Handsome Herbert postcard

Lately I'm experimenting with all kind of materials.
I work with papmaché, clay, collage, glue, pencils, ink...
It's fun and it brings new ideas, I even experimented with hair.

It resulted in Handsome Herbert, an original collage postcard with REAL breasthair :-))
You can find it in my Etsy shop

Happy weekend!

the golden carriage

Today is the third Tuesday of September. In Holland we call this day: 'Prinsjesdag'
This year it's a bit special, because we have a new King and Queen.

They will make a tour in the golden carriage and wave to the people.

After that the new King will read 'de troonrede',
a speech with the plans from the government.

Everybody is curious how our new King Willem Alexander will do it.
And what his wife Queen Maxima will wear...

Last year I made this drawing of the speech spoken by our old Queen Beatrix

cheers!

and now for something completely romantic... ;-)

moustaches, moustaches and moustaches...

Last week I took some time to play around with new materials.
I cut out some old paintings and used them in these little characters.

I'm always fascinated by moustaches, they are a big inspiration to me
So I used them as a subject to play with.
I don't know why, but they keep coming back in my work.

What I liked about making these characters was to play with the actual shape
and the shape that remains. It can bring you nice surprises.
I like that!

For more of my moustache illustrations click here and here
Have a nice weekend!

a couple coffee

What do you prefer:
a couple coffee or tea for two?

in the cinema

red pouch

Adventures in Collage

Here are some works I've made for the Animals in Art class from the
Dancing Cat Art School: Adventures in Collage

This is an experiment with the environment as a collage into an animal.
Mixing polarbear and Northpole

Here I've tried the same to see if I could make a series. It could be a start...
Mixing lion and Africa

And a photo-collage: greetings from Paris
inspired by Paris and the Eiffel-Tower with a mix
of London men and giraffes.

When I was surfing on the internet I found a very inspiring blog,
with all kind of animal-art: the animalarium