Best wishes

 

Wishing you happy holidays, enjoy the small moments of happiness, we all need them! Looking forward to more creativity in the New Year. Thank you for following along, let's make beautiful things.

Bye for now, Christien

These December days

 Currently in Christmas mode... I have had several Open Studio days, and have also been making Christmas cards. This is one of the handpainted designs.

I have tried to keep my schedule pretty free, because I want to work on some paintings in the studio and also enjoy the days before Christmas. I am also looking forward to the new year and am making plans.

 We have got grey weather all week, but it was warm and cozy inside the studio: 

This abstract painting is for sale, it is made on a wooden panel with acrylic paint. Contact me for info if you are interested. 

Current read

In a charity shop I found this little book, with a lot of information about primitive art and drawings. It has always fascinated me to see how people thousands of years ago started to express themselves. In this book there is a lot of information about the drawings found in caves all over Europe. It makes me want to go and visit those places. In Scandinavia also a lot of drawings were found, they tell so much about the people who made them.

These last drawings were found in California.

Using charcoal or red clay or dirt, they drew their surroundings, their world. Persons, animals and later the stories came about the capture of a herd of animals. Interesting to read how it developed.

A winter hat

 Yes, it is time for those winter accessories like gloves, scarves and... hats. So I took one page in the sketchbook to draw some of them. When I take some time I think I could draw a lot more of them, but this was the start:

My other theme was Christmas cards, I like making a new design each year. Overall just making and producing a nice product enlarges my creativity. Because: what if I made this in another colour... or in another shape? This is one I made, starting with the purple blend and adding on sparks to make it look like a starry sky.