Interiors with a touch of art

 

 

In the beginning of October I visited an interior and design fair in Amsterdam.

I am always interested in new products,

and was curious.

There was a lot to be seen,

I noticed an emphasis on artistic interiors

and took some photos.

I love how art can be a part of everyday life 

and can give you so much joy by looking at it.

Of course I hope my art and drawings can be part of someone's interior as well :).

I had a lot of quality felt

I got a lot of quality felt by the brand Kvadrat,

it would be thrown away otherwise...

What to do with it?

Of course you can think of a lot.

I wanted to make something sustainable for Christmas,

I had some ideas and started to cut, try and make. It turned into these colourful garlands.

Quite a lot of work... but quality and you can use them for years to come.

Charcoal

Love to use charcoal for portrait sketches,

most of these drawings I kept in a portfolio.

Some of them I turned into cards:

The painting of the castle garden

So I made this first draft of the garden of the castle this summer,

and I have been looking at it for some time,

not knowing what to do with it.

And today I just started.

So this is the beginning of the draft, painting live in the garden:

This is my palette:

And this is the painting up until now:

I think I will look at it some more, 

deciding whether I will work on it some more or not.

Make art

Quick drawing in between, doing some lettering.

Hand lettering is very popular nowadays,

and it is so much fun to do.

When I was young, I practiced calligraphy,

and I have several inspiring books about this topic.

But... I prefer to freestyle, not looking at other fonts or ideas but just try new ones: