking, listening and trying to use that in your drawing or painting. Another thing is to just start, start making, drawing. Creativity often brings surprises, unexpected things occur in your artwork. You would not have found those if you did not just start.

I will go on, using my creativity in my artwork. I hope to inspire and be inspired by others.





donderdag 1 februari 2024

No drawing a day

 Hello, it is the first of February and normally my project a drawing a day would start, but I decided to skip this year. I have got the flu and a severe headache so even drawing is a bit too much. It'll be just my weekly blogs then. I do want to share some artwork I made recently, I really like the result and it was so much fun to make, placing layer upon layer:


They are two small works on paper, and they are available for 50 euro in my ETSY-shop, look here.