Flaming tulip
It’s tulip season in The Netherlands! The Keukenhof is open and the tourists are admiring all the different colours and…
Category: Painting
Robots vs. Downtown mitts
The recipient has received my swap box, so I can finally show what I’ve been knitting in the past weeks!…
Nuthatch
Today I decided to paint one more bird: a nuthatch. I painted it with my Schmincke paints, but I had…
Painting a tree
After yesterday’s struggle with painting trees, I decided to look around for tips and tricks to achieve what I want.…
Suggestion
Wet-in-wet. That’s what I’m trying. For the birds I was working wet-in-dry, which gives you more control over the outcome,…
Focus
It’s interesting to see that my paintings are better when I have more brain power. It makes total sense, of…
Great tit
I’m continuing my bird study. I love the way they look and combination of their subtle colour differences and their in-your-face…
Robin
This afternoon I decided that I would paint a bird today, and I selected a robin because then I could…
Done with Delft
For this painting, anyway. I have tried to intensify the darks a bit more, and to add nicer shadows to…
Neutrals
I’ve been working on my Delft painting a bit more. I tried to give the houses interesting stone colours. I’m…
Colour musings
One subject that I really, really love, and always get back to through the years (and in my pastimes) is…
Sketching and painting
I finished my Delft sketch today! In the past few days I worked on it a bit every day, but not…
Three eggs
Happy easter! In Dutch we have an old song: Eén ei is geen ei Twee ei is een half ei Drie…
Dark sunset
Today I painted a sunset, and tried to create real dark colours without using black. It kind of worked, but…
Sock Madness round 2
Today when I woke up, I had an email from the Sock Madness organizers: I’m in team Kweechah Knotweed! Kweechah…
Fun with flowers
Now that I have this nice crafting spot, I have to use it, of course. No problem, no sir! I…
Ready to paint!
We made some more progress on my crafting corner! I had already cleaned out the back part of the storage…
Knit & Knot
Another intense day today: time for the first edition of the Knit & Knot knitting fair in Tilburg! The first knitting…
Wonky me
I still felt like painting this afternoon, so I decided to do a quick portrait study. And not with just…
Grounding
I have been working on the Amsterdam canal painting a bit more. It really needed more depth, because the boats…
Amsterdam Canal
I did it! I have painted on my hot press paper, despite being afraid to ruin it! And it works.…
Sunset at Haagse Hout
Today’s painting is of the same forest as the one from yesterday. You may recognize the bridge (we are looking at…
Forest light
Yesterday was such a busy day that I didn’t get to do my daily painting. When I came home, I…
Sinterklaas in spring
Huh? Sinterklaas in spring? That’s right, today I’m celebrating Sinterklaas with a couple of knitting friends! Officially Sinterklaas should be…
Stormy sea
Another seascape postcard today! This time I was trying to make it less vibrant, more stormy. Higher waves, greyer sand,…
Trial and error
After the big painting of yesterday that turned out way nicer than I anticipated, I decided to only paint a…
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