The colours of the Scottish landscape

We've been away for a holiday in Scotland. We were a bit unfortunate with the weather, with gales, rain, storm and so on. But you go out anyway and enjoy the dramatic and beautiful landscape with its colours:

 

Page from my sketchbook

 Portrait drawing made with a marker and coloured pencil. You do not need much space to practice...

The artist Mondriaan

 I joined a workshop on the artist Piet Mondriaan, known for his really abstract and kubistic work. But I have seen some of his earlier work and really enjoyed these. The workshop was hosted by Talens Experience Centre. After an introduction on the several phases of his work we started to paint. And as always the results of each participant were so different. You could choose a still-life or a tree. I chose this picture of a tree:

And translated it into this painting:

And look at all the results:

Now I am intrigued to learn more about his work and visit the Museum Mondriaanhuis.

Layer after layer

 How things work: I'd like to show you my process of layering. For me it is about having fun experimenting. So here you see each layer being added. I used acrylic paint, a brush and stamp:

I am not a pattern maker, and I am not sure what I will do with this result. It is a colour combination I do not use a lot so it was fun to see what results this would give. Get out of your comfort zone and enjoy the creative process.