woensdag, januari 30

hooray for today!

30 january 2013,
the day with the absolutely perfect weather.





















and apart from this:

i draw a really nice tapir. i'm really happy with this pet - you can find him on the right!

maandag, januari 21

blogging stress

i told myself 
i would only post finished illustrations or images on this blog, 
and only the nice ones.
the result is: almost two weeks of silence on the blog front.

it was a strange idea because actually, 

i don't make many finished 'clean' images. i just try, and a lot of times i'm fond of how it turns out (mostly not at all like it's supposed to be and with a lot of stains).
so that's what i will do here, 
i will try something, paint with clots, cut baldly (is it a correct word?) and draw and knit and 
do crochet (that's my new thing this week) 
and have fun doing all this, without paying too much attention to the outcome.
but i sometimes will be satisfied enough with the result to give it to a friend.

so that said,

here is the result of todays painting of bare legs.
note for myself, i should have done it on canvas (now it's on paper) - i should have used a clean eraser (the black dirt-marks are all around) and in the future, i should try it with oil paint. NEW THING on the list!



woensdag, januari 9

3 look-alikes

i sketched a bit, the result is this.
(some animals, pretending to be tapirs.)

to be continued...



zaterdag, januari 5

Poespapier !

what happened:
I started blogging for a design project, and took a lot of challenges: 50 hoorays in 150 days.
although i didn't completed every task on this 150-days-challenge-list, 
the project finished last year. and so did the blog.  

However: i loved making it and had so much fun blogging, 
i drew, photographed, painted, cutted & pasted more than i ever did before.
acquired a taste for it, so i had to continue. And here it is, PAPIERPOES (paper cat)!

This time, there is no big list i have to complete in time 

(some people will be thankful for that :))

but as i'm a list-addict, i'll use for this blog also a 'wish list'.

i made a list of five things i want to try out, paint, draw,...
As soon as i tried something of the list, i'll add a new thing. 
(suggestions welcome!)

i start with this mini-list!

1. draw a beautiful TAPIR
2. make a little TEXTILE illustration with my sewing machine
3. try out a paper COLLAGE 
4. make a painting of BARE LEGS
5. invent some new LETTERS for the header of this blog 

See you soon!