Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day is a big thing in the US and it is becoming bigger by the year in Europe. But let’s be honest… most of it isn’t about love and sharing one’s heart, is it? It’s more about commerce, business and sales opportunities. ...
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10 New coloring books added to my beautiful collection – part 2
Wow, I never thought it would take me this long to write the sequel to part 1! But finally here it is, part 2 with the remaining five coloring books that I’ve brought to Spain from our trip to the Netherlands last November. Click here to ...
Read More »Face masks for children – Is there 1 valid reason for these preposterous rules?
In the blog to my last song recording video I already announced that I would write a blog about seeing children wearing face masks. To add my thoughts on this matter to a song recording blog post didn’t feel appropriate, so I’ve made a separate ...
Read More »New Song Recording: Winter in America – Doug Ashdown
Christmas out, winter in So, ehm, where was I? Last video I made was right before Christmas 2020… Check… Yup, Christmas has been long gone by now. Even January has already reached it’s last week! I just couldn’t get myself to recording songs or writing ...
Read More »Merry Christmas Everyone!
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 ...
Read More »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 ...
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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!