A personal challenge of one portrait a day. In 2018 I challenged myself to do a portrait a day from 11-11 until 12-12. I wanted to challenge myself to create a finished portrait in one day. This way I would have to show up at my easel to paint. And I wanted to see how it would improve my skills.…
Lita Cabellut, exhibition at the Jan van der Togt museum. Recently I visited Lita Cabellut's exhibition at the Jan van der Togt museum in Amstelveen.I really love Lita's work. It is full of expression and she uses a very unique fresco technique that she combines with modern oil paint application. Her portraits are larger than life, both figuratively and literally,…
Mixed Media exploration. Lately I have gotten a lot of questions about what art supplies I use for my works on paper. So in this blog I would like to share with you my favorite art supplies for this series. When I discovered the world of mixed media it really opened up a lot of opportunities for me. It wasn't necessary…
What is the story of the painting, how did it progress? I usually do not have a fixed plan before I start painting, the story of the painting is not yet set out. In many cases, I am inspired by someone's beautiful pose, a look on someone's face or a theme that I would like to work with. The painting…