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Charcoal is and remains one of my most favorite drawing media! It's so versatile and…

Finally, after a very busy period, I had the time and energy to do some…

Wow, Drawing in the Soul March is now sold out! I can't wait to start…

Drawing in the Soul March is filling up quickly! Last month I had opened up…

Would you like to learn how to draw and paint faces in the new year?…

Wow, the past few weeks have been crazy busy here! My mixed media portrait course…

Drawing in the Soul October 2016 has started today, yayyy!!! I'm super excited and so…

I'm so happy to announce that registration for Let's Face It 2017 is now open!…

I am so excited to be a guest teacher again in Let's Face It 2017…

Check out this fun short video for Let's Face It 2017! In this 50-weeks collaborative…

Lots of exciting things going on! I'm so happy and honored to announce that I…

I'm incredibly happy, excited, a little nervous, but mostly just so enormously thrilled and elated…

Module 3 of my upcoming portrait course Drawing in the Soul will be all about…

I have been working on some study pieces for a new lesson in my upcoming…

The preparations for my upcoming portrait course Drawing in the Soul are continuing. Today I…

Finished recording a new lesson for my upcoming portrait course Drawing in the Soul, yay!…

I haven't been online much lately. Only every now and then I am active on…

I'm honored to have been interviewed by the lovely Sue Lazar Nelson from the website…

I have been working on my upcoming portrait course Drawing in the Soul. This portrait…

This is a new painting that will go up for auction at The Artist Gallery…

Recently I was invited to become a member of The Artist Gallery Nouveau – an…

I have been experimenting with painting light and dark again. It was quite a challenge…

Sunday after the opening of my new online art shop the response was fantastic! I'm…

It feels like summer here! The first hot days have arrived, the city is buzzing…

Wow, so exciting to see them all on the table! 🙂 These are fine art…

This profile portrait is one of the studies I am making for my upcoming portrait…

My lesson as a guest teacher in Love Art Happy Life is ready: both the…

Wow, my video tutorial Who Are You has been watched over 10,000 times now! I…

Playing with charcoal and a little white soft pastel, focusing on movement and line in…

I'm so busy restyling my website and working on my guest lessons (Let's Face It…

I have recorded my main lesson for the online portrait course Let's Face It! In…

I've made this painting as research and preparation for my guest lesson in the online…

I had such a great time making this portrait! This is going to be a…

I'm currently editing my lesson for the online art course Love Art Happy Life. Still…

I have been filming my lesson for Love Art Happy Life! This 5 months online…

Finally, I made a new mixed media portrait video! 🙂 In this video tutorial I'm…

I made this new portrait yesterday and today! The title is Transparent Light. I'm really…

Love Art Happy Life has started and you can still sign up! This new 5…

Best wishes for 2016! This video is the result of the End-of-Year Campfire Game that…

This portrait is my contribution to the End-of-Year Campfire Game that we did in the…

I made a new portrait last night and I must say I'm really pleased with…

I have been experimenting with dark and light again. It's a subject that I keep…

I'm so excited! Many of you might remember the End-of-Year Campfire Game that we did…

I'm currently editing the bonus lesson that I'm going to give in the online art…

Another portrait that I drew during my retreat, using the same technique as for the…

Drawing this portrait gave me so much joy and fulfillment! I made it when I…

I have created a fun 1 minute sneak peek video showing the various stages of…

This charcoal portrait is one of the four main projects that we'll be making in…

Woohoo, registration for Let's Face It is now open!! Click here for more info and…

Tania!!! Congratulations, you won a free spot in Let's Face It! 🙂 I have contacted…

Yayy, I made a new mixed media portrait video! 🙂 In this video tutorial I'm…

I have been filming for my upcoming online portrait course Drawing in the Soul! :-)…

Portraits are my passion, and so I am very excited to announce that I will…

A new portrait! This portrait was quite challenging to make, because I had several things…

The development of my course Drawing in the Soul is in full swing and this…

Playing with markers today. I never work with markers and I do have them, so…

Spread the loooooveee!! (warning: once you’ve heard this happy song you can’t get it out…

Lots of projects that I'm working on right now! One of these projects is my…

Check out Effy Wild's blog for a short introduction of me as a guest teacher…

Astrid Peter!!! Congratulations, you won a free spot in Radiant II - Art Journals! :-)…

This portrait is another technique study for my online mixed media portrait course called Drawing…

I made this charcoal portrait as a technique study for my online mixed media portrait…

Just 3 more weeks and then on October 1st Radiant II – Art Journals will…

The last couple of days I've been working hard to prepare the PDF document that…

Woohoo, I made a new art journal and mixed media portrait video! 🙂 In this…

This art journal portrait I made recently, using craft acrylic paint and colored pencil. I…

I made a new mixed media portrait in my art journal! Creating this portrait was…

Iris Fritschi-Cussens interviewed me as part of a series of interviews she is doing with…

I'm currently editing the videos for my mixed media portrait lesson Fly into the Unknown,…

This weekend I was feeling a little sick. All I could do and wanted to…

Recently I indulged myself and bought this wonderful soft pastel set! Yayy! Look at those…

As I wrote in my previous post, I made a new art journal and mixed…

Funny that I didn't even make the connection any sooner. Last week I painted the…

My new video is ready and available on my YouTube channel! 🙂 In this art…

There's an exciting event happening on YouTube: the Art Video Festival #lovesummerart, starting July 17th…

I have been working on a new art journal portrait today. I started off with…

I have been filming my guest lesson for Radiant II - Art Journals. So excited!…

I have been working on a new portrait in my art journal. I used a…

I set out to make a really *colorful* portrait today... Ah well... blue is also…

Experimenting with color in my art journal. Trying to keep it loose and unpolished. I…

A new portrait! I have been working primarily with acrylics this time, in a quite…

Woohoo! Registration for Radiant II – Art Journals is now open! Would you like to…

A new portrait, using similar techniques as for my last portrait, I See You. Using…

The past weeks were all about preparing my lessons as guest teacher in the Art…

  Soooo happy to finally announce that I will be a guest teacher in Radiant…

I have been busy preparing my guest lesson for the Art Journal Summer School! Today…

Yes, hurray... finally!! *doing a little happy dance* Finally I can share it with you…

Wow, I'm amazed by the great response I got on the release of my new…

Woohoo a new Art Play Relay video is online! Right now it's an incredibly busy…

Filming while making art with some supplies I don't use that often. Love it! :-)…

Sketching on the couch, in my art journal. Just like yesterday I am limiting my…

I have been playing in my art journal. It's quite fun! I'm experimenting lately to…

My latest portrait. Again I have enjoyed so much making it. Initially this was just…

Yes! Iris and I have put our third videos for the Art Play Relay project…

Today I'm filming for Art Play Relay under... eh... special circumstances... 😉 If all goes…

New art journal page. I am going through some challenging times right now and I…

My new video is ready! 🙂 In this art journal tutorial I am showing how…

Yesterday I posted a picture of a work in progress on my Facebook page, and…

Trying out a new video setup today! I find that when working on portraits I…

Just put a new video online on my YouTube channel! 🙂 In this art journal…

I have been working on this portrait today. Still focusing on a loose style, a…

Yayy, Iris and I have put our second videos for the Art Play Relay project…

Unpacked the unfinished artwork I received from Iris Fritschi-Cussens! Now all set to start filming…

  Since a couple of weeks I am taking the online art course Unearth Gather…

Since the launch of Art Play Relay we've had such an enthusiastic response from people…

Woohoo, our first videos for the Art Play Relay project are online! Iris and I…

Fortunately I'm a translator too... 😉 Filming my first video for ‪Art Play Relay,‬ woohoo!…

Yesterday I wrote about the new art video collaboration project I am doing with Iris…

I'm so excited! The past months I have been preparing a brand new art video…

I'm still on a roll with these portraits! Just like I did here, here and here. Right…

   This painting was my entry for the end-of-year game I recently organized for the…

Trying to paint a male portrait this time. I'm still practicing this more loose style,…

Another portrait I did in my art journal, to practice painting more loosely and without…

Having fun painting portraits in my art journal. I'm practicing to draw and paint in…

This is the next phase of the work in progress I wrote about in my…

I'm so grateful that the holidays finally give me more time to paint! You might…

And so I'm continuing my journey into texture. It's so interesting to work with the…

I'm working with texture lately. Lots of texture! It's very interesting to work with texture.…

To celebrate the end of the year and to get to know each other a…

Maria Greene from Greene Earth Originals makes wonderfully colored art and is now hosting a…

Recently I bought a Silhouette Cameo, a versatile cutting machine that I want to use…

I have just started the first preparations for the online gelli printing course that I…

Just returned from the Art Fair at Mennorode in Elspeet, the Netherlands, where I and…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSlJyjrQ1qg&list=PL2e-7o-848ZOnsqio0xnpg8Q-SlbRGWAk&index=1 This is my second video on YouTube. It's a time-lapse video showing how to…

This new artwork depicting a whirling female derwish is called Dancing into Mystery. I am…

The talented artist Marieke Blokland has published this beautiful and juicy book Art Journaling &…

I am trying out this new setup for recording my videos. Contrary to the tripod…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRW4ueUc0tQ I created my first video on YouTube, woohoo! 😀 It's a time-lapse video showing…

This new artwork called I Carry You In My Soul is quite special, as it…

I have been making larger monoprints this weekend! I bought a 12 x 14 inch…

Falling Apart, monoprint made with acrylic paint and oil paint on bristol paper. Size: just…

Today I created more monoprints for the challenge... Stream, monoprint made with acrylic paint and…

Passage, monoprint made with acrylic paint and oil paint on bristol paper. Size: just a…

The challenge is rapidly coming to and end – only five more days! – and…

I am using this oval shape quite often in my monoprints and I am noticing…

I can't believe the Art 101 Challenge is almost coming to an end! I started…

And suddenly this figure emerged! Or... well... kind of suddenly. I actually spent several nightly…

Another monoprint made with acrylic paint and oil paint on top. New Entry, monoprint, acrylic…

This image of a whirling dervish is also becoming a returning symbol in my work.…

Somehow this symbol fascinates me and I am using it a lot in my monoprints.…

Again a monoprint made with acrylics, but this time I have also worked on top…

I had so much fun tonight working on this very large canvas! It measures 80…

Last week I really wanted to catch up with my backlog for the Art 101…

Today I had a great time making monoprints with my gelli plate! Monoprinting is a…

Today I am participating in an art blog hop! A what? Yes, a blog hop!…

Had a lovely day making art with a good friend. He created many paintings, I…

I had this background already created, so I made this 15 minutes sketch in the…

Today is already day 50 of the Art 101 challenge! So I'm halfway now. That…

After a loooong period of absence where I was out in digital space building and…

The basis of this painting was made the same day as my Leaves paintings, with…

For this painting I used similar techniques as for my Leaves paintings, with a basis…

Color! Today I did lots of color experiments. I started off with a layer of…

No idea what got into me tonight that I had to paint a green ball.…

This evening I set out to paint another lantern, but well, yes... I ended up…

Today was just one of those days. No real reason why, maybe it was because…

Last week I was busy with work and then I got the flu, so unfortunately…

My idea for the painting tonight was to continue with the sphere theme from yesterday,…

This is the second painting I made tonight and just like the first one, Snakes,…

This painting was inspired by the last painting I made, Ouroboros (ciao babbo). I like…

Today would have been my father's 79th birthday. He passed away about four months ago.…

It took quite a long time before I figured out what I wanted to paint…

I am still liking my current series, so tonight I made this new addition. Initially…

OK. So what do you do when you made a painting you really love and…

This is my painting for today. This morning I felt that I wanted to continue…

The whole day today I had this image in my head that I wanted to…

So this was not exactly what I had in mind for my first painting for…

This little box I made a few months ago for a dear friend of mine.…

I am taking quite a few online art classes these days. One of them is…

Hurray, I finally had some time again to work with polymer clay! I made this…

This is my latest addition to the Dream series. Again this mixed media drawing is…

And now for something completely different... 😉 I am starting the painting course Bloom True…

A new drawing in the Dream series. I am enjoying to draw these symbolic themes,…

Another face drawing. I love using colored pencil, which is somewhat transparent, over the opaque…

I am drawing a lot of faces lately, which I really enjoy doing. I love…

This is the first of a series of mixed media works in a dreamy atmosphere.…

This is the second drawing I made in the Dream series: mixed media works in…

Another work in the Dream series: mixed media works in a dreamy atmosphere. Acrylics and…

This stacked gradient box is another version of my stacked boxes (see also the blue…

This blue polymer clay box is the first of my stacked boxes (see also the…

The colored decoration on this box that I made is not painted, but is achieved…

This black box is made completely from polymer clay. The gold colored parts are polymer…