A Janus moment
Janus is the Roman god with two faces. He represents doorways, transitions, beginnings and endings. One of his faces looks…
Category: Art
Art
I need my space
It’s been a while since I’ve written a post, and that is because I went on holiday for two weeks.…
Moving to Luminar 2018
Ever since Lightroom 2, I have been using Lightroom to post-process my photographs. Through the years, I have learnt a…
Vintage charm (or rabbit hole)
If you’ve ever had a hobby, you’ll probably know about this phenomenon: there turns out to be an entire community…
56 or 90 mm?
Shortly after I bought my X-T20, I decided to sell my complete Canon set (5D2, 24-70 L, 70-200 Sigma), and…
Why I sold my Canon 5D mark II and bought a Fujifilm X-T20 instead
When I started to be a bit more serious about my photography hobby, back in 2006, I sold my Samsung…
Story Time
The latest swap in the Dutch Karma Swap group is called Story Time. It’s a long-running swap (three months) in…
Silhouettes
I had a bit of a painting block going on. Painting colour and shape and precision were too much for…
Paris
Last weekend we went away to see Paris for the very first time! Both my husband and I had never…
Happy New Year!
I know that it’s already January 4th, but here in The Netherlands you are allowed to give your well-wishes for…
Space and silence
There are some things that I really need in my life, and those are not often available if you live…
Le chat qui rit
Lately I have been wanting to draw and paint a bit more realistically, but I have been stuck on finding…
Zero to technicolour in 3… 2… 1…
These pencils are so much fun! They’re little firecrackers of pigment, and if you’re not careful in applying them, the…
Over the moon!
I got myself an early birthday present. It’s awesome. It’s a set of Caran d’Ache Museum Aquarelle pencils. They are…
Good night
I’ve been playing with a sweet little gadget lately: a Korg MicroKey 2 Air, which is a midi keyboard for…
The devil is in the details
So I’m casually painting in my little Moleskine sketchbook. It’s quite small, so it’s more of a doodling book. Just…
Against the light
Here’s a little trial painting in which I’m trying to set a scene against the light. First I painted the sky/background…
Depth and silhouette
Remember the painting I was working on? This is the one: I worked on it a bit more, adding in…
Space and watercolour
My latest painting is developing slowly. I’m trying to add focus with every step… but it’s not easy! I also…
Moving into colour dreams
My most recent paintings have been more dreamy than the ones I made in the beginning. When I started painting…
Tour de Fleece week 1
It has been a busy spinning week! And of course I had to work to (so inconvenient…). In the first…
Rainy days
This past month has been very, very rainy. Usually it doesn’t rain that much in Den Haag. Living next to…
Fluid silhouettes
Even though I haven’t posted about it, I have been painting a bit. Just not as much as before I…
Contrast
I have just had a very busy two weeks! I started on a new job last week, then went away…
Doodling
When you paint from a reference photo, you run the risk of sticking to the photograph completely instead of making…
Playing with paint
Usually when I pick up a new hobby I slightly obsess over it – well, obsess may be too big…
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