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"Tatyana" for Julia Kay's Portrait Party 21 Jul 2013 | 02:04 am
A portrait of a talented artist from Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr.com This time I painted into a 'couch', I pre-wetted the panel with a thin layer of linseed oil, then wiped most if the oil wi...
Rembrandt portrait study 11 Jul 2013 | 02:05 am
I've always wanted to try to do an old master painting study, especially a Rembrandt portrait. So I finally had the courage to give it a try. I wish I had done it sooner, it was a lot of fun and I lea...
"Holiday friends" 22 Jun 2013 | 12:33 am
"Holiday friends", oil on linen, 50x40cm, €495,-
"Salvador Navarro" for JKPP 7 Jun 2013 | 04:35 pm
"Salvador Navarro", pastel on paper, NFS
Happy accidents 18 May 2013 | 10:35 pm
I decided to rework last Thursdays result of life drawing class. Almost threw it away when things went from bad to worse but when I scraped things down with my palette knife some happy accidents happe...
Holiday results 13 May 2013 | 01:36 am
Apologies for not posting but I've been on a holiday. Normally on a holiday I bring my painting gear, full of plans to paint every day. And normally, the paints stay untouched for the whole holiday :)...
Plein air Meyendel 8 Apr 2013 | 02:04 am
Nice afternoon of painting in Meyendel, near Wassenaar.
Recent painting 7 Apr 2013 | 02:22 am
"Arita", 60x40cm oil on canvas, no longer available
"Ulsum", thursdaynight life painting 16 Mar 2013 | 12:32 am
"Ulsum", 40x30cm oil on canvasboard, 75min from life, NFS This time in lifepainting class we set up a strong spotlight again and made the rest of the room dark to accentuate light and shadow. We had ...
"Maarten", acrylic painting from life 10 Mar 2013 | 11:52 pm
"Maarten", acrylic on cardboard, 70 min pose, NFS Thursdaynight life drawing class. This time, focus was on using color so I used more saturated reflected lights this time. If you want to see what th...
