tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49073735739307575202024-03-13T07:20:14.191+01:00Kittys art and craftsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.comBlogger208125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-65983022814756842502018-03-28T11:02:00.002+02:002018-03-28T11:02:52.584+02:00New website and blogHello all,<br />
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I have a new website and blog:<br />
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http://www.kittyvdheuvel.com/blog/Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-21065434676269699432017-12-04T14:56:00.001+01:002017-12-04T14:56:24.427+01:00MATS A course - Home DecorThe next assignment of the MATS (Make Art Thats Sells) course is to design 2 or more plates. The inspiration for the pieces is Staffordshire pottery. If you haven't seen Staffordshire pottery before.... like I did :-)...Google some images. The figurines were a bit too much for me, so I used 2 colorful ceramic birds I once bought in Mexico as my inspiration.<br />
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I started with a sketch of one of the birds, and created a mixed media collage from it. You know I love collage and handpainted papers.<br />
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I combined the 2 collaged birds with a design I did earlier. One of lush green leaves.<br />
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This is the final submittion for this weeks assignment. Wouldn't it be great if you could buy these for a summer's picnic?<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-77776333076197220272017-11-28T09:00:00.000+01:002017-11-28T09:01:06.293+01:00Make Art That Sells courseI have enrolled myself into a MATS course, Make Art That Sells. I started with MATS A, talking about designing for 5 different markets. I just finished the first market, Bold Fabric. The great thing about the course is that you are guided step-by-step thru the process, with sooooo much information on the market, on what customers are looking for, about technical terms, about colors, and so much other stuff.<br />
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This weeks assignment was to create a Bold Fabric Design with pasta and casserole dishes. Here is my submittion. I started with sketching the dry pasta shapes, and while looking at images of vintage casserole dishes on the internet, I thought about the stack of handpainted papers I made. I selected a few papers to cut out the casserole dishes. Then I scanned everthing and combined all of the items to this piece in Photoshop. I am really happy with it!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-15227877742389813832017-11-26T15:02:00.000+01:002017-11-26T15:02:12.553+01:00Sketching in the Wereldmuseum in RotterdamYesterday I went to the Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam, with the Rotterdam Urban Sketchers. We visited the PowerMask exhibition, I visited for the second time. Too much too see!<br />
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Here are my sketches from yesterday, all done with a black fineliner.<br />
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And this is the sketch I did last time, with watersoluble oil pastel (on a pre-colored watercolor background).<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-2374702768982454622017-11-06T11:22:00.002+01:002017-11-06T11:22:16.437+01:00Featured artist of the day on Redbubble!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am soooo happy and proud, last week one of my designs on Redbubble was shown in the found page, on Redbubble's homepage!<br />
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And I also show up as one of the featured artists of the day.<br />
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So happy! Please visit <a href="http://kittyvdheuvel.redbubble.com/" target="_blank">my shop</a> on Redbubble.<br />
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I have uploaded some lovely puffin Christmas designs, great for greeting cards and gifts for Christmas. The greeting and postcards have a discount; if you buy 8, you get 20% off and if you buy 16, you get 30% off. Get ready for Christmas!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-69961961459959076082017-10-31T14:09:00.000+01:002017-10-31T14:09:26.442+01:00New patterned design of orchidsI have been working on some new designs, to be used for products in my <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/kittyvdheuvel/shop?asc=u" target="_blank">RedBubble shop</a>.<br />
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This week I have been painting orchids. This orchid is one that I already have for a long time in my windowsill. I used old sketches from one of my old journals, and added new watercolor sketches in my Moleskine watercolor journal.<br />
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I scanned the orchid paintings into the computer and created a lovely patterned design using Photoshop. I uploaded the design to my <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/kittyvdheuvel/shop?asc=u" target="_blank">RedBubble shop</a> and it creates this lovely products. Products are for sale, there are many more products with this design and other. Take a look!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-91805773488095891972017-10-26T12:45:00.002+02:002017-10-26T12:45:27.272+02:00Sketches from Utrecht and the zooLast Saturday the Utrecht Urban Sketchers organized a sketchcrawl in the St. Willibrordkerk in Utrecht. I am actually one of the coordinators of the Utrecht Urban Sketchers group :-). <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/UtrechtUrbanSketchers/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/UtrechtUrbanSketchers/</a><br />
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The church is a challenge to sketch, the inside is completely covered with paintings, painted designs etc.. And another challenge was that we were not allowed to work with 'wet' materials. No watercolors, no ink, only dry materials like pencil, colored pencils....<br />
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The first sketch is done with colored pencils, I borrowed some from my sister.<br />
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The second sketch is done on a yellow painted background with regular pencil. I would love to show you, but some reason my scanner does not want to scan the sketch...</div>
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Yesterday I went to the zoo in Rotterdam, with 5 sketching friends. We stayed all day and had a great time. You have to sketch quick, as the animals do not keep still. Before you know they are gone, sometimes even before you put your pen to paper LOL.</div>
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A few gorilla sketches in pencil</div>
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An okapi in pencil and watercolors</div>
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Funny penguins in ink</div>
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Seahorses in pen and watercolors</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-27281612731517983722017-10-19T10:22:00.003+02:002017-10-19T10:22:37.175+02:00Sketching in RotterdamYesterday I met up with a few Urban Sketchers friends. They had visited the Powermask exposition in The Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam last week and wanted to return to do some more sketching this week. I decided to join them.<br />
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I met up with one of the sketchers earlier and because of the beautiful weather, we decided to stay outside and sketch the Veerhaven in Rotterdam. I sketch with oil pastel, you cannot work very precise with oil pastel, but I like how you need to sketch loosely, and only focus on the big lines and shapes.<br />
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After a nice coffee, the rest of the group joined us for a trip to the museum. I sketched 10 masks as a kind of collage, all on 2 pages. I painted the pages with ochre and sketched with a black and red oil pastel.</div>
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And one sketch in black and brown fine-liner.</div>
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It was a great day and too much to see, I need to come back another day!</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-76325331992750672372017-10-15T16:50:00.000+02:002017-10-15T16:50:25.070+02:00Sketchcrawl at Crazy Saturday in GoudaThis Saturday it was Crazy Saturday in Gouda. The town hosted a festival from the Middle Ages, complete with a market, lots of music and people dressed as from the Middle Ages. Lords and ladies in beautiful costumes and all kinds of working class and crazy people.<br />
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The festival included the Sketchcrawl, so you could see sketchers all over town! I had a great time!<br />
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I started with the beautiful town hall on the market square, this is only a small part of it.</div>
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Then we listened to some music, they danced around a lot, could not capture them well..</div>
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And later in the afternoon I sketched the gate to the Museum of Gouda.</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-62583345423056066542017-10-12T10:54:00.000+02:002017-10-13T15:42:05.146+02:00Mixed media collage'sThese Mixed Media collage's are made with vintage papers, mark making, ink, handpainted papers and a postage stamp.<br />
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As promised here are more sketches from my vacation last week in Greece.</div>
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Holiday Essentials - sparkling water with lemon, a good book, sunscreen, a hat and sunglasses. Oooohh... and a sketchbook of course...:-)!</div>
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We went to Olympia one day, a step back in history. Just a 2 hours drive away.</div>
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A quick watercolor sketch of the view from our balcony over Navarino Bay.</div>
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My sister (and I) drinking a frappé (cold coffee) on a terrace in Gialova</div>
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This was our home for the holiday. A beautiful villa. <a href="http://eleonas.villas/" target="_blank">Eleonas Holiday Houses</a> in Gialova. </div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-86690980817537600552017-10-01T12:17:00.001+02:002017-10-01T12:17:45.944+02:00Holiday sketches from Greece - 1Last week I was on holiday in Greece, in the Peloponnessos. Besides sight seeing, soaking up the sun, drinking frappés I also did some sketching.<br />
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This was the villa we were staying. Villa Aylaki at Eleonas Holiday Houses.</div>
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And this is the amazing view from the villa, over Navarino bay. With Pylos on the left, and Sfaktiria (the bigger island) in the middle. To the right is the view on the Golden Beach and the lagoon (not in the sketch). We can sit here for hours and watch the boats come in, watch the light change.....</div>
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The rocks at the end of the Golden Beach, I love the color of the water!</div>
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And a lazy sketch on the beach. My feet, slippers and watershoes :-).</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-77925387504763568382017-09-21T15:25:00.001+02:002017-09-21T15:25:42.742+02:00Sunny day - perfect for sketchingToday was a lovely sunny day, a great day to go to Utrecht and do some sketching. First I visited the Old Hortus in Utrecht, since a few months they have the Victoria Amazonia in their collection.<br />
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<i><b>Victoria</b></i> is a genus of water-lilies, in the plant family <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nymphaeaceae" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Nymphaeaceae">Nymphaeaceae</a>, with very large green leaves that lie flat on the water's surface. <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_amazonica" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Victoria amazonica">Victoria amazonica</a></i> has a leaf that is up to 3 metres (9.8 ft) in diameter, on a stalk up to 8 metres (26 ft) in length. The genus name was given in honour of <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_of_the_United_Kingdom" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Victoria of the United Kingdom">Queen Victoria</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>.</div>
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<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_amazonica" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Victoria amazonica">Victoria amazonica</a></i> is native to the shallow waters of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_River" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Amazon River">Amazon River</a> basin, such as oxbow lakes and bayous. It is depicted in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Guyana" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Coat of arms of Guyana">Guyanese coat of arms</a>. The flowers are white the first night they are open and become pink the second night. They are up to 40 cm in diameter, and are pollinated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarabaeidae" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Scarabaeidae">scarab beetles</a>.</div>
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And on their café's terrace I started with a latte, moving on to ordering lunch. It was so lovely in the sunshine!</div>
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Then I headed back to the busstop, but decided to do another sketch on the Korte Minrebroederstraat. This is the square behind the city hall. The square and all the beautiful buildings are nicely renovated with lots and lots of terraces. Oh... and lot's of bikes of course ;-)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-72344193388978903372017-09-19T10:51:00.000+02:002017-09-19T10:51:20.233+02:00RedBubble shop (kittyvdheuvel)Since a few weeks I have a shop on RedBubble. <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/kittyvdheuvel/shop?asc=u">RedBubble</a> is a print on demand shop, where customers can buy lots of products (t-shirts, posters, prints, mugs, pillows, clocks, phonecases, etc.) with the designs that artists all over the world have created.<br />
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I have been uploading lots of my older paintings, drawings and illustrations. And I am very happy that some of my designs have been purchased by customers from all over the world. Really exciting!!<br />
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My best selling design is my dancing puffin watercolor illustration, I have a single puffin and a 3 puffins design, both sell well. This is an example of the <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/kittyvdheuvel/works/27463531-dancing-puffin-watercolor-illustration?asc=u&grid_pos=2&p=throw-pillow&rbs=ed3ff161-142e-4ced-a828-f1ef89376490&ref=artist_shop_grid">pillow</a>:<br />
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And another bestseller is my watercolor illustration of this <a href="https://www.redbubble.com/people/kittyvdheuvel/works/27477281-does-my-hair-look-good-dog-portrait-illustration-in-watercolors?asc=u&grid_pos=5&p=sticker&rbs=481bed0a-313e-4072-ac46-5902f46a36fb&ref=artist_shop_grid">sweet dog</a>:</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-71241922951796943672017-09-17T14:40:00.000+02:002017-09-17T14:40:42.132+02:00National Sketchcrawl Urban Sketchers NLYesterday was the 3rd National Sketchcrawl of the Urban Sketchers Netherlands in 2017. We already sketched in Haarlem (March), Utrecht (May) and yesterday we were in 's-Hertogenbosch. A beautiful city with great places to sketch.<br />
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I sketched the Sint Jans cathedral twice, once from the Parade and once from the other side. And then sketched a statue outside the Noord-Brabants museum. It was a great day, luckily with good weather, nice people and lots of sketching!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-43531646107472549402016-12-04T16:16:00.001+01:002016-12-04T16:16:28.470+01:00Sketching the Louwman museumYesterday I went with a group of Urban Sketchers to the Louwman museum in The Hague. It is too cold to sketch outside and we looked for an indoor location. The Louwman museum is great! They have a beautiful collection of classic cars and the staff is really nice and welcoming. We stayed all afternoon, sketching, drinking coffee and talk.<br />
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A Gregoire 12/14 HP Coupé de Voyage, I loved the turquoise color!</div>
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A double decker omnibus. I love all the adds on the front, sides and back. With stairs to climb and find a seat on the roof.</div>
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Sketchcrawl Gouda 9 July 2016</div>
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Sketchcrawl Gouda 9 July 2016</div>
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Vases - in b/w and watercolor</div>
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Hotel des Indes - Urban sketchers Den Haag 3 July 2016</div>
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Korte Voorhout - Urban sketchers Den Haag 3 July 2016</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-52895027947335017392016-06-26T19:28:00.000+02:002016-06-26T19:28:15.634+02:00One week in GreeceYesterday I came home after a lovely week in Greece. My sister and I rented a villa in Gialova, at the westcoast of the Peloponnesos.<br />
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A blue door with a lovely iron balcony. I got a bit lost in the design...</div>
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View from next to the villa on the village of Gialova and the Navarino bay in the distance. Sitting on our terrace we would enjoy and stare at this view for hours ;-)</div>
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Villa Thea at Eleonas Holiday Houses in Gialova, the villa came with a private pool</div>
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Sitting on the Golden Beach </div>
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Looking at the remains of an old castle at Golden Beach</div>
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Sketching at Pylos Castle</div>
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The view from our terrace early in the morning. The island in Navarino Bay with great reflections in the water. And a bit to the right, the view of Golden Beach and the Gialova lagoon. Lots of birdlife to be seen in the early months of the year.</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-55078831705963724202016-06-12T21:15:00.000+02:002016-06-12T21:15:24.359+02:00Sketchcrawl in Den Haag and moreYesterday I joined the Urban Sketchers in The Hague / Den Haag for a lovely afternoon of sketching. The weather was a bit unpredictable, luckily just a few little drops when we started, and later on cloudy, but dry. We started in the area of the Mauritshuis, home of the famous Vermeer paintings (girl with the pearl earring and View on Delft) and some Rembrandts etc. The Mauritshuis is housed in a beautiful building btw.<br />
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Just around the corner of the Mauritshuis is the Binnenhof, the place were the Dutch government is housed.<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">From Wikipedia: The </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">Binnenhof</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> (</span><small style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.9px;">Dutch pronunciation:</small><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> </span><span class="IPA" style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;" title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA_for_Dutch" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none !important;" title="Help:IPA for Dutch">[ˈbɪnə(n)ɦɔf]</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">; English: Inner Court) is a complex of buildings in the city centre of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hague" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="The Hague">The Hague</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, next to the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofvijver" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Hofvijver">Hofvijver</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> lake. It houses the meeting place of both houses of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_General_of_the_Netherlands" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="States General of the Netherlands">States General of the Netherlands</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">, as well as the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_General_Affairs_(Netherlands)" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Ministry of General Affairs (Netherlands)">Ministry of General Affairs</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> and the office of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_Netherlands" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Prime Minister of the Netherlands">Prime Minister of the Netherlands</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">. Built primarily in the 13th century, the Gothic castle originally functioned as residence of the counts of </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Holland" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="County of Holland">Holland</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> and became the political centre of the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;"> in 1584. It is counted among the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_100_Dutch_heritage_sites" style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px; text-decoration: none;" title="Top 100 Dutch heritage sites">Top 100 Dutch heritage sites</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.4px;">. The Binnenhof is the oldest House of Parliament in the world still in use.</span></li>
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My first sketch is made there, looking at the Ridderzaal from the side, the main entrance is behind the tower.<br />
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After one hour I moved to the other side of the Binnenhof, to the Hofvijver. You have a great view of all the buildings over a little lake. I sat there for another 2 hours, enjoying, looking at the buildings, sketching and enjoying the people that strolled along the Hofvijver. Did not have enough time to use my watercolors, maybe I will add them later.</div>
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And today, Sunday, I made 2 sketches in my Moleskine watercolor journal for the Weekend Drawing Event on WetCanvas. One river otter and one quick sketch of a botanical garden.</div>
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WDE 20 May 2016 - An old door in Greece, with brown PITT pen, a brown Tombow pen and water</div>
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WDE 20 May 2016 - I was fascinated by the clearness of the water on the reference image. And I am really happy with my attempt. In watercolors only.</div>
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WDE 29 May 2016 - A juicy yummie looking lobster with pen and watercolors.</div>
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WDE 2 June 2016 - Two sketches in a square Handbook journal. The left one with my new Lamy pen and the right one with a Pilot Sign Pens. Both new pens, and both with ink that is not waterproof. But I do like the effect with the watercolors.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-75338139732046447012016-05-27T09:46:00.000+02:002016-05-27T09:46:03.631+02:00Sketching in UtrechtUtrecht is one of my favorite places on the world. First of all, I was born in Utrecht ;-). And I still live in a village very close to Utrecht. So yesterday I took the bus into town and walked to the Dom Square (Domplein). The Dom tower, the Dom church and the Pandhof are all on the Square. The Pandhof is the garden of the old church and I love this place. It is beautiful and peaceful in the middle of a busy city center.<br />
I was sketching in a new watercolor journal, the Travelogue from Hand Book. Love the paper and the format (I used the square). Both sides of the book stay flat, really enjoyed working in it.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-21111912555840535272016-05-16T10:25:00.000+02:002016-05-16T10:25:12.507+02:00Hello againWOW, it has been a long time since I blogged anything. October 2015 was the last one, after my vacation on Samos in Greece... In the meantime lots has happened, my mother passed away in December and my sister and I were extremely busy with not only getting thru all the paperwork but also with clearing my mothers' house. Very stressful and emotional... My sister and I went almost 2 weeks to Curacao in February to recover and actually take some time to let everything sink in.<br />
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And now it is already May, I have been painting and sketching in between. I will show you the sketches of Curacao later.<br />
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This weekend I participated in the WetCanvas Weekend Drawing event. I choose the image of some beautiful red pomegranates. I decided to paint them with watercolors in layers. Pfff very painful process that needs a lot (too much?) patience. In the meantime I did a 5 minute watercolor sketch that came out really nice and another one in gouache. I love the spontanity in these 2 quicker paintings.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-17291866282184511722015-10-25T11:15:00.000+01:002015-10-25T11:17:45.364+01:00Last summer sun in GreeceLast week I was on Samos, an island in Greece, near Turkey. To soak up the last summer sun. The temperature was really nice, with lots of sunshine. My sister and I rented a great villa near Phytagorion with views on the sea and the coast of Turkey.<br />
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View from our villa</div>
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One of the churches we past on our trips and a visit to the Archeological Museum in Vathi - Samos city</div>
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A view of Kokkari</div>
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Cappuccino in Kokkari</div>
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View from our villa, the mountains of Turkey in the early morning fog</div>
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A monastery in the hills, and old remains in Phytagorion</div>
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And a tasty grilled sea-bream for lunch</div>
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And now we are back home again, autumn is here and the summer time has ended. Time to go back to work!</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480779511806393641noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4907373573930757520.post-52354143792705178282015-10-13T13:58:00.001+02:002015-10-13T13:58:32.015+02:00Sketching San DiegoLife has taken it normal pace again. I have been busy with visiting family and friends, drinking coffee, going out for lunch and looking for a new assignment in the meantime. I am not in a hurry to start work again, I really enjoy my time off.<br />
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Mission San Luis Rey (Oceanside) on the left and the rocky shores of La Jolla on the right.</div>
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Two beautiful Asian sculptures (seen in the San Diego Museum of Art)</div>
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Balboa Park near the lily pond</div>
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I had a great time, with lots of quality sketching and painting time. Real me time. I loved every day of the 3 weeks. But... I am also happy to be home again. Sleeping in my own bed and socializing with friends and family.<br />
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The last few days in San Diego I visited the Birch aquarium in La Jolla and spent the days with some last minute shopping :-).<br />
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