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 | 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 | Mar 30, 2020 | Art, Blog, Illustration, Inspiration, Learning process, Process, tutorial |
Inspiration and hard times We can all do with an inspiration hack at the moment, can’t we? It’s not easy, feeling inspired with an outerworldly situation going on around you or even very close to you. And yet, worrying doesn’t solve anything. As long...
by Mandy | Dec 30, 2019 | Art, Art Supplies, Blog, Contemplation, Illustration, Inspiration, Painting, Process, Video, Vlog, Watercolor, Writing |
Everything in life comes in seasons. Everything comes and goes. Literally every single thing. I’ve known this for as long as I can remember. But I only truly began to understand when one day along the shore I found hundreds of dead serpent stars,thousands, even....
