Filled with enthusiasm I started the challenge that Dutch art supplies store Hobbycompleet De Duif announced for this summer. However, what I could have known, but hadn’t really given enought thought, was that during the summertime the temperature in our house rises to extremes. We’ve ...
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Adventure… come along on a mixed media trip!
Fall is here, summer’s over. Thankfully the weather is still nice where we live in Southern Spain. Like today, with a blue sky and 26 degrees Celcius on the thermometer. Just like the previous summers here, it was nearly unbearable to do something creative in ...
Read More »Unboxing of… GoPress & Foil (with video!)
Yesterday it finally happened. My parcel from Paperpads.nl was delivered, containing my newest ‘toy’: the GoPress & Foil machine! It wasn’t quite easy to actually get the parcel. For three days in a row DHL tried to deliver in the evening, while the business center ...
Read More »Art journal and coloring book, color while traveling
I’m going on vacation and take along… The last couple of weeks have flown by. Obviously because of the time consuming nurturing of Scruffy (see my previous blog), but also because our family visit and short vacation in the Netherlands. And in those weeks I ...
Read More »What do a puppy and a Memory Dex have in common?
So I wanted to post a blog with new artwork at least once a week. Only to get sucked into a new adventure around a puppy! In our area (Southern Spain) there are loads of stray animals. And last week on Tuesday night I suddenly ...
Read More »Summer challenge with hobbyshop ‘de Duif’ – Week 1
Today I ran into something fun on Facebook. At Hobbycompleet De Duif they started the Summer Challenge today! (They are one of my favorite art supplies stores in the Netherlands) So, summer challenge it is. Which means that you’ll get an assignment every week for ...
Read More »Bingo for creative people… resulted in loads of pink
BINGO! One of my favorite hobbyshops in the Netherlands has a monthly bingo on Facebook. And I liked the idea so much that I decided to participate. It’s actually pretty simple: at the start of the month they post a ‘bingo card’ with nine different ...
Read More »Small update: what am I doing nowadays?
Before I start to post new blogs more often, here’s a little update. I can hear you thinking “well that took a long time!” Well yes… ehm… sorry, I actually seldom blog anymore, just didn’t happen and the threshold to do so got higher and ...
Read More »Unprecedented comparison of different types of paper! Watch this and take advantage!
About a week ago I got a question. Whether I would like to do some kind of comparison. Well, I’m always willing to help someone out, and I actually liked the idea. Not knowing what I would get myself into by the way, since this ...
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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!