by Mandy | Jul 28, 2022 | Art, Blog, Drawing, Illustration, Memory, Painting, Process, Sketchbook, Storytelling, Video, Watercolor |
A few weeks ago Ana Goldberg, a YouTuber I’ve been following for a while now, proposed to her Patrons to do a zine together. The topic would be “Our most cherished items and why we keep them”. Ana left her home country a few weeks ago and had to leave behind most of...
by Mandy | Mar 20, 2022 | Art, De Kleine Grote Wereld, Illustration, Video |
“Awww, you…” Darkness Sometimes hope gets eaten alive. It was the morning after Russia had invaded Ukraine. I sat reading the news with an ever heavier heart. This couldn’t be happening! War doesn’t belong in our time. War is something of...
by Mandy | Feb 3, 2022 | Art, Drawing, The Little Big World, Trees, Watercolor |
“Witness” on the drawing table – watercolor and color pencil Back on the Blog Hello dear reader! Are you still here? Maybe you can give me a little wave or smiley reply to let me know you’re here reading? I’ve been away for so long that I...
by Mandy | Oct 31, 2020 | Art, Drawing, Illustration, ink, New Work, Storytelling |
A week of Hugs is what I have for you today. Hugs because I mis hugging my friends and family. Hugs because I know you might miss that too. Many people do. So, let’s start by a hug from me to you: Hugs, India ink on Bristol paper, © Mandy van Goeije, 2020 My...
by Mandy | Oct 21, 2020 | Art, Art Journal, Blog, Drawing, Illustration, ink, Journaling |
Normally I don’t do challenges anymore because I don’t like how they intrude on my own flow, but Inktober is different. Just like writing Tanka I love limiting myself to just one medium. Creative wings are often born within limitations. It happens with...
by Mandy | Aug 1, 2020 | Art, Art Journal, Drawing, Inspiration, Journaling, Kunstzinnig Dagboek, Mixed Media, Process, Visual Journal, Watercolor |
Mindless faces are faces I draw mindlessly and without a plan. They can be exercises to loosen up the fingers, to just relax and listen to an audiobook or to pour a surplus of emotion or thought into. Often, they come to life in wee, meaningful moments in busy times....
