Due to this stay-at-home policy, my art desk shows a lot of activity during the week. That’s also the case today, but I cannot show you what I am working on because it is something I create for the Dutch Dares challenge in June as a guest designer. I CAN show you the materials that I am working with though…

WOYWW #570

Olive green, ocher, salmon, dark green, light yellow and white paint… and a fine brush. You’ll see what it’s used for in June 🙂

DUTCH DARES

The Dutch Dares May challenge was announced on Facebook today, the theme is “Puberty” and here’s my go

I found three old photo’s of my teenage room at the bottom of my photo-box… one of the photo’s was even cut-out (shame on me!) but I still used it – these are the only photos I got that show how my room looked like back in the days. It may not be a spectacular lay out but I’m happy to have one with photos of my teenage room in my album now.

ART JOURNALING

I have plenty of time to keep up with my Chronicles art journal…

The Chronicles of  Marit 2020 – Week 17

In week 17, my parents, my beloved & I met for ‘coffee at a distance’ in a nearby park. They brought their own cups, I brougt coffee in a thermos bottle and as you can see on the photo, we kept our distance.

Big art journal ‘Grandes Chaleurs”

It’s been a while since I created a spread in this ‘big’ journal (spread: 47,5 x 29,7 cm – 187 x 117 inch)

I hope you are well and healthy, thanks for visiting today. I really am glad to have so many online-friends that stick together in these weird times. Hang in there dear ones, this time will pass eventually…

WOYWW #569

Yep, I started making facemasks (recognize that fabric Jan?) for myself and my family. We are told that we don’t need to wear masks in the Netherlands, keeping social distance to protect yourself is enough. Wearing a mask could give you the idea that you are safe, but it really isn’t. Keeping your distance is.

OK, I understand, but still I think when society opens up a little more, the people will be asked to wear a facemask to protect the others. So I thought it’s never a bad thing to sew a few – and if we don’t have to use them after all, it still is a fun project to work on and keeps me off the street 😀

I found the free pattern via a friend on Facebook, this mask is really snug (with wire over the bridge of the nose) and has a pocket for a filter (apparently you can use chopped up hoover bags or dried baby wipes….) The pattern is HERE for anyone else who fancies a go (and the video tutorial with the pattern is really clear and helpful!)

And that’s it for now dear ones. After all the sewing I feel the urge to dip my hands in ink and paint today. Have a nice day y’all, do something nice AT HOME and stay safe!

Friday haiku

The photo was taken by my friend Lena Schreijenberg

I submit this haiku to Recuerda Mi Corazon where our lovely hostess Rebecca brings us all together to share a haiku on Friday: Haiku my Heart

and I finished this art journal spread.

“The world came to a stop. Vacant land is holding its breath, plows through thoughts and waits for better times.”

Stay safe!

Je t’embrasse

So what’s a girl gotta do then? Back to the old days: spend hours in my atelier and write a blogpost on Wednesday!

On my workdesk is a folder I made last weekend. I started working on a new-to-write online workshop (in Dutch) and I created this folder to store all the ideas, notes for lessons and video tutorials, examples et cetera.

WOYWW #563

I will use these extra days/weeks at home to accelerate; write lessons and film some video tutorials. And create art, of course. I hadn’t much time to do that lately, but I always keep up to date with my own Chronicles art journal… here’s the latest spreads

The Chronicles of Marit 2020 – Week 10

The Chronicles of Marit 2020 – Week 11

Take care, stay safe and see you online!

Friday haiku

The photo was taken by my friend Lena Schreijenberg

I submit this haiku to Recuerda Mi Corazon where our lovely hostess Rebecca brings us all together to share a haiku on Friday: Haiku my Heart

Samo

Next is a spread that I created a while ago. If you know anything about the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat you could’ve known by seeing the title ‘Samo‘ that this spread was inspired by his art. (And if you dabble your hands in art journaling or mixed media and never heard of this artist, look up his art! His work is especially interesting for people like you!)

This week I finished another scrapbook layout – again I used two challenges to create with. It’s relaxing and fun to make a scrapbook layout using the inspiration that challenges provide and above all, it’s a way to use my photos and keep the ‘memory album’ going.

So what was it all about this time?

Dutch Dares challenge: “Scrap a large or THE biggest change in your life!”
Challenge YOUrself: “We would like to see polka dots on your layout somewhere, it doesn’t matter how many or how few you use and as always, don’t forget to include a photo with YOU on your layout.”

What changed my life

Journaling is in Dutch: “Of course: study, falling in love, living together, finding a job, giving birth to my son and many, many house-movings: it’s all live changing. But what really changed my life was that moment in 2009 that I learned about Art Journaling. In the (more than) ten years after, I bound many, many journals in which I create daily. I published an art magazine, my art got published in various books and mags, I exhibited my art journals in an art galery and I teach art journal workshop. I became an artist!”

Thanks for your visit.
I’m glad we can still do that without risk: visit each other online.
I will spend the upcoming days in my atelier and surround myself with paint and brushes.
The creating bug may bite me, and that’s a non-dangerous virus to catch…
Have a lovely weekend y’all, stay safe!

Je t’embrasse