Portraits

Sometimes people are on my mind and I draw portrait after portrait. Most of them are made up, non-existent, images of my memory.

Artist inspiration in Textile Museum

I visited an inspiring exhibition in the Textile Museum. Various artists like Picasso and Andy Warhol made designs for fabric, here you see some examples:

Andy Warhol

inspiration from old books

The exhibition is still showing for a couple of weeks.

The Museum is an inspiring place for creative persons, 

showing old processes of making blankets. 

And in the Textile Lab you find the newest methods and designs. 

There is also a fascinating library which has a very large collection.

Matisse in Tate Modern

The Tate Modern has been showing the cut-outs of Matisse, 

here is a glimpse for some inspiration:

And a link to a nice video:

http://bcove.me/cfj4jcxo

Wish I could have visited!

Matisse inspired me to put together a workshop on his cut-outs.
Students enjoyed the process, here is a modern take on this:

 

Summer still life

 Still lives sometimes seem a bit outdated... 

but I experienced myself that you can learn a lot from looking at a still life: 

dimensions, shape, shades, composition etc.

I am therefore organizing a workshop on August, 13 in the evening where we will be looking at a summer fruit still-life and make a painting or drawing of it.

It can be made in so many different styles; impressionistic, loose, precise, in one colour, 

it is inspiring, you just need to take the time to do it!

Christmas in July - party set

While it is very much warm weather here, I was busy thinking about Christmas....

Many magazines are working on their December issues in Summer, 

and Etsy therefore organizes a Christmas in July.

I have made some paper goods sets to style your Christmas dinner, or any dinner party.

I always like to decorate the table when we have dinner guests 

and often choose a colour combination for this.

This inspired me to paint some thick paper in abstract patterns and make them into decorations.

You can re-use these and hang them in your Christmas tree, or make a garland with them or style a small corner on a table. You can find the different combinations in my Etsy-shop.

Using new materials

What to do with a pile of Novilon patches...? 

So easy to throw away, but didn't I want to practice printing? 

Okay, so I just started cutting shapes and testing the patterns, frontside, backside.

Fun results! Looking forward to see where this leads me to...

And another new one...

 In a newspaper I read such a lovely article, 

about a couple who decided to marry at 90 years old (!).

 This week I started to make a painting of them, this is how I began,

searching for right dimensions,

getting their heads into position,

sketching and searching...

And this is how it may end,

maybe some little details will be added,

not sure about that.

The painting is part of a series I am working on,

to be continued this summer.