For a long time this box of pastel pencils has been lying around in my drawer, but I never did anything serious with them. They did not appeal to me at all. I actually wanted to toss them out, but instead decided to experiment one more time. It works very …
Summer has been busy with spending time with family, enjoying our new garden room, trying out new camera lenses and more. In between I did find time to do some drawing, with this fox as a result. Unlike my other drawings, this was not done in Prismacolor pencils, but entirely …
I just uploaded a lot of photo’s from our recent one month trip to the US. We visited several National Parks and other places in California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona. We travelled by rental car, staying in chain hotels near or sometimes in the parks. It was a once in …
“Baa, baa, meh ……… Hi, Hilda here… meh … I would like to tell you that we had a visitor a few days ago. At first we did not like it at all, this strange woman with a black thing that went “click” all the time. What did you think, Tilda?” …
As soon as I saw these lovely caracal kittens, photographed by Fiona Ayerts , I knew I wanted to draw them. Such sweet faces with gorgeous blue eyes. As usual they were done in coloured pencil on suede mat bord. In 2,5 weeks we will leave for our 1 month trip …
Some new pictures today. Today we had really nice weather and I have been playing with my Lensbaby Velvet 56 lens, making pictures of the crocuses that are blooming in our garden. This lens has a wonderful soft glow that at wide apertures gives the pictures a dreamy quality I …
Just finished: A young cheeta cub surrounded by butterflies. I used several brands of coloured pencils on suede mat board. Click HERE for a bigger picture.
Last week Tom and I went for a day long walk in the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen, in the west of the Netherlands near the coast between Zandvoort and Noordwijk. There are supposed to be many foxes but they did not feel like showing themselves. It was very cold and the area is …
I would like to start the new year by wishing everyone a good 2017 filled with love. As an inspiration I added a whole album of swan pictures. Twice a year, the pond across our street serves as a temporary resting place for a couple of swans. Usually they only stay a day or …
A lot of new pictures today. Very special Skudde sheep, a few chickens and goats and some Tinker and Fjord Horses. Except for the goats they were all photographed on a small farm. ( Thank you Jarig and Eva for the opportunity ). Then last week we spent a few days at …
