October 31, 2009

Moonhouse / Casa de la luna

Before yesterday, when I came home from working...saw a cloud like this above our little house, embracing the moon...very nice feeling it gave me!
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Anteayer cuando llegaba a mi casa, una nube estaba abrazando a la luna...era un momento múy especial.

October 30, 2009

Drawing into new light

Just bought new lights for our living room and I wanted to draw my 'moonhouse' (above) on this table. The coloured textile beneath the plants I brought with me from Cajamarca (Peru) and I am so in love with it...Dreaming to draw one day in that beautiful city on 'my' own table in our 'own' house...the moonhouse :)

October 27, 2009

Goodbye / Adios

Another friend I didn't saw for long time returned for two months from Australia to visit her family. We found each other again and today she will return to her home on the other side of the world. With this drawing I want to thank her for those short evenings we spend together and I want to wish her a save journey back! Never again we will loose the contact! Thanks friend!
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October 26, 2009

A drawing in 3D / Un dibujo en 3D



Thanks to my lovely husband...to create this short movie. He has is own talents and I am so happy we can combinate them. I am so gratefull to him, for everything he is to me. The lost of my friend is a huge lesson for life!
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Gracias a mi querido esposo que ha creado esta peli. El tiene sus talentos propios y estoy tan feliz que podamos compartirlos. Le agradesco mucho, para todo lo que el significa para mi. La despedida de mi amiga es una leccion grande para la vida!

October 21, 2009

Rest my friend / Descansa mi amiga


Last night an old schoolfriend of me passed away after her battle with cancer. We dreamed together of the future many years ago, went our way in this life and just on the moment when we made contact again after so many time her body couldn't resist the struggle anymore.
She will shine for her little son and family from high above...take care my friend, we will miss you!
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Ayer una amiga de la primaria ha dejado la vida despues de su batailla contra el cancer. Hace años soñabamos con el futuro, hemos eligido nuestro camino en esta vida y justo en el momento de encontrarnos por el camino digital su cuerpo ha decidido que no podria luchar mas contra esta fuerza. Ella va a brillar para su hijito y su familia desde muy alto...cuidate mucho mi amiga, te vamos a extrañar!

A cup of... / Una tasa de...

Saw this marvellous set in a shop. They are so small, meaned as toys for a child but made from real porcelain...incredible, have to buy them immediatly for a special girl!
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He visto en una tienda estas cositas. Son bien chiquititos pero hecho de porcelana. Es como jueguete para niños! Tengo que ir a comprarlos para una niña especial!

October 20, 2009

Bananas in wintertime / Platanos en el invierno


If I want bananas one day of my little banana-tree then I have to protect him for the coming cold nights. The night before the first ice flew into the garden...banana-tree is ready to survive now!!!
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Si quiero comer un dia platanos de mi arbol, entonces tengo que proteger fuerte la planta del frio. La noche pasado teniamos hielo en el jardin! Ahora mi platano esta listo para sobrevivir!!!

October 19, 2009

Frozen / Congelado


The moon and the tree, closer together the night doesn't feel that frozen!
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La luna y el arbol, más cerca ambos la noche no parece tan congelada!

October 13, 2009

El dibujo del Niño

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A new banner for my other blog where I post twice a week pictures of my classes in the academy of art in Antwerp. Hope the kids and the parents will like him...
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Un nuevo banner para mi otro blog en donde publico dos veces a la semana fotos de las classes en la academia de Arte en Amberes. Espero que le guste a los niños y a sus padres...

October 12, 2009

The misfortunates


A brand new Flemish movie that won today 5 prizes in New York. I saw him last saturday and this image is inspired on a moment in the movie...go and see The misfortunates or in the original flemish title ' De helaasheid der dingen'...based on the book by Dimitri Verhulst.
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Una nueva pelicula Flamenca que ganó hoy dia 5 premios en Nueva York. El sabado le hemos visto en el cine y este dibujo esta inspirado por la peli.
, Te recomiendo que la veas y asi conocerás un poco el Flandes típico. el link a la pagina en ingles lo encuentras arriba. La pelicula está inspirada por un libro del escritor Flamenco Dimitri Verhulst.

October 7, 2009

Shaun Tan : The arrival / La llegada

One page out of The arrival / 'De aankomst' in Flemish-language

One week ago we bought this marvellous book. As my husband himself immigrated also, this book suits him perfectly. It's a story about immigration and all kind of feelings that come with it...but all these things dropped in a surrealistic salsa...very very special!
A must for drawing-souls.
To know more about the artist Shaun Tan, go to his site and enjoy!

October 6, 2009

Impossibility arrived!

My very close Serbian blog-friend Snezana Kragulj send me a drawing of her al the way from Italy!
It's part of an exchange between me and her...I let her choose a drawing of me she liked and otherwise. I'm so happy with the very nice print and I will give him a unique place in my little house! Thank you sooo much my dear Snezana!

For anybody who wants to know more of her work, click the image and take part on her giveaway to celebrate the opening of the Etsy Shop of Snezana. Only some days are resting to participate! Choose your favourite drawing, post a comment on Katy and the cat.... and may'be you will get a signed drawing out from her Etsy shop!
Good Luck!

October 5, 2009

Flying / Volar


Days are getting darker, leaves are flying and also these seeds of the Sycamore Maple-tree...they inspired me to draw this little girl that will iluminate our dark evenings.
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October 2, 2009

Gelatina favorita!

Brought with me from Peru, my favourit jelly! Mix the rose-coloured powder with some boiling water and a cup of cold water...put them in nice bowles and let them rest in the fridge...ready to enjoy and let dancing the red jelly on the spoon!
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Materials : Watercolour and pencils

October 1, 2009

Pain / Dolor

I hope I can sleep well this night...this awfull pain coloured my day black.
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Espero que voy a dormir bien esta noche...este dolor ha coloreado mi dia...negro!
Materials: Watercolour and pencil

September 30, 2009

Chestnut soup / Sopa de castañas

Finally I made my most beloved soup!!! And she was soooooo delicious...but a little bit heavy !
Let the winter come!
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Al final preparé mi sopa de castañas! Y estaba muy rica...pero un poco fuerte!
El invierno ya puede llegar!

Materials : Watercolour, pencils and white ink

September 28, 2009

State coach / Carroza

A pumkin-fantasy...drawed in bed while thinking of sleeping like a queen while riding in this state coach and waking up on a misty morning. And so the night passed very fast!
It has something ...Amish
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Una fantasia de calabazas. Dibuje en mi cama mientras pensó de dormir como una reina en una carroza...levantandome en una mañana neblado. Asi la noche se pasó múy rapido!

Materials : Pencil, black and white ink, watercolour, photoshop-clouds

September 26, 2009

My room / Mi cuarto

I'm a little bit reorganizing my drawingroom...after a summer that I spend far away of this place it became a mess in the last month here again. So, time has come to put things in order and I created a small 'reading'corner in my little lovely room. Above all I love the light that's making the colors even more 'gold' in the early morning...
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Estoy reorganizando mi cuarto...despues un verano de no estar aqui este cuarto se ha convertido en un basural. Ahora, es tiempo para poner todo de nuevo en orden y asi tenia la idea para crear un lugar donde puedo leer todo mis libros que tengo. Sobre todo me encanta la luz de la mañana que entra mi cuarto muy temprano. Parece que da un brillo de oro a todo los colores!

September 25, 2009

Wrong pattern...

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She was so sad, she choosed another pattern some weeks ago, and now the dress was totally finished...
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Materials : black ink, watercolour, pencil and scrapbook paper

September 23, 2009

Teaching... / Enseñar...

Wednesday is teaching-day for me. We had a nice afternoon while watching 'exotic fruits' and drawing parts of them on black paper with oil pastels. The childrens really liked the colors but making something very small much bigger...doesn't seem so easy :)
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Miercoles es mi día de dar lecciones. Tuvimos una tarde muy bonita mientras mirabamos frutas exoticas y tratando de dibujar las frutas sobre papel negro y coloreando con crayolas. A los niños les gusto los colores realmente pero dibujar algo pequeño en un formato mas grande no les parecía tan facil :)
Take a look at :

September 22, 2009

Infinite?

If I could be sure that this white carpet in the Andes is ...infinite!
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Si podría estar segura que esta manta blanca en los Andes es ...infinita!

September 21, 2009

Happy autumn/ Feliz otoño !

This morning I cycled in the fields close to where I grew up, and found this treasure of autumn-fruits. These chestnuts will make a transformation in some days to a super-delicious soup! One year ago I was to late to search and recollect them, ...now I took my chance and I look forward to cooking them!
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Está mañana recogí estas riquisimas castañas en el pueblo donde viví cuando era niña. Las usaré para cocinar una rica sopa en algunos dias. Hace un año estaba muy tarde para ir a recogerlas, ahora muy temprano...pero feliz estoy con mi tesoro!

September 19, 2009

Rememberings / Recuerdos

It's almost one month that we returned out from Perú. I'm missing the family and so much more and so the only thing I can do right here is making or creating beautiful things to forget the pain I feel in some moments.... One day in Cajamarca (the north of Perú) I bought these textiles. Just by cutting the edges and making them more rough I have now my own typical Peruvian coasters.
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Es hace casi un mes desde que regresamos de Perú. Extrañamos a la familia y mucho más. Una forma para hacer la vida un poquito mas dulce y olvidar la tristeza, es crear cositas bonitas. Un día he comprado en Cajamarca estas telas. Solo he cortado los bordes y asi he creado un particular posavasos.

September 18, 2009

Pumpkin-days / Dias de calabaza

It's a beautiful day, the sun is all around and the air is 27 degrees warm...it looks like summer but a lot of little things are telling us that autumn is coming closer and closer. Just bought this little pumpkins and those earrings I made some days ago while dreaming of the tasty fruits that autumn will bring us very soon! Lovely day...nice weekend to all of you!
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Hoy es un día maravilloso. El sol brilla fuerte y nos calienta hasta 27 grados. Parece verano todavía pero un montón de señales nos dicen que el otoño esta muy cerca. Recién compré estas calabazas e hice estos aretes hace algunos dias mientras soñaba con las riquisimas frutas que el otoño nos va a traerá! Un dia perfecto...feliz fin de semana a todos!

September 16, 2009

El trio de Los Andes

Just for the fun I painted these three jewels...may'be I will paint away the letters...don't know, I'm searching my way and it feels just fine!
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September 15, 2009

Missing him... again / Le extraño...de nuevo


Inspired on a drawing I made in November 2008 I tried to paint on this wooden pendant... I bought some of them in Lima and I want to make more experiments with it. Let's see if it will survive the heath of my oven :)...
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Inspirada por un dibujo que hice el año pasado en noviembre.
Estoy tratando de dar color a esta cosita con pintura para ceramica, voy a poner al horno, viva el experimento, a ver si sobrevive a mi plan! :)

September 14, 2009

A home for the jewels / Una casa para las joyas

Saved from her 'rubbish-life', I gave her today a new meaning...
She will embrace all my new jewels I am creating now
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Salvado de una vida como 'basura', le he dado hoy dia un nuevo destino...
Ella va a cuidar mis nuevas joyas que estoy haciendo

September 13, 2009

'La Joyeria del gato' / 'The jewels of the cat' ...

Although weekends are times to visit friends or family, I couldn't resist to use my spare home-time to paint more earrings and beads...Finally bought good 'porcelain' paint and baking the polymer clay twice doesn't seem to bring troubles. I'm happy with these ones, it's a beginning of something new for me, but I feel that it touch me and I can find a big pleasure in it while creating them. Tell me how you like them ...
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Aunque el fin de semana es un tiempo para visitar amigos o familiares, yo he usado cualquier minuto para pintar mas arretes y piedritas...He comprado una pintura especial que tengo que hornear también al igual que la arcilla que uso, y no puedo esperar para experimentar y buscar la mejor forma de trabajar con estos materiales. Estoy feliz con con el resultado pero esto es sólo el inicio de una experiencia nueva para mí. Me da una satisfacción muy grande y me encanta crear estas joyas. Cuéntame cómo te gustan ...

September 11, 2009

Trials

The first trials...time to buy new acrylics and start seriously...
It feels very nice to work again with polymer clay and doing it just in another way so many years later. It tastes very very good and better results I will have soon!
Materials : 2 self-made pendants on a page of the book ' Orbis Terrarium'

September 10, 2009

Working on...jewellery / Hacer joyeria

As I did in my teenagers-days, making jewellery of polymer clay (Fimo) but this time I dream of something ...more. These are ready to bake and then the painting can begin.
How wonderful is life if you can find the time to do that things you dreamed of since decades!
My time has come!

Hacer joyeria como cuando estaba niña, de polymer clay o Fimo. Pero esta vez quiero crear mi propia colección . Ahora estos estan listos para hornear y luego pintar.
Que linda es la vida si encuentras tiempo para lo que has soñado hacer.
El momento ha llegado!

Materials : Polymer clay (Fimo) & metal pendants.

September 9, 2009

Strong / Fuerte

A drawing for my story that has to become a book...'one day'. Just have to find the right publisher!
It's all going about an old woman called Blackbirdie and she lives her whole life in the shadow without any sparkle of sunlight. One day a couple of jackdaws will change her life forever...
Materials : Acrylics on paper and pencils

September 8, 2009

My first / Mi primer : Bonsai

Never had a bonsai-tree but finally here is growing one. He is already tree years old, let's see how many more years I can enjoy him.
Materials : Watercolour/ Aquarel, collage, white ink