Art and Illustration
“There, in the chords and melodies, is everything I want to say.
The words just jolly it along.
It’s always been my way of expressing what for me is inexpressible by any other means.”
– David Bowie
For me, it’s colour and texture
Latest Activities…
Sender? The Universe.
If you've been following me online, you may remember that sometimes the Universe really does deliver. A few weeks ago, two more wishes were spontaneously fulfilled. Sender? The Universe. This year I quit online teaching in order to focus on my own art and writing. It...
Drawing Corona virus concerns away?
Normally, when the whole world goes woowoo over something, I tend to back away and withdraw from the discussion. Usually there's so much debate and sensation that hard news facts are tough to find anyway and so I try not to. But this time with the Corona virus it's...
New work and focus, reorganization and FINAL CALL
March has already come, so it's been two months that I've been focusing solely on new work. Or rather…I've also been reorganizing my studio due to some new arrivals and I've been doing some online updating. You will read all about it here. Shifting Focus for New Work...
And some more activity…
Make Art & Help the Earth!
Today the wonderful Art Package Art for Earth is launched, 25% of which is donated to Treesisters.org. I am one of the contributors with a brand new online course + bonus e-book!
Super-exciting news!!! New online course + project coming up next week!
I can't believe that six weeks have passed since I last wrote on my blog! A lot has happened in the mean time and I have even more to tell you. New online course, e-book AND project launch! This coming 3 April an Art Bundle is launched that I've created a totally new...
Morning Collage
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 computer...
GiveAway winners and…a new one in prep!
And the winners are.... Tosa &Michelle M. Heindl Congratulations!!! Please e-mail me your names and addresses through my contact form on my website and you will be sent your watercolor package asap!!!...
My great love: granulating watercolors
When granulation becomes a style Over the years my watercolor painting style has varied greatly in appearance. But underneath the variety really boils down to three branches: I do stylized illustrated Tanka in ink and watercolor; I do illustrations based on...
Watercolor Starter Kit GiveAway and unboxing
Dear readers, today I have something really nice to start the New Year with, a giveaway! But before I start, I want to wish everyone a very inspired and colorful 2019, of course! Unboxing request A few weeks back I was asked if I'd like to unbox a Watercolor studio...
“Projection”
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 poorly...
Leafing through Memory Lane
Have you ever reread your old diaries? A gruesomely hot and long summer is behind us. And I'm so glad. How did you get through? The Viking blood I must have in my veins was seriously uncomfortable in the heat and I did little more than read 21 books. I'm so glad we...
End of Summer Books
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 (which is by...
When a girl discovers Jane Eyre
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 dressed...
Blockx Watercolor Review
Today I have another watercolor review for you! Another Belgian brand called Blockx. I heard about this brand of watercolor paint for the first time on the Handprint site. In my video review I say I read that these were one of MacEvoy's favored paints. But I...
Isaro…what a discovery!
Do I have something exciting for you! Or at least for me it was! A few weeks ago I received a set of 'testeurs', dot samplers, of the Belgian Watercolor and Oil paint brand Isaro. I had not heard of them until a few days before then and was very excited to try out,...