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....
by Mandy | Jun 9, 2020 | Art, Art Journal, Blog, Colors, in the news, Journaling, Kunstzinnig Dagboek, Video, Visual Journal, Watercolor |
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by Mandy | Feb 6, 2019 | Art, Art Journal, Collage, Journaling, Kunstzinnig Dagboek, Learning process |
Kickstarting the day I am currently refurbishing my website and to be honest, it’s quite a boring job and I long to paint. But since both websites and painting are time-consuming activities, the painting will have to wait a bit. A few days I crept behind the...
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 | Aug 22, 2018 | Art Journal, Blog, Handbound Journals, Kunstzinnig Dagboek, Mixed Media |
Hello dear reader, Are you still there? Or did you melt this summer? Boy, was it hot, wasn’t it? The area where I live is normally cool since it’s close to the sea. But this summer all that once was normal, evaporated in the heat. The viking blood in me...
by Mandy | May 8, 2018 | Art Journal, Collage, Journaling, Kunstzinnig Dagboek, Mixed Media, Painting, Process, Storytelling |
She barged starry-eyed into my studio, jumping and dancing around… Mr. Rochester had asked Jane Eyre to marry him after all! To the utter satisfaction of my daughter! It was nothing short from touching to see my teenage daughter swoon over a romantic novel...
