Laakmolen – 26-04-19
The Laakmolen is an ancient mill already painted by Vincent van Gogh and it is hidden from plain sight nowadays.
Clingendael – 25-04-19
A second of a new series of small drawings depicting estate ‘Clingendael’ at The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Clingendael – 24-04-19
Wednesday (daytime) is my ‘day off’. Teaching art class is due in the evening and I have lots of time to go outdoors now spring has arrived. Estate ‘Clingendael’ is just around the corner to where I live here in The Hague and there i saw two swans swimming by.
Kethel – 22-04-19 (sold)
I was heading for Julia Filament’s exhibition on Katendrecht when I decided to take a detour through Kethel, a small encapsulated village in the north of Schiedam, near Rotterdam.
Leidschendam – 21-04-19
Today I went to Amsterdam to see Rembrandt’s etchings and on my way how I stopped in good ol’ Leidschendam at the Sluisjes where I quickly sketched this view with ‘De Peperbus’ (an old church) in the background.
Zierikzee – 16-04-19
The first great day of Spring has arrived and my mood for landscape painting and drawing still is growing.
Leidschendam – 11-04-19 (sold)
I am in a spring kind of mood and since my last drawing I see more blossoms although real fine weather is only due for next week.
Vossendijk – 09-04-19 (sold)
The Vossendijk is the place where I was born, situated in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Model session – 14-02-19
Last session with my model I wanted to have her pose a little bit more risqué but counterbalance it by keeping the hatched strokes rather rough than to finepolish them into tonal matching strokes that would approach realism too much.
The Peace Palace at The Hague – 04-02-19
The reference picture I used I took last year at the brink of spring.