Wonky me
I still felt like painting this afternoon, so I decided to do a quick portrait study. And not with just…
Tag: watercolourpainting
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…
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…
Wet wet wet
Yesterday I started a new painting, and really messed it up by adding way too much water. There were pools…
Wet galaxy
Just a bit of playing, really. Using lots of water, and spattering on the stars after it had dried a…
Frankenau
My parents in law have a small holiday house in Germany, right at the edge of a national park. It’s…
Experimenting
Yesterday was a really busy day, and I did not find the time to paint. Today I was going to…
Sail away
That’s what I would like to do. The sun was shining today, my husband was at home, and it felt…
Colour and depth
No postcard today. I decided to paint a bit in my sketchbook, just improvising with the colours of the Winsor…
Curves & Neutrals
My small study of today is part of the ceiling of a room in Casa Battló (Barcelona). I have tried to…
Boerenbont
Boerenbont is an old Dutch style for sets of cups and plates. I still have a couple of cups and…
Ferret
Today’s painting is a little ferret. Not an easy subject! Just like a tortie cat, it has so many different…
Kingfisher
In the past week or so I have been drawing or painting with my watercolor sets every day. I have…
Remember
It has been almost half a year since my dear cat Fiona passed away. On Tuesday September 1st we had to…
Just keep swimming!
I’m addicted to painting again. I feel the urge to make something every day. Today I was not feeling well.…
Lefka Ori
Lefka Ori (Λευκά Όρη) means “White Mountains”, and it is the name of the amazing mountain range on the west…
Stormy sea
Even though the paper I’m using is quite terrible, I took it out again today to make a painting. I…
Drenthe heath
As some of you may know, I’m not originally from Den Haag. I was born in the beautiful province Drenthe…
Longing for colour
It may be spring(-like), but it’s still quite cold. Today it even snowed in the east of the Netherlands! Not…
Water kitten
A couple of days ago I tried painting an improvised forest. Starting with lighter colours and building up to darker…
Wet instead of dry
Until now I have mainly been working with dry mediums when creating art. Last year I discovered pastel pencils (and…