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 ...
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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. ...
Read More »Mystieke Mandala’s (Mystical Mandalas), 3 beautiful drawings colored – BBNC
Recently Dutch publisher BBNC / MUS came out with another new mandala coloring book, called Mystieke Mandala’s or translated in English Mystical mandalas. My first thought was ‘how many mandala coloring books can one have?’ I think I’ve got all of the BBNC mandala coloring ...
Read More »New song recording: Faith – George Michael
Faith This week’s song recording is a song that I’ve loved from day one: George Michael’s Faith. The rhythm, the guitar, the voice… George Michael to me was a musical genius and it still makes me sad to think that he’s no longer among us. ...
Read More »Hobbies, delicious pie and my first time-lapse video
As you probably could have guessed, if you’ve followed me a little longer, I’m not someone with just one or two hobbies. I’ve got more hobbies than time to spend on them. One of them is editing video material, but you could have guessed that ...
Read More »Tales from the Midnight Masquerade, 11th coloring book by Hanna Karlzon
In this review I will take a deeper dive in Tales from the Midnight Masquerade by Hanna Karlzon. This was the first of two new books this year, and she has already announced a new one for Spring 2021! In another post I will also ...
Read More »New song recording: Thank God I’m a country boy – John Denver
John Denver’s Thank God I’m a country boy Time flies when you’re having fun. And so it’s Sunday again, which means that I’ve got a new song recording for you. Because I wanted an energetic song this time, I chose a song that I’ve been ...
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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!