Flowers...

At the moment it is raining... but last week I made another flower-painting 

with happy summer colours.

It is hanging in our livingroom now, to bring some sunshine in.

ZIZOlabel - acryl with pastel painting

Summer is nearly here...

Summer still-life... enjoy the simple things.

painting SOLD!

Painting made last week, wanted to bring some colour and happiness unto paper.

Always love making a still-life, this is made by heart, so from imagination.

Maybe I'll add some final touches with pastel crayons.

Inspiration came from an exhibition in the Singer Museum, 

where there were lots of decorative paintings to be seen.

Portrait before... and after

I am still working on the portraitplay online class by Alisa Burke,

and had fun trying my hand on making my own interpretation of a picture of a model.

So here's before:

And here's after:

And another one, before:

And after:

What I found difficult:

* how to start?

* when is it finished?

What I loved:

* making it your own, just freeride with the paint

* adding detailed lines with pen or pencil to get a sort of loose look

* how the colours turned out

Inspiration for portraits is endless, look at Van Gogh, 

how many self-portraits did he make and each one totally different.

There is a very nice one in blue which I really like.

#portraitplay, #AlisaBurke

Our neighbour cat

Our neighbour cat spends a lot of time in our garden, just some cat-sketches:

 

Working on portrait style... fun!

Recovering from a sort of flu, I took time to work through an online workshop by Alisa Burke.

Playing with portraits, it is so nice to just draw, see what comes out of your pen or pencil and to experiment.

One idea leads to another: why not use a thick brush, what if I use only blue?

Here are some of the results:

#alisaburke, #portraitplay, #zizolabel

Landscape lines in Portugal

So nice to see the way Nature has its own architecture, and lines in the landscape.
The westcoast of Portugal has special cliffs with a lot of eroded lines.
I am not specifically a landscape painter, but I have always enjoyed architecture.

Portuguese doors

Why do I photograph doors? 

Maybe because it is an entry to an unknown world,

and I am curious to what life it would lead...

These doors for instance: what would be behind them?

And then there was this door left open:

Photos were taken by me in small towns and cities in Portugal.