IF: Renewal

In the spring, all the trees will have a renewal of all their leaves. But before that can happen, in the autumn the leaves are dropped in the most wonderfull colors.

This is a sketch in sanguine, I hope to make it some day with autumn-colors.

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Hamsters Josey and Yesse

First of all:

Happy New Year to you all!

Yesterday I finished these two drawings, in commission, for someone.

The first one is hamster Josey, the second one is hamster Yesse. I am starting to like working on coloured paper.

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Snow fun

A few days ago a lot of snow has fallen, more than we had for several years. Last sunday we went for a walk and made some pictures of the winter-wonderland.

Enjoy:

Thanks...

... for visiting my blog in the last year. I hope to see you all back again in the next year!

Hurray!

... today my husband passed his final exam! Now he is ready with this study (and the next is probably waiting...).

IF: Hatch

When a seed falls in the ground and starts to grow, at a certain point the stem and first leaves will hatch and come to the surface (maybe a stretch to the meaning of hatch...).

When I was a child I loved these 'experiments' in biology-class: put a sunflower seed or peanut in the ground and see what happens. I was always amazed by this wonder of nature.

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IF: Crunchy

There are all kinds of muesli's and cruesli's, one is more crunchy than the other. Sometimes they are so crunchy that other people at your breakfast table can't stand the noise...

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Double-double

A few weeks ago I mentioned that I was going to start with a, for me, totally new project - drawing a portrait of a human. Well, I thought, let's make it simple and start with two double-portraits (in commission - else I would never have done it this way). Today I finished the drawings and I am quite happy with the results - for a first timer...

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IF: Music

I was wondering if in the (near?) future the robots will sing the Christmas Carols as we know them. Luckily I found this three-some to let me hear that they indeed know the music.

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IF: Unbalanced

Usually I don't mix Photoshop with my watercolors, but since I am not great at drawing text, I decided to make an exception.

I do believe we all (myself included) use our natural resources too quickly for economical growth - there should be more of a balance.

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IF: Blur

Trying to photograph a running cheetah often results in just a blur.

(click to enlarge to see the blurry effect... it didn't work out as I wanted to...)

Trial for Christmas

Since december 2006 I have to follow a glutenfree diet and therefore there were many things I couldn't eat anymore. One of them was a typical "Christmas bread" filled with almond paste. So the last years I passed Christmas without it, but this year I wanted one on my table for breakfast again. So I searched the internet, found a recipe and tried to make one today - and it worked! It looked good AND it tasted good.

Now I know, I will have "Christmas bread" this year!

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IF: Fast

No matter how long or how fast they run, my hamster(s) won't get far each night. They run all night long, a scientific experiment showed that they can run up to 8 km. per night!

I once had a hamster who would run fast for a short time, than climb out of its wheel and check if he had moved. Then get back in the wheel and run some more - check again - and so on... all night long... poor thing - never got anywhere.

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Together forever

Today I finished this drawing of a hamster and a mouse, which I was commissioned to do. In real life they didn't live together, just for the portrait I put them together.

pastel, 20 x 30 cm

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IF: Flying

According to the laws of physics (as far as we know them), the bumblebee is not able to fly. But they don't know, so they keep on flying.

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