Reclining nude 02 (2013)

This pastel drawing ‘Reclining Nude 02 (2013)’ is made during a live drawing session at Studio Brugman at Voorburg, Netherlands.
Reclining nude 01 (2013)

Pastel drawing from a live session at Studio Brugman at Voorburg, Netherlands.
Cubistic sitting nude (2013)

A cubist-like study done in a live session at Studio Brugman, Voorburg, Netherlands.
Romy Schneider (2013)

A cubistic prestudy for an oil painting, depicting moviestar and celebrity Romy Schneider.
Marilyn Monroe (prestudy) (2013) (sold)

A prestudy of the oil painting I did later of celebrity Marilyn Monroe.
Cubistic nude (02) (prestudy) (2013)

Prestudy for ‘Cubistic Nude 02 (2013)’ in pastel. The oil version has some more movement than this one.
Cubistic nude (01) (prestudy) (2013)

This is the prestudy for ‘Cubistic nude 01 (2013)’ on pastel. I used velours paper and Schmincke pastels so I could fill up planes easily and make a swift progression, keeping up with the ideas that I feared would be lost if I would set it up to slowly.
Hatertse Vennen (Hatert Meres) 01 (2012)

A place where I came often when I was a young child. It’s a place full of little meres, heather and forests. I like painting and sketching trees.
Hatert Meres (Hatertse Vennen) 02 (2012)

A view on The Hatert Meres, near Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. The emphasis lies on the reflection of the trees in the water.
Portrait of a lady (2012) (sold)

It’s not that often that I like to finedetail a drawing but in the case of portraying Nicole Kidman I liked to see how far I could push my own style of hatched strokes with my Derwent pastel pencils (I hardly use).