Landscape painting
Instead of knitting or spinning, I have been spending my time playing the violin, reading, and painting, lately. I wrote…
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Playing with colours
I’ve started a new spinning project with some beautiful fibres that I received in a Secret Santa exchange. However, it’s…
Weaving in the ends
Another year has passed, seemingly in the blink of an eye. I suspect that it has something to do with…
New studio
It’s almost done! Last Saturday, my husband and my father-in-law laid down the laminate flooring, and yesterday my husband and…
Shifted focus
Lately, I have been focused on some other things than fibre crafting. I don’t have room in my head for…
Digidraw? Digipaint?
What is it called when you make digital paintings? Because that’s something that I’ve been doing a lot in the…
iPad Pro sleeve
Last week I was on holiday, and halfway through, I decided to (finally) bite the bullet and get a new…
Silhouettes
I had a bit of a painting block going on. Painting colour and shape and precision were too much for…
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…
Le chat qui rit
Lately I have been wanting to draw and paint a bit more realistically, but I have been stuck on finding…
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…
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…
Review: Mingo & Asho Glasscapes
Last year a new pair of spindle makers entered the market for supported spindles: Mingo and Asho, two artists living in California.…
Subtle spinning
At the moment I’m spinning a very nice bit of Nunoco roving. It’s in their Cobweb colourway. I actually spun…
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…
Flaming tulip
It’s tulip season in The Netherlands! The Keukenhof is open and the tourists are admiring all the different colours and…
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…
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