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My dad's birthday is coming up at the end of next month. He's struggling with some questions around the passing of my mom, a year ago next week. And lately he has doubts about some life choices they made

Last week I spoiled myself with a black aquarelpaper pad. And it really screamed to be tested, so I did. ☺️ Using a Van Gogh watercolor box with metallic and iridescent colors, I decided to paint some

It's finished! My first mother's day present since my mom passed almost a year ago. Ever since we put her urn into the ground, I was looking for a nice grave ornament that felt just right. For her. For

Going on after yesterday's post, today I decided to try out painting on slate. I used one layer of gesso as a primer and set out some lines with pencil. Then I mixed the colors I wanted to use and started

On the second Sunday of May, we celebrate mother's day, as people do in various countries all over the world. Interesting fact about the city and the Province of Antwerp (where I live in a smaller city

No insect as gracious, elegant and vulnerable as a butterfly. To me the butterfly is connected to the sun. Actually, as a child I was convinced they came directly from the sun. Little did I know then about

I love flowers! I love how they look, how they lift up the energy, how they smell (well, most of the time I do 😏). And I also love painting them, preferably in a more abstract way. The past few days these

Last week a good friend of mine turned 24. She has had the most difficult year in her young life, so I decided to surprise her with a selfmade gift. As she really adores alpacas, it wasn't a heard choice

We are all human, no matter where we were born, where we are living, what language we speak, what skincolor we have and who we vote for. Everyone deserves peace and love. In art it is no challenge to unite

Watching tulips change in their vase, I wanted to paint just one of them. A tulip in a deep wine red with hints of purple, standing proud amongst the others. Always up for trying out different things,

I just love the night sky, especially when it's clear and I'm in a dark enough place to see many stars. So yesterday evening I decided to paint such a spot in my little Sakura Sketchbook.

Last Friday I got a really nice bouquet of tulips from a friend. Today I decided to paint a few out of the blue, with no specific plan in mind. Just the paint, the paper and me. Our tomcat jumped on top

On the road to my next creative goal, today I wanted to create another wood texture with watercolor and - this time - ecoline brushpens. It ended up looking like this:

For a very specific project I have in mind, I need to practice painting woord texture. After watching a few instruction movie clips on YouTube I decided to just dive in. This is the result of my first

Geometrical figures have always fascinated me. I can really get lost inside of them. Same with (pictures of) the universe, stars, galaxies and nebulas. An ideal project to give the metallic watercolor

During a short meditation earlier today, I clearly saw petals in orange-red with coppertones. So nice to see it take shape on paper! I decided to photograph it in other parts of our appartment, to see

Today's little project: a succulent. On real watercolour paper (300 g/m2) this time: akvarel blok from #FlyingTiger, a Danish retail chain with unique accessories, gift items and toys.

After a few days of playing around with the wet-in-wet technique, I decided to paint a few edibles from the book I found in the library the other week. The sketchbook I used is from Sakura and its sheets

Yesterday I tried a few different techniques within the subject of leaves. Still so much to try and re-discover. Having fun in the meanwhile. 🙂🍃🌿