And now it’s on to the regular desk-sharing again… here’s mine.

WOYWW #522

Last week, Elizabeth (Altered Book Lover) asked me “(…) what is the “thing” to the right of your water? It is metal and has “curls” on it. Looks like it’s in back of a tuna type can.” The ‘thing’ (I don’t know what it’s called either) wasn’t in use last week so I understand your curiosity Elizabeth… with the brushes hanging in, it’s purpose becomes more clear…

It’s for hanging wet brushes so they can drip and dry…

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The day that some (a lot) of you were at the crop, I spend the afternoon with my former neighbour Frederika and we went into town to go ‘Urban Sketching.’ There was a choir-festival in town and there were all kind of choirs (pop, a capella, classic, religious) on every corner and square. We visited the old Abbey and sat in the beautiful, botanical garden courtyard while behind our backs, in the old course of the Abbey, a choir was singing. Here’s a photo of Frederika (see the people behind the windows? That’s where the choir sang..)

This is the scenery she’s sketching.

And here’s the sketch she made.

Later, we went to the Abbey-square where they put up tables where we could sit, drink coffee and I pulled out my watercolors.

It was a sunny day and it was so nice to sit under the big trees, watch the people and listen to the choir.

It tried to capture the ‘feel’ of this scenery in a sketch

We had a wonderful day, Frederika and I. We will defenitely do this again someday soon! And since I got enthusiastic about “Urban Sketching,” there is a Quirky Dutch Summer post in the make about this topic. Speaking about Quirky Dutch Summer…

It’s creative, it’s inspiring, it’s educational, it’s fun and it’s for free!
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Friday haiku

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.

Some time ago, someone pointed out the online workshop/free event Sketchbook Revival 2019 to me. The event was nearly over when I discovered it (today is the last day that the tutorials are accessible to participants) but I registered anyway because I wanted to see the lesson of Karen Stamper I watched her video and tried some of the techniques she showed in the tutorial. I glued some scrap pieces of paper onto a background, took out the ‘bister’ (pigment powder) and had fun making blobs and stains. Then I drew an urban skyline using a black marker.

This is not my way of making art AT ALL but I kinda like the outcome and I learned some things along the way: mission accomplished!

I made a card out of this sketch and send it to my mum for Mother’s day.

I might integrate some of these techniques into my own art journal work. I like how the underneath scraps of paper in combination with the ink trigger the imagination and makes you see all kinds of shapes: buildings, faces, animals… I might use brighter colours/ink next time though.

Thanks for stopping by today, have a nice weekend y’all!

Je t’embrasse.