Thursday, November 15, 2007

"Vanaf het bos." Holland.

Due to some framing and stuff, I wasn't able to get
outside today. But with Rob, I have sooo much painted
that there is enough to place, ...

This was the view outside the woods where our campsite
was located, the funny thing is that Rob is standing just
besides me on the right side, painting a scene left from me.
(Seago's gate.)


"Vanaf het bos." Leerdam, Holland.
(From the woods.)
Oil on board. 18 x 24cm.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Poelwijk again. Holland.

It such a nice place with lovely people
and fine spots to paint everywhere and today
even Sunshine!!

Been here twice before now but I definitely gonna
get back again.


"Poelwijk." Gendt, Holland.
(Poelwijk.) sold.
Oil on board. 24 x 30 cm.

The other times:

A. "Landgoed Poelwijk."
B. "My mouse died."

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Bare trees. Holland. WIP!!!

Today something different, a so called WIP
Work In Progression, although it didn't worked out
completely how I had planed but hee, I always find it
lots of fun to see it from other artist.

So here you go, I start with the result.


"Kale bomen." Arnhem, Holland.
(Bare trees.) Oil on board. 24 x 30 cm.

And off course the site itself:


Followed by the set up, I usually start with a thin wash of color I find most suitable for the site, this one was Burnt Sienna



Here you can see the simple sketch, with a mix from Cobalt blue and the left over from the Burnt Sienna.


After that I start with filling in the great areas with a mix of Burnt Umber and Ultrm. Blue, .... You also can see some white used already because the buildings are quite white I have to do them several times. I shift often from white to dark and back again.


And after that the WIP went wrong, a guy came with a very flashy digital camera and took lots of photo's, that I had to see with all the possibilities they had. Not bad, but not very good for the painting, ... at one moment it started to rain and that was the main reason that the guy left, he promised to mail me the pictures so I didn't took anymore. ......

Sunday, November 11, 2007

"Op weg naar Leerdam." Holland.

A bit of a sad day today, .... sort of a memorial one.

No strength to paint, so just one from last week, ....


"Op weg naar Leerdam." Zaltbommel, Holland.
(On the way to Leerdam.)
Oil on board. 18 x 24 cm.

Friday, November 09, 2007

"Tussendoor." Holland.

Due to the very windy weather today I didn't went
out. So here one from yesterday, ....


"Tussendoor." Arnhem, Holland.
(Between.) Oil on board. 18 x 24 cm.


And off course another from my trip with Rob.


"Meerkerk." Meerkerk, Holland.
Oil on board. 16 x 24 cm.