Caterpillars

Butterflies are late this season and so are therefore the caterpillars,

but they are beauties:

Combining paintings

Some of my paintings combined in a composition,

totally different styles I know...

see my Etsy-shop for more.

Paintings by ZIZOlabel, all rights reserved.

Castle garden

Live drawing in the garden of the castle... difficult!

Castle Sypesteyn

Textile museum part 2

At the moment there is a small exhibition on Scandinavian design

in the Textile Museum, and there was this vintage IKEA item from 1973,

funny to see the brochure and the product!

There are also a lot of techniques being tried,

for instance this tufting on large scale,

I like all the test runs made next to the artwork:

In the entrance hall there was this beauty, textile can really make life more beautiful. 

Let's cherish all the techniques:

Colour inspiration at the Textile museum

One of my favourite museums is the Textilemuseum.

Even though my craft is painting, I always get inspired by textile and thread.

All the things you can design and make from just one piece of thread, I like to be inspired by that.

This time the bright colours drew my attention:

The last picture is part of an artwork in a special exhibition at the museum.

Painting in the castle garden

We spent an afternoon painting in the garden of our local Castle,

I am not so much a landscape painter but I like challenging myself.

So I brought only four colours of paint,

which was a real challenge indeed :).

I chose an interesting angle with a view on the garden.

I used a small frame to consider the angle and composition:

The only unfortunate thing were the stinging flies... I wrapped my legs in a sweater, 

but they got me.

It is a small castle with a beautiful garden:

Trial and error

Today I worked on some ideas for Christmas,

I like the process of ideas and design.

I just try some different techniques and see what works.

There is trial and error, sometimes it does not work,

and sometimes it is better than I expected :).

So here is how I started, mirroring words on the backside of painted paper:

And here is the result, first try, made a mistake with the Y, so drew it again.

I have added some details and am still working on the design, but almost finished..

So truly my idea, my mistakes and truly handcut, drawn and handmade!

I love this process.