a face a day October 2011

Here's an overview of my face-a-day-project from the month October.

This is ALMOST the last overview.
Still one month to go and my project a face a day is complete!!

The countdown has started: still 29 faces to go...

IF: scary

illustration friday: scary

in memoriam: Hugo van Wijk

a remarkable and authentic man has died.

It was a friend from my brother. He was a huge fan of street organ music.
For a long time he went every week to the street organ museum in Haarlem.
One time my brother and I joined him on his trip.
I then made this photo reportage

When we were in a hurry to catch the tram, he said: "don't worry,
if we don't get this one, we'll take the next."
An inspiring attitude...

I dedicated today's face to him.

say it with flowers

This is the first postcard for a series
for my red cheeks shop, which I am building :-)

portrait with birds

The third week of the Animals in Art class from the
Dancing Cat Art School. This weeks assignment:

Animals and You
My challenge this week was to integrate subject and space.

Morran

Here is my Morran illustration for an Open Call
for pictures to a book full of Morran

Animals in Repetition

The second week of the Animals in Art on line class from the
Dancing Cat Art School This weeks theme:

Animals in Repetition using the Same Animal:
I've made this 'Cool Song'.

Animals in Repetition using Different Animals:
I was inspired by the fairytale from the Grimm Brothers:
The Bremen Town Musician.

I also experimented with monoprints. I found a nice blogpost
about how you can make a monoprint drawing.
With a little help from photoshop I've made these donkey-horses :-)

inspiration: Christian Duda and Julia Friese

Yesterday I've bought this book: 'Al zijn eendjes' (All his little duckings)
from Christian Duda with illustrations from Julia Friese

I saw this in the bookstore and I immediately fell in love with the illustrations.
They are full with expression and movement. I just LOVE them!
And also other work from Julia. See her website
The story is about a hungry fox who become friends with a little duck.

marabous, marabous and more marabous....

This week I started with the Animals in Art on line class from the
Dancing Cat Art School Six weeks of drawing animals :-)

the first assignment: Animals in Observation.
To warm up we've made some blind contour drawings.
(Quick drawings without looking on your paper)

We had to choose an animal to draw from real life
or from photographs you've taken. I chose the marabou.
It's one of my favorite birds, I always visit them
when I go to the ZOO

I have drawn the marabous in many different techniques:
pen and ink, with photoshop, charcoal and eraser, pastels....

And below the marabou in an environment, I began with a marker
and pastel on a cardboard and finished it in photoshop:

After a week of drawing marabous I love these birds even more.
I love their postures. They look a bit like old aunties or old men.
For me they are beautiful, very characteristic!

anti-vegetarian-club

a face a day September 2011

Here's an overview of my face-a-day-project from the month September.

Only two month to go, before I reach my goal: 365 faces...

breathtaking

Today I walked with my dearest brother and friend johbont in Driebergen-Zeist.
We started very early and just when the sun came up we were at Heidestein,
a beautiful heather. We saw a fen with tree reflections.
It really was breathtaking. So beautiful and quiet. It made our day!

inspiration: Camilla Engman (2)

Today my 2011 calender arrived!

I know, I'm a bit late, but there are still three month to go and the beautiful
pictures from one of my favorite artists Camilla Engman will remain in 2012 too.
It looks beautiful, as always.

Earlier I've bought the suitcase series. I wrote about that here

Her friendly dog Morran is in the calender too :-)
Camilla just started studio Morran: a blog dedicated to and about Morran.
The idea is to make an illustration book about him from all different artists
and illustrators. That will be fun!

inspiration: various artists 4

Here's another post in the serie: various artists.
There are so many inspiring artists with very nice work!
Here are some parts of their illustrations, so you can get a small impression.
To see more of their work click on the links:

From left to right:
Violeta Lopiz
Yael Frankel
Laura Kientzler
Daniela Tieni

IF: ferocious

illustration friday: ferocious

Again a word I had to look up in my dictionary, just as mesmerizing.
(theme from last week) A great way to improve my english :-)
First thing whch came into my mind was this ferocious lion tamer.

red shoes

hurray, I found my red shoes!!

A several years ago I bought very nice red shoes
and I was in love with them.
I walked on them till they broke in two, totally worn out.
I wanted new ones, but couldn't find them, till today :-)

I've also made an illustration earlier this year in January
about my longing for red shoes:
today red is the color of my shoes

IF: mesmerizing

illustration friday: mesmerizing
round and round and round and round...

playing bingo

Last days I was inspired by the bingo game in my face-a-day-project
I've made a serie of four 'bingo-faces'.

inspiration: various artists 3

This is the third post in the serie: various artists.
Again very inspiring artists with beautiful work!
Here are some parts of their illustrations, so you can get a small impression.
To see more of their work click on the links:

From left to right:
Manon Gauthier
Lisa Eisenbrey
Mia Christopher
Netalula

yellow legs

yesterday I saw a girl walking on the street with a bright yellow legging,
the weather was grey for the rest, but her legs brightened the street :-)
It inspired me to this drawing.