Not feeling very well.

I'm starting to get a little sick, ... i think.

So no plein air work, or even @home work for me.

To stay on the radar what some people say, i place

this (not so) old work, ... done the same day as the

previous post.

Lathumsedijk. Westervoort. Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Two color painting.

It's sooo dull here you can do a plein air painting with only two colors,

.... paynes grey and raw Sienna.

Of course Titanium but that's no color!

"Lathumsedijk." Westervoort. Holland.

Oil on board. 7 x 9"

Not for sale.

Clementines or Mandarijnen.

Again a little practise, Clementine this time or in Dutch "Mandarijntjes."


"Mandarijntjes."
Oil on board.
7 x 9"

Eggs II.

Sjee what a difficult subject.

But when not practised nothing learned so, ...

Eggs II.

Oil on board. 7 x 7"

Not for sale.

Eggs

A lovely day to paint very relaxed @-home.

Eggs.

Oil on board. 7 x 7"

Looking back.

After one year painting.
I thought to take a look back and see what's become of this year.

Maybe this is not exactly the last one, but with the oncoming holiday who knows.

This painting is exactly on the spot made where the other one is looking at,

while painting it your thoughts wander off over the last year, ... a nice experience.

First the "last one" from this year:

"Looking back." Lathumse dijk Westervoort.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Sold.

And here the first one:

"Lathumse dijk." Westervoort. Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

For all the people here a very warm and healthy holiday,

and a even better 2007!!

Take care,

"Avondkoop."

Bit of a problem with this one, .... it's no daily!
Fun to do though.


"Avondkoop." Duiven. Holland.
Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Morningsmoke. Duiven.

Not much time today so i stayed near home.

The very distinguished wasteoven here in Duiven.

"Ochtendrook." Duiven. Holland.

Oil on board. 6 x 9"

Groessen re-visited.

Not foggy at all today. And when you thought

it would it's a little difficult to find a nice spot.

Groessen. Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Road to the end.

Sjee, it was freezing cold outside!

Here in Holland we called this kind of coldness

"waterkoud"

Everything becomes wet so nothing will keep warm.

Aah well it gives very nice scenes so not all is bad.

I was glad that i had a small size board though.

"Road to the end." Loo. Holland.

Oil on board. 7 x 9"(sold.)

My girls best friend.

A little work at home today, didn't feel like going outside.
This companion is almost the best friend my girl has,
except me that is, ... :-P


"My girls best friend."
Oil on board. 7 x 9"
Not for sale.

Arnhem.

Tired, busy and stolen, .......

Not much to tell.

Arnhem. Holland.

Oil on board.

9 x 11"

Found Rabbit.

I had to wait for a delivery today, ..... so couldn't get out.

Pfff, i don't like waiting for deliveries.

This rabbit doesn't mind,

and while painting i didn't mind as much also.

Thanks rabbit!!

"Found rabbit."

Oil on board. 6 x 9"

Avondnevel en landeters.

What a nice day today, ......
Biked for mile's and painted here and there.
All together 3 pieces but i only post 2 :-P

"Avondnevel."Arnhem. Holland.
Oil on board. 9 x 12 "

"Landeters." Arnhem. Holland.

Oil on board. 9 x 12"

Kerst en penselen.

Finally it finished, a lovely box, not that i have a
photo of it, but i can paint again!!! Here the first
try out. what a space to mix paint, that's gonna be a
whole new ball-game!!!



"Kerst en Penselen."
Oil on board. 6 x 9"

How lucky i am.

An other blogger posted this, i find it soo true and worthy
to place it also on my blog:

I have so many things to thank. First because I am healthy. Second i wanna thank my father, who has taught me to be honest, and my mother, who showed me how to be sweet. Then i wanna thank my (real and virtual) friends. With my friends i have learnt that: * i must be egoistic, and think first about myself, not because i dont care for the others, but because i cant help anyone if i dont help myself first, * they showed me that i am responsible for my life, and so i must go for what want for me, and work a lot, and face the difficult steps, * they also said i must be generous with myself, because it's no easy to face our "bad" sides, * and they also explained me that what we consider "bad" is our most beautiful side, because it will show to us ourselves with no masks, and we can look at us naked and from there we can grow and know ourselves better, * my friends are so nice that they never hid the truth...they always said what they thought and never tryed to protect me...sometimes i didnt like to hear what they thought, but doing this they were showing me who they really are, and so i was able to know with whom i was dealing with, and it also helped me face my "bad" sides, * my friends told me that every day i have a lion to kill, and no matter how much we grow, there will always be a lion on our way, * with my friends i learnt that it is easy to be enlightened meditating in Himalaia, but it worths so much when you can get flashes of light facing the difficulties of daily life in the middle of the city caos, * my friends showed me that nobody can cause us any damage, or irritate or offend us...because when we are self-confident, and know who we are, we become strong, and what others think is their problem, not ours, * and, when i used to say: "i am so imature, i have nothing to give you, and you give me so much", they usually answered: "there isnt a one-way road, Dani, you learn with me, and i learn with you...you have the courage to put in practice all we know in theory". There are so many other things they taught me and i could write for hours and hours, but i can continue this another time. Most of them are not internet users like i am, and sometimes i wonder if i should stop using the virtual world too, but then i remember the nice people i have met here, and for these great and amazing guys i keep coming and writing and commenting and chatting. I dont know much about some of my virtual friends, but i have learnt to trust my intuition, and my intuition says there are some wonderful people among these guys. For all these great human beings that have crossed my life i want to leave one of my favorite flower, the Strelitzia. I am so luck that once in a while i see one of these on the streets where i pass.

posted by Daniela

Still building.

Sorry people, i'm still building that new open box.

Besides it's sooo windy an rainy here i couldn't picked a better time

to do this job.

Here some updates:

Some metal stuff, like knobs, screws etc.

And here my brand new turpcan is gonna hang while painting!!

And the last photo today.

Making a new open-box.

For a while now i want to paint a little larger, also i have the feeling that when i have more mixing space, my work could become more colorful. So the last two days busy to make a new open-box 30 x 40 centimeters this time. Here some photo's of the progression:

The new and "old" open-box.

The same on tripod.



















And the "new" box, the board-clam isn't finished yet.

Just an experiment.

What a dificult scene this is,
much light to catch and pespective to draw.
aah well im not yet where i want to be, ....


















"De doorgang." The passage.
Arnhem. Holland.
Oil on board.
12 x 12"

Misty Doesburg. W.I.P.

A WIP (work in progression) today, ...

For more details go to :

W.I.P.

Divine light.

Went this morning to a little town called Doesburg.Walked around to find a nice spot, when suddenly arounda corner i bumped against this scene. Quick painting thoughbecause the Sun moves soooo extremely fast, ...... !!




















"Gotisch Licht." ("Divine light.")
Doesburg. Holland.
Oil on board.
9 x 12"

The multi-burner.

This feature is sooo prominent in my area.
And in a way, everything ends up there.
One way or the other.
















"The multi-burner." Westervoort. Holland.
Oil on board.
9 x 12"
Painted in 1½ Hr.

Not a spot to find.

Horrible today, walked around in 3 little towns and couldn't find a single spot.
Yeah a funeral but i couldn't do that. Tomorrow it will be pouring the whole day,
i think that i gonna frame work, clean my studio a bit a make a palette fitting my
painting backpack. For now a painting done this week, didn't post it yet.
















"Kerkje van Groesen." Groesen. Holland.
Oil on board.
8 x 10 "
Painted 2 Hr.

"Loostraat." Loo. Holland.

Not completely plein air but at least 80%.
















"Loostraat." Loo. Holland.
Oil on board.
8 x 10"
1 Hr. at location, and 1 Hr. studio.
Sold.

Rainy day.

Extreme rainy today, so quick time outside and as
soon as possible back to home, and tweaked a little in my studio.














Rainy day. Groesen Holland.
Oil on board.
8 x 10"
Painted 1½ hr. on location and ½ hr. studio.

The fisher.

Went to the other side of Arnhem today.
Biked and walked for miles, then just
when i was planning to go back i saw this fisher, .....
















"The fisher." Arnhem, Holland.
Oil on board.
8 x10"
Painted 1½ Hr.

Eusebiuskerk Arnhem. Holland.

A lovely morning, painted in Arnhem a large city here nearby.
Joyable crowdy but not to much.
Gives a nice feeling.




















Eusebiuskerk Arnhem. Holland.
Oil on board.
9 x 12"
Painted in 2 Hr.

Westervoort.

Just enough time to finish.
It's nice to paint no a days, the clouds are rushing by
all kinds of light, and almost every evening a spectacular sunset.
I think i gonna start to paint a little larger again, .... 11 x 15"
















Westervoort. Holland.
Oil on board.
11 x 15"
Painted in 1½ Hr.

Rain ahead.

A little painting from last week.
Today all kinds of jobs in the house,
for one thing the hanging system. so now i finally
can hang my work up again in my living room.




















"De Bui" Huissen. Holland.
Oil on board.
9 x 12"
Painted in 1 Hr.

Kasteel "Biljoen" Velp. Holland.

Biking around to do some shopping i found this spot.
I knew this area, but with this colors of autumn, ........
http://www.kasteelonline.nl/Biljoen.html















Kasteel "Biljoen" Velp. Holland
Oil on board.
6 x 8"
Painting time 1 hr.
Sold.

Kerkje van Huissen.

Walking exactly to the point where the Rhine and IJssel separating,
I discovered this scene, ... i had to paint it!!




















Kerkje van Huissen. Holland
Oil on board. 9 x 12"
Painting time: 1½ Hr.
Sold.

Uurlingstraat. Giesbeek.

Uurlingstraat, Giesbeek. Holland

Oil on board. 10 x 12"

Sold.

Lakenvelders.

Lakenvelders, so are these cows named in Holland.
Very beautifull cows and one day i go out especially for them!

Not today, today was just relaxed painting.
No rush no worry, .... great day!
















Lakenvelders, Hondsbroekschepley. Westevoort.
Oil on board. 10 x 12"
Painted; 1½ Hr.
Sold.

Cloud study.

Today and for that matter yesterday also there are lovely clouds
rushing by. Yesterday i didn't noticed it so much but today
i just had to paint them.































"Cloud study I & II"
Both oil on board.
10 x12"

High tide low tide.

Did a painting in march of high tide and today one for comparison.
You can beautifully see how things change around here.
















Low tide, Loowaard. Holland.
Oil on board. 10 x 12"

















High tide, Loowaard. Holland.
Oil on board. 10 x 12"

Wind en regen.

Wind en regen, or wind and rain.
Typically dutch weather!!















Pleyroute, Arnhem. Holland.
Oil on board 10 x 12"
Not for sale.

I had to tighten my pochade to the ground, ...
men what's that exhausting, painting with heavy wind.

Cows walk.

Maybe the last day with nice weather this week so, ... made the best of it.
















Cows walk, Huissen. Holland.
Oil on board. 8 x 10 "















Huissen. Holland.
Oil on board. 8 x 10 "

Walking the dog.

In follow up from Rob and Jamie,
i ended up with also someone who was walking the dog.
Nice weather to do it.


















Oil on board. 9 x 12 "
Paintigtime 1½ Hr.

"Goodmorning Westervoort."

Went out as soon as a could, .... but not soon enough.
Aah well fall has just begun.















"Goodmorning Westervoort."
Oil on board. 9 x 12"
Paintingtime: 1 Hr.
Sold.

Old stone factory

Not having much time the fogginess pushed me outside to
this old stone factory. It nice to paint again, and practice
a bit on an old building.














Old stone factory, Westervoort. Holland.
Oil on board. 9 x 12 "

Potato field revisited.

Wondering how things would look like a few month later i visited
an old spot to paint it again.

First the old one, in June made.

And this one done this morning,

what a difference!