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Painting for Fun Sketchbook Challenge, by Laura Horn

I finished the Painting for Fun Sketchbook Challenge, a class by Laura Horn from her Creative Blend Art Program. This is one the many online classes I own that I finished from A to Z […]

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Coming back from the Museum Market

Last month Kees and I rented a stall at the Museum Market in Amsterdam. We are looking back at a good day: we had friends coming by, we talked to strangers about our art, we […]

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To Market, to Market: Museum Market

On 19 November my bfbf Kees and I will be sharing a stall together at the Museum Market in Amsterdam. This art and design market takes place every third Sunday of the month from 10.00 […]

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Slow art Party: Spindle

This week’s pattern in the Slow Art Party hosted by Amy Maricle was Spindle. I have to confess I had to look up the meaning of the word. I can’t really recognize it in the […]

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Slow Art Party: Revealing

This week’s pattern in the Slow Art Party was Revealing. Amy said that the overlapping leaves gave it an X-ray kind of feeling hence the name.We started out drawing the stems and leaves and added […]

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IJmuiden: rust, ropes and fishing nets

IJmuiden harbor, we’ve been there many times and I’ve posted many pictures. Today was a quick trip as my bfbf didn’t feel very well, but it was long enough to snap a few photos with […]

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Virtual Art Summit ’23: layering with stencils

I’ve participated in the Virtual Art Summit 2023 which hosted by Kellee Wynn Studios. She started organizing these summits during the first year of the pandemic, this is the fourth and Kellee’s final year. Kellee’s […]

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Commission: Portrait of the Theologian of the Fatherland

One of my colleagues at the marketing departement of VU University asked me to take some portraits of Katya Tolstaya, who was chosen as Theologian of the Fatherland recently. Katya’s wish was to pose in […]

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Slow Art Party: Encircle

This week’s shape in the Slow Art Party was Encircle. You can clearly see why Amy choose this word for this shape. We just made simple brush strokes in watercolour in a circular movement and […]