IF: Focused

Sometimes I need to be more focused when I want to do the laundry: a few weeks ago I went to the attic, with a huge pile of laundry. Instead of putting it in the washer, I opened the freezer ... Luckily I found out in time, that the freezer won't clean my clothes.

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Work in Progress

A few weeks ago I finished the drawing of hamster Yesse, in pastel. During the making of this drawing I took some snapshots for a 'Work in Progress'. I put all these snapshots together and combined them into a small 'movie'.

Enjoy:

IF: Wilderness

When you are a little child and you are between adults, the legs can seem like a wilderness to you.

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Feather

Just a small drawing, in pastel, of a feather I found between my stuff in my Christmas decorations-box.

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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...)