Giro de Fleece
Today the Giro d’Italia is starting here in The Netherlands, in Apeldoorn. Like the Tour de France, this is a…
Playing with paint
Usually when I pick up a new hobby I slightly obsess over it – well, obsess may be too big…
Sock Madness Round 4: Sweet Nuttins Socks
After a two week break, the Sock Madness continues! The moderators needed some time off, and so did most of…
Flaming tulip
It’s tulip season in The Netherlands! The Keukenhof is open and the tourists are admiring all the different colours and…
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!…
Dutch Knitting Days
Last Friday and Saturday the Dutch Knitting Days were taking place in Rijswijk, which is really close to where I…
Boomklever
In mijn vogelserie miste ik deze nog: het boomklevertje. Zo’n mooi vogeltje! Hij is iets te donker uitgevallen (de buik…
Nuthatch
Today I decided to paint one more bird: a nuthatch. I painted it with my Schmincke paints, but I had…
Bomen schilderen
Laatst heb ik een mistig landschap geschilderd, maar ik was niet zo tevreden over het resultaat. De mist is goed…
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…
Pimpelmees
Een pimpelmeesje ziet er toch net een beetje anders uit dan een koolmees! Hij heeft blauwe veertjes in plaats van…
Spun, plied, and skeined
My Deep Blue Sea spinning project is done! Well, almost done. I still have to give the skeins a bath.…
Blue spinning wheel
No, it’s not made of metal. It’s the big spinning project that I’ve been working on for a while now.…
Koolmees
Mijn vogelstudie gaat verder: vandaag heb ik een koolmeesje geschilderd.
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…
Roodborstje
Vandaag heb ik weer geschilderd, zoals bijna elke dag. Gisteren heb ik een schilderijtje op canvas afgerond – ik ben…
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…
Alweer een paar!
De Sock Madness gaat door… afgelopen dinsdag kwam het patroon van ronde 3 binnen in mijn mailbox! Het heet Waimakariri,…
Sock Madness round 3: Waimakariri Socks
Last Tuesday when I woke up, the third Sock Madness 10 pattern had arrived in my mailbox during the night.…
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…
Keep on spinning…
My current spinning project is quite a large one: I’m spinning about 415 grams of grey-blue rolags. The project has…
Sketching and painting
I finished my Delft sketch today! In the past few days I worked on it a bit every day, but not…
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