Can you feel it? Enjoy spring!
Mar 21, 2014
Mar 18, 2014
beyond your flexibility
As you maybe know I do practice bikram yoga in Rotterdam
Quite a while ago I've made this drawing: beyond your flexibility.
That's what the teachers say in class: "go beyond your flexibility!"
I like that, it's challenging.(Not only with yoga...)
I'm by far not as flexible as the figure in my drawing.
But at least I'm trying, that's what counts!
How about your flexibility?
This drawing is now available as a giclee print in my Etsy shop
Quite a while ago I've made this drawing: beyond your flexibility.
That's what the teachers say in class: "go beyond your flexibility!"
I like that, it's challenging.(Not only with yoga...)
I'm by far not as flexible as the figure in my drawing.
But at least I'm trying, that's what counts!
How about your flexibility?
This drawing is now available as a giclee print in my Etsy shop
Mar 16, 2014
moustache twins: product of the week!
A nice surprise when I openend the Dawanda newsletter today:
My moustache twins postcard is product of the week. :-)
Dawanda is an inspiring place where you can buy nice things and gifts.
I recently opened a shop to sell my Red Cheeks Factory products.
I still want to add more products, but it's already a start.
Dawanda focusses on the Dutch market, but I also translated my shop into German..
(I often have to laugh when I see these translations. German is a funny language :-))
And ofcourse I also translated it into English.
Happy Sunday!
My moustache twins postcard is product of the week. :-)
Dawanda is an inspiring place where you can buy nice things and gifts.
I recently opened a shop to sell my Red Cheeks Factory products.
I still want to add more products, but it's already a start.
Dawanda focusses on the Dutch market, but I also translated my shop into German..
(I often have to laugh when I see these translations. German is a funny language :-))
And ofcourse I also translated it into English.
Happy Sunday!
Mar 15, 2014
Make Art That Sells
Recently I have bought the book 'I just like to make things' written by Lilla Rogers.
About the illustration market, full with tips and inspiration.
I bought it because I had a vague idea to go back to school again.
Lilla is teaching an interesting online course: Make Art That Sells.
And now I'm quite excited because I registered for it!
Yes, I'm going back to school again :)
I'm very curious about how it will be and what it will bring.
It starts at the end of March within two weeks from now.
I'm looking forward to it and hope to learn a lot!
Mar 14, 2014
happy bird-day, dear Jan!
My favorite brother (lievelingsbroer in dutch) has his birthday today!
(Yes the one where I always make fun trips with to Musea and nature)
I made a special postcard for him.
He likes green, he loves nature, he is friend with the birds
and he also enjoys cake :))
Congratulations, dear Jan, happy BIRD-day!
Mar 13, 2014
selected illustrators Bologna Bookfair 2014
From Monday 24th to Thursday 27th March 2014 there's
the Bologna Children's Book Fair. I would love to go there some time.
Every year they select a whole bunch illustrators to show their work in a special exhibition
On their website you can find an overview of the selected illustrators
From each illustrator they show one illustration, so you can have an impression.
I was very happy to see one of my favourites amongst them: Manon Gauthier
I love her work and she's also very kind :-)
But it's also nice to discover new illustrators.
Aboves illustration is made by: Verena Hochleitner
And I also like this drawing of Trine Logstrup Sorensen.
This is only a quick selection I made, if you are interested to see more, visit this overview
the Bologna Children's Book Fair. I would love to go there some time.
Every year they select a whole bunch illustrators to show their work in a special exhibition
On their website you can find an overview of the selected illustrators
From each illustrator they show one illustration, so you can have an impression.
I was very happy to see one of my favourites amongst them: Manon Gauthier
I love her work and she's also very kind :-)
But it's also nice to discover new illustrators.
Aboves illustration is made by: Verena Hochleitner
And I also like this drawing of Trine Logstrup Sorensen.
This is only a quick selection I made, if you are interested to see more, visit this overview
Mar 12, 2014
Graphic Art in Nature
I really LOVE trees. Especially in this time of year.
It's like walking in a huge Graphic Art landscape:
It's like walking in a huge Graphic Art landscape:
Mar 9, 2014
love for life!
It is already springtme in Holland. Allthough it's the beginning of March
The sun is shining and the temperature today will be 17 degrees!
Everything looks extra nice with some sunshine. The trees already begin
to develop their fresh green leaves and the flowers appear in many colors.
It's so promising!
This all inspired me to make this illustration of a dancing girl.
Her hands form a big heart above her head, she celebrates life!
The title is 'love for life' and at this moment I really love it :)
How about you?
It's already available in my Etsy shop
Other places will follow...
Enjoy your Sunday and enjoy life!
The sun is shining and the temperature today will be 17 degrees!
Everything looks extra nice with some sunshine. The trees already begin
to develop their fresh green leaves and the flowers appear in many colors.
It's so promising!
This all inspired me to make this illustration of a dancing girl.
Her hands form a big heart above her head, she celebrates life!
The title is 'love for life' and at this moment I really love it :)
How about you?
It's already available in my Etsy shop
Other places will follow...
Enjoy your Sunday and enjoy life!
Mar 6, 2014
the perfect nature - culture mix
Yesterday I had a day off. And what a good timing it was!
The first Sunny Spring Day of the year! I even lunched without my jacket on,
in the lovely and warm sun :)
Ideal for me is a mixture of nature and culture.
My brother and I walked through Den Hague, you wouldn't think of it,
but there are very nice parcs and even woods there.
It was beautful between all those trees, refelections and shades.
The world looks so good when the sun is shining!
After lunch we visited the Gemeentemuseum. We saw a lot of Modern Art.
Above is a painting from Jacoba van Heemskerck.
When entering the museum there's a small corridor with on both sides glass.
They placed various bird stickers on them to warn the birds, so they don't
bump up against these windows. My favorite was the one above!
There was also an exhibition for children about Coco Chanel.
With beautiful and playful illustrations from Annemarie van Haeringen
An ideal day full of oh's and ah's, a lot of sunshine and inspiration!
And now back to work again, also good :-)
The first Sunny Spring Day of the year! I even lunched without my jacket on,
in the lovely and warm sun :)
Ideal for me is a mixture of nature and culture.
My brother and I walked through Den Hague, you wouldn't think of it,
but there are very nice parcs and even woods there.
It was beautful between all those trees, refelections and shades.
The world looks so good when the sun is shining!
After lunch we visited the Gemeentemuseum. We saw a lot of Modern Art.
Above is a painting from Jacoba van Heemskerck.
When entering the museum there's a small corridor with on both sides glass.
They placed various bird stickers on them to warn the birds, so they don't
bump up against these windows. My favorite was the one above!
There was also an exhibition for children about Coco Chanel.
With beautiful and playful illustrations from Annemarie van Haeringen
An ideal day full of oh's and ah's, a lot of sunshine and inspiration!
And now back to work again, also good :-)
Feb 26, 2014
work in progress
for the Red Cheeks Factory. It's a part of my kitchen table.
Unfortunately I don't have a big studio, so I work at home.
That means when I create new things my house is full of places
with all kind of prototypes, paper dolls, faces, drawings, glue, paint etc.
And we eat at a little camping table as if we were on a campsite
in the middle of the creativity :-)
Feb 21, 2014
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!
Feb 16, 2014
say cheese!
Did you know we eat a lot of cheese in Holland?
I like it a lot. It's one of my favourite things to eat.
A pity it's not good for your weight, otherwise I would eat much more of it...
What's your favourite food?
Happy Sunday!
greetings from Holland!
Feb 11, 2014
ode to my glasses
I have three different kind of glasses, without them I can't see so clear.
In some cases this can be an advantage, but most of the time I need to see sharp.
so I'm constantly juggling with them.
The fisst one is the most important: a multifocal one which I wear everyday
The second one I wear behind my computer to see the screen.
But these two weren't enough, so I bought a third one for reading.
I try to keep them on places where I easily can find them and I won't accidently sit on them
I even have a soft piece of fabric on my desk for my computer glasses,
because it broke already two times and then I'm lost...
The glasses also give inspiration for photographs.
I often see the soft light shining through the glasses which is inspiring.
So they are not only helpful for my eyes, but also for my creativity :-)
In some cases this can be an advantage, but most of the time I need to see sharp.
so I'm constantly juggling with them.
The fisst one is the most important: a multifocal one which I wear everyday
The second one I wear behind my computer to see the screen.
But these two weren't enough, so I bought a third one for reading.
I try to keep them on places where I easily can find them and I won't accidently sit on them
I even have a soft piece of fabric on my desk for my computer glasses,
because it broke already two times and then I'm lost...
The glasses also give inspiration for photographs.
I often see the soft light shining through the glasses which is inspiring.
So they are not only helpful for my eyes, but also for my creativity :-)
Feb 10, 2014
featured on Artistic Moods Art blog
A nice start of this week:
My work is featured today on the Art blog: Artistic Moods
It's an inspiring blog full with great work of people I admire,
so it's an honour to be featured there :-)
It's all curated by Sandra Apperloo a Dutch Art lover
TIP: She's also got an inspiring page on facebook
My work is featured today on the Art blog: Artistic Moods
It's an inspiring blog full with great work of people I admire,
so it's an honour to be featured there :-)
It's all curated by Sandra Apperloo a Dutch Art lover
TIP: She's also got an inspiring page on facebook
Feb 7, 2014
friday afternoon face doodles
I'm a bit quiet lately, that doesn't mean I'm not busy.
I'm working on new products, that takes time to develop
The creative proces, inventing things and not knowing what the outcome will be.
Exciting, I have red cheeks, while writing this :-)
In between it is sometimes very nice to just doodling around
and I must say faces are still one of my favorite subjects
Have a very nice weekend!
I'm working on new products, that takes time to develop
The creative proces, inventing things and not knowing what the outcome will be.
Exciting, I have red cheeks, while writing this :-)
In between it is sometimes very nice to just doodling around
and I must say faces are still one of my favorite subjects
Have a very nice weekend!
Feb 5, 2014
exhibition at Aan De Kade
This month a few of my works are exhibited at Aan De Kade.
It's an initiative of artist Marilou de Poorter. She's organizing monthly
exhibitions at her small gallery Aan De Kade.
The exhibition is till 28th of February.
See the other exhibitions here.
Feb 2, 2014
Karels Choice in Haarlem
Today I went with my brother to the exhibition Karels Choice in Haarlem
'Looking back at contemporary Art' selected by Karel Schampers.
We first visited a lecture about the exhibition,
were we heard more about the background of the works and the artists.
My favorite photo was Dame Barbara of Juergen Teller
Above the poster of the exhibition. You can see Karel showing his choice.
The exhibition is in De Hallen in Haarlem, the lecture was in de Toneelschuur
Very impressive was the film Number eight, a work by Guido van der Werve
He's walking in front of a giant icebreaker. The film is called:
Everything is going to be allright..
Above some intriguing portraits of Céline van Balen
The exhibition is till the 2d of March.
'Looking back at contemporary Art' selected by Karel Schampers.
We first visited a lecture about the exhibition,
were we heard more about the background of the works and the artists.
My favorite photo was Dame Barbara of Juergen Teller
Above the poster of the exhibition. You can see Karel showing his choice.
The exhibition is in De Hallen in Haarlem, the lecture was in de Toneelschuur
Very impressive was the film Number eight, a work by Guido van der Werve
He's walking in front of a giant icebreaker. The film is called:
Everything is going to be allright..
Above some intriguing portraits of Céline van Balen
The exhibition is till the 2d of March.
Jan 30, 2014
ODE AAN IK - Toon Tellegen
A Dutch poem today made by author Toon Tellegen,
because it's national poetry day in Holland:
ODE AAN IK
Arme ik
arme arme ik
o arme ik
o arme steeds maar armere en armere ik
armelijke ik...
o arme armoedige armlastige armzalige armtierige armhartige ik
erbarmelijke ik
allerallerarmste ik
o doodarme straatarme zielsarme ik
in- en inarme ik
o arme arme árme ik.
because it's national poetry day in Holland:
ODE AAN IK
Arme ik
arme arme ik
o arme ik
o arme steeds maar armere en armere ik
armelijke ik...
o arme armoedige armlastige armzalige armtierige armhartige ik
erbarmelijke ik
allerallerarmste ik
o doodarme straatarme zielsarme ik
in- en inarme ik
o arme arme árme ik.
Jan 23, 2014
new valentine postcard: 'cats in love'
Valentine is coming soon. I made a brand new postcard:
'cats in love' their tails form a heart, isn't that romantic? :-)
If you like it, you can order it here
Jan 22, 2014
Flow Magazine
Look what the postman brought today: a welcome present!
A box with Flow Magazines: all numbers of 2013
A cheerful box full of inspiration, illustrations, tips and nice stories.
I received this present because I finally subscribed to the magazine for coming year.
The subscription starts in March, so I already can come into the right atmosphere :-)
It's extra fun, because some of the contributors are collegues, I know from social media.
Last year I almost was featured in the magazine too, In the theme '365 days projects'.
I was asked to send a selection of my faces of my face a day project.
and already gave a little interview. But unfortunately they skipped the subject,
just before my project was published...
Besides a Dutch version they now also have an international version of the Magazine
So if you are interested, you can have a look on their facebook page
I think you will like it!
A box with Flow Magazines: all numbers of 2013
A cheerful box full of inspiration, illustrations, tips and nice stories.
I received this present because I finally subscribed to the magazine for coming year.
The subscription starts in March, so I already can come into the right atmosphere :-)
It's extra fun, because some of the contributors are collegues, I know from social media.
Last year I almost was featured in the magazine too, In the theme '365 days projects'.
I was asked to send a selection of my faces of my face a day project.
and already gave a little interview. But unfortunately they skipped the subject,
just before my project was published...
Besides a Dutch version they now also have an international version of the Magazine
So if you are interested, you can have a look on their facebook page
I think you will like it!
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