One of my pencil favourites

 Lately I have been trying a lot of different pencils and brands. One of my favourites is the Inktense pencil of the English brand DERWENT. This pencil has strong pigment and can be diluted with water. I bought a new colour: Mid Vermillion, and tried it in my sketchbook. Here you see an apple and a pear, the pear I blended with water which makes the colour stronger and more present. When you do not dilute, that is the apple, then it holds the softness of your drawing lines.

These pencils can also be used on acrylics, for some extra detail or colour expression.

You can also dip the tip :) into water and then you sort of get a watercolour effect.

I bought these at an artist supply store Van Beek Art.

Artfair

This weekend I was present on a local Castle Fair. This castle is only about 300 meters away from my studio and it has a beautiful garden with large chestnut trees. We had the perfect weather and lovely conversations with visitors and colleagues.

So at the beginning of this week I am organizing the studio again, for my own Open Studio this Friday (11-16 hours). I have some new paintings to frame and photograph and some cards to restock.

Wishing you a good week!

Details of the brush

 Some years ago I made a painting of Nectarines, with acrylics on paper. And I looked at it closely recently and I just like the dry brush method I used. I do like adding texture or painting texture of clothing, curtains or whatever.

So I painted the old table with its painted and used surface. On a lightgrey background, I used a dry brush and white paint to express the structure. Using these techniques, by trial and error..., make it interesting for me.

What you see here is a part of the painting.