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...
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 | Jun 7, 2017 | Art Journal, Blog, Color My Page Art Journal Challenge, Colors, Inspiration, Kunstzinnig Dagboek, Mixed Media, Painting, Video |
June 2017’s edition of the Color My Page Art Challenge: “Green” I think it’s high time to get some structure in the Color My Page Art Challenge. Something I can now do because all my deadlines are made and I have time to fill with my own...
by Mandy | Dec 24, 2016 | Blog, Color My Page Art Journal Challenge, Illustration, Mixed Media, Online Workshop, Workshop |
Hello from the cocoon, dear people…I’ve already retreated from the dark and cold outside into my warm nest, filling it up with lights and love, to celebrate the return of the sun…the longest night is already behind us on the Northern...
