a simple life ‘pink bird’, painting in a sketchbook Yesterday I was in bit of an overthinking and heavy mood. Nothing seemed to work.In the evening I was throwing some paint on paper, without thinking (!). And suddenly she appeared on the page, this little simple bird. Just to remind me that life doesn’t need […]
work in progress ‘the houses’, collage and drawing/painting in a sketchbook Searching in my work for something to post today, I came across this image. It is definitely not finished yet, but somehow just that idea spoke to me. Because… aren’t we all a ‘work in progress’? And realizing that, can we give ourselves (and
1000 beautiful things ‘1000 beautiful things’, drawing/painting in a sketchbook Hi, I’ve been working on this drawing for several days. I try to make it into a design for a t-shirt. However, all the time things are going wrong. Everything I try, seems to be working out different than I intended. Maybe the drawing is telling
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wonderment ‘wonderment’, drawing/painting in a sketchbook Life is a miracle! I hope that I never loose that feeling of wonderment when I look at anything, everything and everyone alive. That I try to stay as curious a a small child that sees everything for the first time.Â
on a super sweet 2024 ‘bird’s got a new blouse’, drawing/painting in a sketchbook with a photo shop tweak Hello everyone, The bird has a new blouse. She doesn’t care that she looks a bit like a little pig. She loves pink, she loves sweetness, she loves soft vibes. She wants to fly around the
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today… ‘love today’, digital collage after a drawing/painting in a sketchbook ‘Today is the first day of the rest of my life’ (John Denver sang that in 1969)I was in high school when I heard this quote and I wrote it on every page of my notebooks. I think it was the first time that I
something with flowers ‘something with flowers’, drawing/painting in a sketchbook, mainly markers I keep drawing flowers, mainly from my imagination. Why? Because they are colorful, they make me happy, they color my day. drawing flowers calms me down, relaxes me. So you’re going to see a lot of them (like always). Enjoy the flowers, let
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bird in the night ‘bird in the night’, collage and drawing/painting in a sketchbook The moment I saw this bird coming up in my drawings today, I remembered that I dreamt about birds tonight. Isn’t that magic? Or is it just a coincident? Whatever it is, I had a good time cutting out the pieces
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six arms, on planning ‘self portrait with six arms’, drawing/painting in a sketchbook, mixed media Today I am trying to make a planning for 2024, at least for the first half of the year. Like always I seem to want way too much. I would certainly need six arms and a couple of little helpers
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