Artist Trading Cards

Have been doing some Artist Trading Cards again. I trade them over at illustratedATCs.com.

All of them are 2.5 x 3.5 inches. Acrylics on watercolor paper.

Swap: Horses

Swap: Horses

Swap: Horses

Swap: Horses

Swap: Fantastical Creatures of the Sea

Swap: Fantastical Creatures of the Sea

Swap: Fantastical Creatures of the Sea

Art Journal Pages

Two more pages!

Yay characters!

"Why play alone, if you can do it together"
Mixed media
Ranger art journal, app. A4

 Inspired by the birth of my brother's daughter :)

Mixed media
Ranger art journal, app. A4

Fairies, Folklore, and Angels

Joined some swaps over at illustratedATCs.com again! Yay!

Fairies and Folklore Swap
Mixed media on ATCs

Angels Swap
Mixed media on ATCs

En plein air

Did some on location painting over the weekend. An awesome experience! I have done it only once before (in the Efteling, my favorite amusement park), but never really had the guts to do it again. I will definitely do this more often!

"The Red Door"
The Old Church in Delft, the Netherlands
Cobra oils on canvas

Art journal

Having some art journal fun ^_^

Kikker & Beer op het strand
(Frog & Bear at the beach)
Mixed media in Ranger art journal
A4

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed
Mixed media in Ranger art journal
A4

Diptych

I finally finished them! Yay!

Cobra oils on linen
60 x 40 a piece

Detail I

Detail II

Detail III

Detail IV

Detail V

Minions!

I love Despicable Me and Despicable Me II! I totally fell in love with minions, hence the painting below.

Acrylics (artist grade) on canvas, 30 x 60 cm.

Minions (c) Universal

Cards

Worked on some mixed media cards lately. I love combining mixed media/card making (and the lovely die cutting that comes with it) with fine art painting.

Excuse the quality of the picture. I've already sent these off, so I cannot make a proper scan of them anymore.

A Dutch expression: To put a heart under someone's belt.
Means you offer support.
Mixed media on watercolor paper on card stock.

A thank you card.
Die cutting, distress, and collage. Love these felt flowers!

Feb Seven Project

Li'l mixed media project I'm working on. It's due the seventh of February, so I hope I'll make it. Since this is a work in progress, I haven't really arranged the envelopes and tags to the best of my abilities. Once I'm done, I'll make decent scans ^_^

Mixed media on die cut envelopes and tags.

Soes and a New Journal

So I got this journal (Ranger/Dyan) when I had spent enough (read: too much) money at my favorite supply store here in the Netherlands. I immediately had a purpose for it. Children's illustrations! I started a writing course that enabled me to develop a character: Seven year old Soes (pronounce like (Dr.) Seuss). She hates unicorns. And yet she meets one by chance. Hilarious ^_^

Mixed media in journal.

"When Soes turned seven, her uncle Sato came over from Suriname.
He had brought a present. A stuffed animal. A unicorn! Soes hated it.
'It's magical,' Sato winked."

"'Well!' said Dad, 'then put that unicorn on your head!'"

"Soes looked disappointed.
This was no unicorn.
This was a fat, pink pony with a cone on its head.
See. Unicorns are stupid." 

Chicago

So this last summer we went to Chicago and I decided to keep a watercolor journal of where we went and what we did. Lots of fun!

From left to right, top to bottom: Chicago Theater and an L Station, Beginning Sign of Route 66, Electric Spaghetti, Farmer's Market, Stained Glass Museum, Water tower, Spider Man and the Marina Towers, the Shedd Aquarium, the Museum of Science and Industry (and one of the few remaining buildings of the Chicago World Fair of 1893), and a Jazz Cafe.

I'm back!
Took a long break from my blog, but never from painting. So be prepared for a bunch of updates.

Facebook...

...mixed media style! Loved doing these. I took profile pictures from my Facebook friends and made them into portraits. They're all bundled in a handmade little journal from heavy watercolor paper.

I'm back!
Took a long break from my blog, but never from painting. So be prepared for a bunch of updates.

Vintage computers

I'm back!
Took a long break from my blog, but never from painting. So be prepared for a bunch of updates.

So these paintings I made when I was just getting the hang of mixed media. Love it! And vintage. And computers. Good combo! :D

A New Journ

Finished it! That journal I was talking about in my previous post, that is ;) It was handmade from a large sheet of Canson watercolor paper and a little help from Teesha Moore via YouTube. I love it! I already have ideas for the second and third one (and need new sheets of paper after that, lol).

A New Journ
Journal, handmade
Mixed media on watercolor paper

New Style

More ATCs fun! Love this style I've discovered. Involving a spray painted background with an acrylic focal image on top, plus some lines, journaling, and patterns. Thinking of doing an entire art journal this way!

PAT Favorite Artist

So I joined a PAT (Pick-A-Theme) over at illustratedATCs and made the ones below for my group.

f.l.t.r.:
Monet (soft pastels)
Pissarro (soft pastels)
Roger Hall (0.1 Micron pen)
Dali (acrylics)

ATCs Again

Finally got back on the ATCs horse. Hope you like them!

Swap: Illustrated Encouragement
Acrylics

Swap: Steampunk Fairy Tales
Acrylics on mixed media background

Indian Groom

Finished the Indian Groom portrait! Finally! It took me quite some time, but I'm very pleased with the outcome. I hope the commissioner will be, too ^_^

Indian Groom
Acrylics on canvas
60 x 50 cm

New Studio

Whoohooo! My new studio is done! I'm very much in love with it. As well as with my husband, who helped to make this possible. Yay!

Excuse the wonkiness, I used Photomerge ;)

Journal Spread 6

Trying to mix fine art with mixed media. I really want this to take a couple of steps further, but for now, this was a fun experiment. 

Inspire Create
Mixed media on journal spread