Woodhouse

Sorrel-daydream

As I wanted since weeks or may'be months. Starting to work on wood and not to grow into my watercolour-paper. I gave it a try...with Gesso, and acrylics and even my watercolors and pencils...wooow! This evening was perfect. Kate Bush in the background, heavy wind outside, Dalí afraid of that wind and napping and a warm milk with honey to drink.
In two weeks my parents-in-law will travel to Europe and are coming over to visit us, may'be that's the inspiration for the theme of this drawing. The leave-trees are inspired on the 'sorrel' (zurkel in flemish) growing in my garden. Incredible textures and colour they have!
A very nice weekend to all of you and stay dreaming...because really every dream comes true one day, just wait that one day!For them who love to see behind the drawing/painting, these pics ;)

Some minutes

Every evening the sun enters the living room...straight upon our blue wall she lays herself down on the Peruvian embroidered carpet and brings me some incredible intimate light-show :)

Love those minutes!

Journey

She loves him and would do anything for him! This was my daydream...:)
For sure we are looking forward to find a perfect little spot in the north of France for our tent.
Reading, playing guitar, swimming, fresh breakfasts into the nature and cosey nights into our little stitched house! Sounds like summer and still april!

Monsters & co

Another workshop I gave. Working with different textures and materials, building an image with it and printing the whole thing on the big press of Mr. Plantin

Printed animals

Some results from a new workshop I gave recently for a birthday-party. The childrens invent a kind of monster/animal, good, bad, ugly or nice, whatever, work them out in cutted materials, from paper to plastic and so many more, materials with some special texture. We bring on ink on the whole plate and print them on the huge and very original printing press that served Mr. Plantin and from who you can find books spread over the whole world! So exciting to do this with kids.
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Green fingers

Beside the fact I have drawing fingers they are also very green!:) Last spring I couldn't and didn't want to let grow a lot of plants and flowers because of our two months absence ( in Peru). Now, this year we cannot afford us again that too expensive ticket and I'm concentrating on making a little heaven on earth....hm, little bit exaggerated:) Love the textures, the thousands of green, the growing wonders and everything around it...
Here you can see some doodlings and my playtime in photoshop on a rural saterday eve...
Have a nice weekend!
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Happy Mama!

I was thinking on a kind of self-portrait to do, me,
like a Peruvian mother with her cat-child.
That turned out like I wanted, but the paper I used to fill the dress made it all together with the black hair very Japanese. I don't mind that. All the different cultures mixed up in one little drawing...looks fine to me...and more important, my mum loved it!
Happy Mother's Day to all the mums in the world!!!

Dip

Gesso-doodle

So different result, using my watercolours on gesso, I love it to see what happens while doiing it. The colours are resulting different too!...have to do more with it I guess!

Cappuccino - day

Dreams / Sueños

So many dreams for this new year...let's make reality of them!
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Tantos sueños para este año nuevo. Es tiempo para empezar a realizarlos!

Happy New Year! / Feliz Año Nuevo!

It's freezing outside and warm inside, the new year started with some sunshine...so let's hope this year will bring so many more then the year before and that was already quite wonderful! It feels such great to have the opportunity to make kind of a new start...I'm ready for it and I hope for you the same! So many wishes for everyone! Let's live 2010!
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Healthy stress

While preparing a delicious Tiramisu for tomorrow evening...I felt myself such a mess, but in a good sense. Forgetting for a while the whole world and just totally concentrated on my bowl with eggs and sugar, rrr, I love playing in the kitchen!
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Cat - Jacket

She can't be prouder with her new jacket! So stylish, just in time to celebrate the last days of 2009 with it!!! Thanks to Ikea for the nice prints on their paper napkins!
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Que orgullo de tener mi nueva casaca! Me queda muy bonita y con eso voy a celebrar los ultimos dias de 2009!!!

The weekend-Blues / El Blues del fin de semana

Remembering last weekend. Seeing back some very good friends after so many time. These were two days full of love! Thanks Karin and Lieven, Mariangela and Manu and Det! It was LOVELY!!!