by Mandy | Aug 19, 2019 | Art, Contemplation, Drawing, Illustration, Inspiration, Painting, Process, Storytelling, Watercolor |
Storytelling with a message Making art, to me, is visual storytelling. Sometimes it is literally a way of telling a story that already exists. And sometimes it is a way of unearthing a story that lay hidden somewhere in my subconscience, somewhere in my fingers,...
by Mandy | Aug 16, 2019 | Art Supplies, Drawing, Illustration, Process, Studio, Video |
Photos + Video Slanted worktops save the day. And the Neck! People who draw a lot know that the neck and the shoulders need to be spared. Working on a flat surface inevitably causes problems in the long run. And still all artists know the pain because many of us...
by Mandy | Jul 17, 2019 | Art Journal, Art Supplies, Blog, Gouache, Illustration, Process, Studio, Visual Journal, Watercolor |
A second blog post in two days?! I must be on a roll again after such a long period of quietude… For today’s post I let myself be inspired by my friend Marit Barentsen who takes part in “What’s on Your Workdesk”. I was a bit tired of...
by Mandy | Nov 15, 2018 | Art, Art Journal, Blog, Collage, Illustration, Journaling, Kunstzinnig Dagboek, Mixed Media, Process, Storytelling, Watercolor |
Philosophy and a cave Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of philosophy and science. Mighty interesting! And bound to find its way into my journal. One of the concepts I ran into last week was Plato’s allegory of the cave. It basically says we human beings are...
by Mandy | Jan 23, 2018 | Art Supplies, Colors, Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting, Review, Video, Watercolor |
Lori’s gift Do you remember that last September Lori sent me this wonderful Altoid / chewing-gum-package test kit of M. Graham watercolor paints? Here’s the little video I made about it back then: Thank you so much, Lori, for your kind gift....
by Mandy | Dec 23, 2017 | Art Journal, Art Supplies, Blog, Illustration, Inspiration, Live Workshop, Tanka, Video, Vlog, Workshop |
Dear readers, we’ve come to the end of this year…already! Time is rushing by so fast I feel its velocity might toss me off the planet sometimes. Gosh…almost 2018 already! High time to review, look ahead and fuel our minds with a little, or no…a...
