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October – “Direction”
After contemplating the sense of rhythm in my art practice, the thought about direction came up almost inevitably. Where to go? What to reach? A straight line ahead, or venturing out and coming back to home base? A long trip or short, spontaneous ones? I’m one of those people who walk into a store and…
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“A Whisper of Hope I”
In 2023 I created a body of work in collaboration with the composer Janneke Moes. Our work, titled “A Whisper of Hope” will consist of my work and Janneke’s multiple choir composition. In this series on blog I’d like to take you on a tour of my work and my experiences. “A Whisper of Hope”…
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Painting an eye in oil paint
Thank you everyone, for joining me! I think we did well, working with this limited palette. Here’s the replay and some tips that were discussed during the stream. Resources Photo by Cris Trung on Unsplash Supplies Watch the replay Some tips
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Join my Let’s Face It 2024 Give-away!
Good morning friends! I’m really happy to be doing a give-away for Let’s Face It 2024 today. Every year we give a number of spots away for free, and today is my turn. Read on to see how you can join! Thank you for all your submissions! I’ve drawn a winner and this year it’s…
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I’m joining Let’s Face It 2024!
I am so excited to announce that I am going to be a part of the Let’s Face It – 2024 Team! Let’s Face It is a course created and hosted by Kara Bullock. Just like previous years, I’m very happy to join with another lesson. Let’s Face It is for anyone that wants to…
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Cleaning oil paint brushes without solvents
Many of my students who would like to work with oil paint, are concerned about the toxicity of solvents. And you’re right to be! Here’s a new video for you, showing you how I clean my brushes without nasty solvents. There’s no need to soak or wash your brushes in terpenoids or mineral spirits. It’s…
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Painting an eye in Golden Open acrylics
Thank you everyone SO much for supporting me during my first ever live stream! I had a wonderful time and I hope you did as well. Here’s to a few more live streams in the future. 🙂 All live streams will be available for you to watch in the replay. I’ll post the stream and…
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Studio hours #5
I continued with yesterday’s panel, for a few short layers. I’d like to see what it takes to build some layers of textural paint, without applying very thick layers. With acrylics, this was a lot easier because of the way it dries. This process might take several weeks, so I’ll keep posting updates, and then…
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Studio hours #4 and an update
I wasn’t feeling great lately, to be honest. After the up – working with relative confidence on my panels – came the down. Besides my smaller panels, the main focus of my expo are on three larger works. And they freaked me out. At some point you realise; if I don’t start now, it’s gonna…
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Creative experiments #2
My friend Anna and I made some plans for creative fun and unfortunately that meant having to place another order with my art supplier. The struggle haha! I ended up adding some stuff to my cart that I wanted to try out and show you. I’m going to create some cool textures with gauze/muslin and…
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Creative experiments #1
A few weeks (or was it months?…yikes…) ago I bought a gel plate and some other stuff to experiment with. After an initial surge of creative energy, they ended up on a pile, mostly unused. I wanted to make a conscious effort this week to experiment more. I’ve done a lot of studying and working…
