Snows coming. Nijkerk, Holland.

You might think I went all the way to Nijkerk to do only one

painting, ... no way!! But at home I wasn't pleased with the boat

scape so I changed (tweaked) it a little.

"Net voor de sneeuw." Nijkerk, Holland.

(Just before the snow.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

Marco nogmaals bedankt voor de heerlijke koffie en het warme ontvangst!

"Thialf is open!" Arnhem, Holland.

Rob commented that I should go out again, ... so who

am I to ague about that?! It's becoming more and more

colder now though with the wind picking up more speed.

Anyway there was soo little snow I guessed I rather could

paint some ice skating kids on the local ice track in Arnhem.

The where the first to open this year!!

Congrats to all those volunteers.

"Thialf is open!" Arnhem, Holland.

(Thialf is open!) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

SNOW! although not much.

Yesterday I mentioned that it started to snow when I left

Nijkerk, ... it didn't snow much but enough to get a lovely

winterely feel.

This building is standing in the middle of my home town,

it's a restored old farmhouse and in service for all kinds

of shows and exhibitions. It's the building where I had

my first show ever.

"Vredenburg Westervoort." Westervoort, Holland.

Oil on panel. 24 x 30 cm.

Painting in Nijkerk, Holland.

I was hoping for snow, but it started snowing when

I returned home, ... pity.

Aaah well everything's white now so tomorrow it

will be a feast!

"Bouwplaats Nijkerk." Nijkerk, Holland.

(Building place Nijkerk.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Just over the stream." Velp, Holland.

When it wasn't so cold you could imagine that it was early

autumn, what a day!

This first one is a little commission. (more or less)

The second one is from a church the gonna tear down

someone told me, ... typical Dutch!

"Over het beekje." Velp, Holland.

(Just over the stream.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Kerkelijk hoekje." Arnhem, Holland.

(Churchley corner.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Always ahead." Westervoort, Holland.

I discovered that shipyard Bennik dragged a new ship out of

the river, ... had to check that!

It was the ferry "Steeds voorwaarts"

that holds service between Dieren and Oldburgen.

Amazing how large a vessel looks when it is out of the water!

"Steeds voorwaarts." Westervoort, Holland.

(Always ahead.)  Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

To compare it with a picture when she's lying in it.

Photo: Ruud Mulder

The Hague, tweaked. Den Haag, Holland.

I just post the last painting from yesterday, the other

I changed already at my blog. This is THE political

centre of The Netherlands, ... not much to look at

except the buildings but you really can feel the importance

when you paint over there. Being closely watched by

policeman and police cars that is!

"Het interview." Den Haag, Holland.

(The interview.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

Did tweak the value a bit to give it more light.

and scape-welded larger parts than I did on site,

because the paint dried already a bit most of

the underlying details stay quite well when you

just give it a light varnish like tone.

Painting in The Hague. Den Haag, Holland.

Lovely weather and nice fellow artists, ... thank you all,

Maria, Anna, Nick and Alberto a great days painting!

Bit to tired now so maybe I'll tweak them somewhat tomorrow.

but I had to place them.

"Willem van Oranje." Den Haag, Holland.

(Willem from Orange.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Het interview." Den Haag, Holland.

(The interview.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Entrance Winehouse Tower." Zutphen, Holland.

Today's effort, ... in Zupthen.

"Ingang Wijnhuistoren." Zutphen, Holland.

(Entrance Winehouse tower.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

Stil floating (Quietly drijvend) Arnhem, Holland.

Two today, ... and that just a few metres away from each other!

"Stil drijvend." Arnhem, Holland.

(quietly floating.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Overslingerend." Arnhem, Holland.

(Overslingerend.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

Foggy day. Holland.

Indeed a foggy day!

As Antony bridge probably would say "a real René grey day."

And he's right I do like these foggy hazy moody small world.

"Ochtendnevel." Arnhem, Holland.

(Morning fog.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Waar monsters leven." Loo, Holland.

(Where monsters life.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

Painting in Dieren, Holland.

A great day in  Dieren, not far from where I life.

Just a few minutes by train, ... did two today so here

we go:

"Station Dieren." Dieren, Holland.

(Station Dieren.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Spoorbruggetje Apeldoornskanaal." Dieren, Holland.

(Railroad-bridge Apeldoorn Chanel.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

(Now I am going to clean my palette :-P)

"Arnhems most beautiful district. Arnhem, Holland

Almost finished and it's awesomely beautiful!

Our new district called "Het blauwe dorp"

(The blue village) in renovated completely

what use to be a wreck is suddenly a gorgeous

piece of the city, maybe the most beautifulest.

Well worth painting!

"Arnhems mooiste wijk." Arnhem, Holland.

(Arnhems most beautiful.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"New land." Westevoort, Holland.

This little sketch is made on a spot where they

replaced a dike several times, ... a dike that

prevents the IJssel and the Rhine flooding

Westervoort. Don't ask me why the place

and replace this dike every few years, ...

I think that it is to keep the Dutch occupied.

Anyway I used my new pochade for the first

time, there for the size is a little different and

it's on paper. It's a nice box Antony, thanks

for making this possible!

"Nieuw land." Westervoort, Holland.

(New land.) Oil on paper.

16 x 23 cm.

Spakenburg, Holland. (Marco bedankt!)

A lovely day, ... just perfect!

"Botterwerf I" Spakenburg, Holland.

(Botter-yard.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Botterwerf II."Spakenburg, Holland.

(Botter-yard.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

Towards Sunset. Westervoort, Holland.

Just a little sketch this afternoon it was soo nice weather!

Autumn really has it's longest time now I'll guess, ...

"Naar Zonsondergang." Westervoort, Holland.

(Towards Sunset.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

"Behind the dump-yard." Westervoort, Holland.

Yesterday I received my

"Rosemarietjes"

(Rosemary's Mongoose long flats)

and today I had the change to try them out!

It's very hard to remember that you have other brushes as well,

you could paint the whole world with only these brushes, ... what a treat!

I am not that proud of this one, because I was much to much
fiddling around with my new Rosemarietjes, ... but hey practice makes art!

"Achter het stort." Westervoort, Holland.

(Behind the dump yard.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

Autumn grey. Westervoort, Holland.

So out of the tube, a very special colour.

Autumn grey.

"Herfst grijs." westervoort, Holland.

(Autumn grey.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.

Little autumn shack Westervoort, Holland.

"Herfstschuurtje." Westervoort, Holland.

(Little Autmn shack.) Oil on panel.

24 x 30 cm.