Each face is different, and when I see a tilted head or a certain look that speaks to me, I like to try to capture it. Just as this ballpoint sketch on a small piece of paper:
I've been working on all sorts of different things, some Youtube studies on landscapes, working on a larger landscape on canvas, and making little portrait drawings. Creativity has to found you working is a quote I once read... so better take that pencil or brush and see where you end up...
Last weekend my studio was open for 2 days, I display my latest artwork, the cards which I do not sell online, some handmade gift packages and so on. In the meantime I am working at my desk. This weekend I sold this little pencil portrait, it was purchased as a gift for someone. It makes me so happy to be selling my artwork, so it can be seen and enjoyed.
Wishing you a good week!
On March, 6 and 7 I am opening up my studio for local visitors. Spring is in the air so it is nice to welcome people to the studio. It is open from 11-16 on Friday and 11-15 in Saturday. Please contact me for more details.
I'll be presenting creative DIY packages, greeting cards, small art and accessories, all handmade by me.
This is the latest piece of work on my desk, a horizontal landscape with acrylics on paper. It is a landscape from the heart, and probably based on one of the many landscape views I see during my walks. I like the endlessness of meadows and flat land, it gives room to breathe. This abstract approach of painting also gives room to the viewer's imagination and thoughts, which is unsubconsciously one of the reasons I think why I paint... to let the viewer be transported to another world.
This time some abstract work: I enjoyed working with these colours and seeing the result. I used some sgraffito as well. I wanted to try out this Fabriano paper (it is perfect) and used some yellow, blue and black for this. The outcome is very lively and surprising, the only thing is: what to do next? Do I leave it like this because it is lively, or do I continue with other layers? I have not decided yet.
This week a little drawing by Rembrandt was sold for 27 million, a sketch of a lion. Well preserved, framed and taken care of. I was thinking about this when I made a little portrait drawing of a girl, with a French Conté pencil. All the little sketches tell something about the maker, they have value. And when you have become famous they are immensely valuable :).
It was a small girl on a random picture in a brochure, but I wanted to capture her look, a bit innocent and dreamy. I love the soft touch the Conté adds.
We spent a week away hiking in the hills. It was chilly, frosty and beautiful. Not much sun, mainly fog, so colours were softened and magical. It was a bit cold to take pictures but the frost had clung to the branches and the details were really beautiful.
After the walk we warmed up inside, drank coffee, and a bit of reading and creating.
Now it is time to get back to the studio.
