Tis the season...

 Yes, it is the holiday season again and I am happily making Christmas cards, in different designs and colours. Let's send each other a warm greeting!

A gift...

Last Friday, during my Open Studio, the soft rays of sunshine felt like a gift to me. The grapevine just in front of the window in golden colours and then this soft light. It was picture-worthy... 

This Friday my studio will be open again, 11-16 hours. Welcome!

Piet Mondriaan

In September I followed a course about the painter Mondriaan and since then I was looking for a book on his work and paintings. I found one in the library and it was inspiring. This is his picture, and I made a portrait drawing of him :). 

These two works of him caught my eye. He is known for his late abstract work but he made so many portraits and landscapes as well.

In this last portrait he boldly uses blue and orange, and by not painting it so densely it becomes translucent. I think it is very creative and beautiful.

Before and after

 This is a page in my sketchbook. I glued on some paper before... 

and then used the base as a part of this portrait drawing.

It is an A6-size sketchbook, so a little drawing.