Merry Xmas and a happy 2019

Carve December

This year I’m participating in Carve December for the third time. I think these will be my last hand carved stamps for this year.

Carve December 11-17

This year I’m participating in Carve December for the third time. These are the ones for day 11-17.

Carve December 11

Carve December 12

Carve December 13

Carve December 13 - more variations

Carve December 14

Carve December 15

Carve December 16

Carve December 17

A creative art journey

I almost forgot to share the collage for the 12^th lesson of Marit’s workshop A creative artjourney. This was the last lesson. I want to make a folder to keep my work for this workshop together, but it will have to wait until next year.

Carve December 5-10

This year I’m participating in Carve December for the third time. These are the ones for day 5-10.

a nice border stamp

a wonky Christmas tree

a nice filling pattern

a triangle stamp with many possibilities

I made a matching stamp to the small circle stamp I made last year

this one was inspired by the small circle stamp I used on the previous photo

and I combined it with another stamp I made last year

Carve December 1-4

This year I’m participating in Carve December for the third time. 
These are the ones for day 1 - 4.

my handcarved eraser stamps for the first 4 days

a border stamp for the first day

a repeating stamp for the second day

a spiral stamp for the 3th day

and a striped circle stamp for the 4th day

A creative art journey

A drawing for the 11^th lesson of Marit’s workshop A creative art journey. I drew the black lines with my eyes closed, while listening to Mountain to Mohammed by Slagerij van Kampen.

A creative art journey

A collage for the 10^th lesson of Marit’s workshop A creative art journey.

Australia sampler

Years ago my mother started this Australia sampler for my father. She got a poor eyesight over the years, so now I’m going to finish it for my parents. I share an update from time to time to keep me going. Last weekend I finished the seashell in the bottom left corner.

And this is how the Australia sampler looks now. Only one more item to stitch!

A creative art journey

I made 2 collages for the 9^th lesson of Marit’s workshop A creative art journey.

a collage with a violin

a collage with a minimoog

A creative art journey

A collage for the 8^th lesson of Marit’s workshop A creative art journey.

365somethings2018 completed

In January I started a new challenge: 365somethings2018. For me this was playing with paint, markers, pencils, (hand carved) stamps, clippings, etc on paper. This could be collaging in an altered book, drawing on index cards, doodling or drawing in a Moleskine, painting on watercolour paper, etc. Sometimes I’ll shared a few of my 365somethings2018 here, but I shared them all on my Facebook blog and Instagram. Last Friday I completed my challenge with a collage on the last pages of my altered book.

324 & 325/365 owl doodles in my Moleskine pocket

331/365 a mandala variation

338/365 a collage on a gelliprint

347/365 a collage with handwriting on a gelliprint

351 & 352/365 bird doodles in my Moleskine pocket

364/365 a collage in my altered book

365/365 a collage on the last pages of my altered book

A creative art journey

A collage for the 7^th lesson of Marit’s workshop A creative art journey.

A creative art journey

A collage for the 6^th lesson of Marit’s workshop A creative art journey.

A creative art journey

A collage for the 5^th lesson of Marit’s workshop A creative art journey.

Inktober

This year I participated in Inktober. Inktober is a month long art challenge created by artist Jake Parker that is focused on improving skill and developing positive drawing habits. A great excuse to make a new journal for my drawings. Take a look at it here. These are my face doodles from the last 9 days, all drawn with a fountainpen.

A creative art journey

A collage for the 4^th lesson of Marit’s workshop A creative art journey.