If you think you can’t draw (a statement I personally don’t believe, because I am sure that everyone can draw), you can go easy on yourself and trace a photo. You can do that with translucent paper and pen and ink. Or you can do that digitally on an ipad or computer.If you want to … Read more
Yesterday’s painting and a friend’s remark brought back memories of Holland. So again a watercolor painting today. Somebody mentioned it would be nice to see more of the creation process. Are there more people that are interested in that?
Not even 2 months that we are living in our new house – it seems longer. From day 1 we have been happy here. The mountain views are gorgeous. Having the choice between mountainous walks or walking more or less flat at the canal is great. I am completely past my initial doubt. The painting … Read more
When I was young we often made drawings with our fingers smudging a piece of paper. To visualize paper snippets I returned to that technique. To my great deligth, I can add. At times when working digitally I miss getting dirty fingers. The technique is quite simple: make the edges of pieces of paper black … Read more
Again today’s assignment of the One Funnel Away Challenge was to ‘do’ something with my biggest insight. For me it was ‘the belief is the key’. If I deep in my heart not believe I can be successfull, I won’t. Something to work on! The drawing was made in the app Brushes Redux. An app … Read more
Some seeds have been in the storage for a year, making me very curious if they survived. Other seeds were a present from a fellow gardener who has been in Spain way longer then me. He said I could sow them now, no problem in this warm region. That’s 3 (!) months sooner than in … Read more
I am in a business challenge: One Funnel Away. Today’s assignment was to tell my fellow challenge companions what struck me most in one of Russell Brunsons videos. I decided to combine that assignment with my personal goal! In Holland “Delft’s blauw” is famous. Especially for their tile wisdom or in proper English that’s probably … Read more
I’ve had trouble with the phone companies before. Today we switched companies for the third time! It’s not that we are that demanding. Simply being able to phone someone or being phoned will do. Isn’t that the least a phone should do? We were on the brink of getting a landline and an oldfashioned phone. … Read more
I discovered several plant apps to identify what’s in my garden In the drawing my intention was to work with a mask. I don’t like the harshness of this digital drawing very much, so one of the next drawings is going to be on real paper.