Painting
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Day 37 – February 6, 2019
When classic meets trendy…. Three layers of mod podge and acrylic paint over a picture of Peter Paul Rubens’ painting of his daughter Clara Serena.
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Bean sídhe
Day 27 – January 27, 2019
Collage and acrylic paint on paper, 16,5×19 cm.
‘Bean sídhe’ is a female spirit in Gaelic folklore believed to presage, by wailing, a death in a family (English: Banshee; it means ‘Woman of the Fairies). The story is about a young man Christian, who plays a prank, that comes back to haunt him.
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Brother and sister
Day 23 – January 23, 2019
Pencil and Tombows on 225 gr. watercolour paper, 24×32 cm
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Noodlot
Day 10 – January 10, 2019
Acrylic paint, indian ink, and pencil on paper, 15×21 cm.
’Noodlot’ is the title of a Dutch book (literature) by Louis Couperus (1890) I read during my study of the Dutch language. It means ‘Fate’. The painting is based on the first sentence in the book: “His hands in the pockets, the collar of his fur coat up, Frank walked through the blowing snow, along the lonely Adelaide Road in the evening.” (Google translate Dutch-English, so don’t blame me for any mistakes).
First time I worked with acrylic paint. Because I’m not an experienced ‘real life’ artist, I followed an online class to learn how to draw lines of action. The first line I made was with a pencil. After that I took my dip pen and made some extra lines.
I kinda liked it, so I decided to give it some color with acrylic paint. That came out awful, because I don’t know anything about colors at all. It looked like a combination of Winnie the Pooh (colors) and Paddington Bear.
I wanted to throw it away in the garbage bin, but decided to put on a new layer of paint. And a new one. And… Well, finally it was finished.
And the horse you rode in on…
Day 9 – January 9, 2019
Non dominant hand drawing/ painting, watercolour and ink pen, 15×21 cm.
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