Merry Christmas everyone This whole week I’ve been looking forward to recording this song. It’s definitely my favorite Christmas song. Whenever I hear it, I have to sing along. It gives me a carefree, happy feeling. And isn’t that something we all need, particularly this ...
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New song recording: Christmas Songs – Jingle Bell Rock
Christmas Songs – Jingle Bell Rock Song number two for December is, as you’ve probably already expected, another Christmas song. I’ve chosen another oldie, because I like this melody so much, and this time it’s Jingle Bell Rock! Actually, I’ve only learned to play this ...
Read More »10 New coloring books added to my beautiful collection – part 1
And here’s finally a new blog post! I haven’t posted a blog about coloring related things since the end of October. I’ve explained the reasons for this in a blog and video that you can read and watch by clicking here. So it’s about time ...
Read More »New song recording: Christmas Songs – Winter Wonderland
Christmas Songs – Winter Wonderland Yesss, after a couple of weeks without songs on Sunday, here I am, slowly getting back on track. Today I’ve recorded a Christmas song for you, because it’s December and… well, I figured that it’s time for some nice Christmas ...
Read More »Why things are so quiet in here and traveling during lockdown (VIDEO)
Why things have been so quiet Hello you lovely lot, it’s been quite a while that I’ve uploaded something on my website. So I figured I owe you an explanation as to why it is so quiet in here. Traveling for two weeks and coming ...
Read More »New song recording: Simple Man – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Simple man – Lynyrd Skynyrd Today was our 12th wedding anniversary, a happy day in a not so happy situation, because Andalucía is going into lockdown again tomorrow for at least fifteen days. Nevertheless, today I’ve recorded a new song: Simple Man, from Southern rock ...
Read More »New song recording: Age – Jim Croce
Age Nothing much to tell today, except that the video below didn’t come easy (do they ever????)… pffff. I’m tired, and think I’ll hit the sack early tonight. But that’s probably because of my age… (see what I did there? 😜😂) So without further ado, ...
Read More »Faith in your #1 hero: your immune system… How to stay healthy?
When I wrote the accompanying blog to my recording of George Michael’s Faith, I was in doubt whether or not I should express my feelings on the topic of having faith in yourself. I wrote things and deleted them, wrote again, then deleted again. It ...
Read More »New song recording: Stolen childhood – Tabby May
Tabby May – Stolen childhood It’s twenty years ago already, that I wrote this song. And over eighteen years since I recorded it, with a producer that, back then in 2002, was a rising star and is nowadays one of the Dutch top producers, mr. ...
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Techniques
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How to… use Derwent Inktense pencils
In this Techniques blog, and video, I’ll show you how I work with Derwent Inktense pencils and how you can use them for layering and making shadows, to create more depth in your coloring work. But let me first give you a bit of information ...
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Making Artist Trading Coins the easy way
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How to… Blending with Prismacolor Premier pencils – Video
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How to… Work with Albrecht Dürer watercolor pencils
Reviews Materials
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Metallic pencils comparison: Derwent v. Marco Raffiné
For Christmas 2019 I received the new set of Derwent metallic pencils. It’s a limited edition, but if you look good enough, they’re still available online. There’s also the common set of twelve Derwent new metallic pencils. I say ‘new’, because previously there was a ...
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Pen 68 Brush by Stabilo… is it a GO or a NO?
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Infected with virus and 24 NEW Caran d’Ache Luminance colors
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Black Edition pencils, butterflies and our love story (part 2)
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Unprecedented comparison of different types of paper! Watch this and take advantage!