drawing/art challenge 198: T I D E

T I D E

thinking of 
the sea
of the tide coming in
and the moon
of course

thinking of
the proverbs and sayings with water
while the work piles up around me
like a tide coming in

and
this song
of course!!

thank you dear Ariane for this fine theme
please visit her blog for the link to the other participants

what i used:
printing ink mixed into a gray blue
stencil technique à la Werkman
colored pencil
papersize 50x70 cm

drawing/art challenge 196: B L U E

B L U E

as a summer sky
infinite blue

i often feel blue
but probably less
in a dress
like this!


please visit the blogs of the other participants:
Ariane, Fische Frauen, Tammie, Nadine, Rachel,
Eric, Veronica, Joanne, Barbara, Olga, Sharmon,
Stefanie and Norma


and THANK YOU all for joining! xxx


ingredients for my dress to impress:
forget-me-nots, delphiniums, geraniums, nigella

garden party & N E W T H E M E !!

the snails have a GARDEN PARTY in our garden
which was the theme 
of the last drawing challenge/art challenge
hosted by sweet TAMMIE

i really would like to join the art challenge again
that's why i force myself to be the host  ;^))

the coming weeks 
will be even more filled with work
because i need to finish much 
before the summer holidays
and than there are the headaches 
(probably related to work ;^))
so it's sometimes difficult to focus

in between i work in the garden
enjoying the incredible blue 
of the lupins and delphiniums

so, hence the theme for the 196th challenge of JUNE 11-12:

how it works:
if you want to join, leave a comment saying you are in
the following weekend the 'drawings' are shown on the blogs of the participants
and the host links to them all

art challenge 194: S K Y

the theme this week is chosen by Eric of CERULEAN
please visit his blog for the link to the other participants


S K Y

i had plans, as always
but to little time, as always....

after days of hard work with my father
- we have rebuilt our attic -
it was time to paint those new walls
- instead of making a drawing for this art challenge-
in a soft grey like the sky outside
and
besides that
i painted the walls of the room of youngest
in a beautiful skyblue

at the end of the day
the sun broke through
the sky!!
view from the attic window

drawing challenge 189: C O C O O N

It's time for more silence.


COCOON
drawing challenge 189

annually
at the end of the winter
i long for a soft white place
to hibernate
a cocoon
in which i can curl
a safe embrace
waiting for spring
before i get out
converted and 
with wings
in the color of the sky


i used a form that i crocheted years ago
and turned it into a cocoon on a branch
the bookprinting/quote and linocut 
are works that i made earlier


please visit the blogs to the other participants:
Nadine, Barbara, Ariane, Lucia, Norma,
Leena, Sharmon, Roberto, Veronica, Tammie,
Stefanie, Mano, Eric and Tania

and THANK YOU all for joining!! xxx

drawing challenge: NEW THEME!

ok, i do not want to keep whining about how busy i am
about the 3 days teaching and read-in, prepare and more
(and don't get me wrong, my job is FUN!!)
i do not want to complain about the household
and the feeling of having no time
no time to make something, to create

how do other people do that? i regularly ask myself

i would like to hibernate
and wake up when spring has arrived
....

involucre
casing
for protection
before i will pupate

hence the theme for dc 189 of Februari 20 - 21: COCOON

how it works:
if you want to join, leave a comment saying you are in
the following weekend the 'drawings' are shown on the blogs of the participants
and the host links to them all

drawing challenge 187: SIXES AND SEVENS

the theme this week is chosen by NADINE-tinyWOOLF
please visit her blog for the link to the other participants


sixes and sevens
in the meaning 'state of confusion or disarray'
is written all over me lately
i looked up some old work
a self-portrait made of several polaroid pictures

sorry
for my absence
and the fact that i hardly drop by
....

AND: 
next weekend i will be the host of the 188th drawing challenge
i will post the theme on wednesday the 10th
well... i hope to do that  ;^))
SORRY!
I WILL HOST the 189th drawing challenge
more on that next tuesday

sixes and sevens

in de betekenis van 'staat van verwarring of wanorde'

staat op mijn lijf geschreven, de laatste tijd

ik heb wat oud werk opgezocht

een zelfportret gemaakt van verschillende polaroidbeelden

sorry 

voor mijn afwezigheid

en het feit dat ik vrijwel niet langskom

....

drawing challenge 185: R E E F

the theme this week is chosen by Katrin
please visit her blog for the link to the other participants

reef
i immediately thought of Daan Roosegaarde
and his poetic project 'waterlicht'
a dream landscape about the power and poetry of water
a large part of the Netherlands lies below sealevel
in these images people seem reef  ;^))

sorry, nothing self-made this week
i worked 6 days
just one more busy week
before i get into calmer waters



rif
ik moest meteen denken aan Daan Roosegaarde
en zijn poëtische project 'waterlicht'
een droomlandschap over de kracht en poëzie van water
een groot deel van Nederland ligt onder zeeniveau
in deze afbeeldingen lijken de mensen het rif  ;^))

sorry, niets zelfgemaakt deze week
ik heb 6 dagen gewerkt
nog één drukke week
voordat ik in rustiger water kom

drawing challenge 184: RHYTHM

the theme of this week is chosen by Veronica
please visit her blog for the link to the other participants

rhythm
i haven't found mine yet
after re-starting teaching in August
i am still looking....
but
i can feel the rhythm of my heartbeat
which sometimes skips when i lie awake
pondering about the day to come
i see the rhythm of the seasons
in the bulbs outside and in
the rhythm of the days and nights
white and black
life and death
....
circles

that beautiful blue moon is hanging on my wall
and the circles come from the book by Inez van Oord

my life a circle
with it's own rhythm

drawing challenge 181: C A L M

the theme of this week is chosen by Veronica
please visit her blog for the link to the other participants


what C A L M me is
his hand in mine as i fall asleep
reading books
a long walk in the woods
the little body of Splinter (sweet memories)
and the sea
always the sea....
the sound of breaking waves
the heartbeaut of mother earth

linen, acrylic paint and a palette knife
the making is CALMing and soothing



wat mij kalmeert is
zijn hand in de mijne als ik in slaap val
boeken lezen
een lange wandeling in het bos
het lichaampje van Splinter (zoete herinneringen ;^)))
en de zee
altijd de zee ....
het geluid van de brekende golven
de hartslag van moeder aarde

linnen, acrylverf en een paletmes
het maken is kalmerend en rustgevend

drawing challenge 180: D E E R

drawing challenge 180!

the theme is chosen by Tammie
please visit her blog for the link to the other participants


my last blog was a month ago
i miss it, the blogging, the drawing challenges
and i really wanted to participate and draw
but i didn't
sorry
i watched the news.... 13.11.15....
and long for love and humanity,
friendship and warm arms
i wish the world could be as
in the stories of Toon Tellegen
although there are no deer occur in his stories ;^))
(image: my little Schleich deer)

with love
xx


mijn laatste blog was een maand geleden
ik mis het, het bloggen, de drawing challenges
en ik wilde echt meedoen en tekenen
maar ik deed het niet
sorry
ik keek het nieuws.... 13.11.15....
en verlang naar liefde en menselijkheid,
naar vriendschap en warme armen
ik zou willen dat de wereld kon zijn als
in de verhalen van Toon Tellegen
hoewel er geen hert in zijn verhalen voorkomt  ;^))
(image: mijn kleine Schleich herten)

met liefde
xx

drawing challenge 176: S K I N

the theme of the 176th drawing challenge is chosen by tinywoolf NADINE
please visit her blog for the link to the other participants

the skin
our largest organ

our skin
the shell in which we live
vulnerable and sensitive
which we protect and criticize
the pimples, pores, spots and wrinkles....

meet me and my family
up close!
the part we see when kissing on the cheek  ;^))
youngest with his young soft skin
eldest with his vulnerable allergic skin
and my love the sailor with his outdoor wrinkled skin

and all week
i had this song in my head
'i've got you under my skin'
a drawing on tracing paper using my favorite colored pencils
the image of my three man
which they give to me on my birthday every year underneath
i've got them under my skin ;^))

drawing challenge 175: P O C K E T

the theme of this week is chosen by Veronica
please visit her blog for the link to the other participants


i used to have these stones
in my pocket
nowadays i carry them in my bag
a rose quartz: strengthens the heart
a rhinestone: for increased energy
a lazurite: relieves headaches

the rose quartz was a gift which
my youngest son once gave to me
and tomorrow we celebrate his
15th birthday
hooray!!


ik had vroeger deze stenen
in mijn 'pocket'
tegenwoordig draag ik ze in mijn tas
een rozenkwarts: versterkt het hart
een bergkristal: voor meer energie
een lazuriet: verlicht hoofdpijn

de rozenkwarts was een geschenk die
mijn jongste zoon ooit gaf aan mij
en morgen vieren we zijn
15e verjaardag
hoera!!

drawing challenge 174: T I N Y

sweet Tammie's theme this week
please visit her blog for the link to the other participants


all those tiny little seeds
which become the finest vegetables
in such a short time....

i made a portrait of a chard leaf
using watercolor and colored pencil

i have 'tiny' time for other things than my new job
sorry! 
but i will visit you all as soon as possible 
bye!



al die kleine zaadjes
die de mooiste groenten worden
in zo'n korte tijd ....

ik maakte een portret van een snijbiet blad
met aquarel en kleurpotlood

ik heb weinig tijd voor andere dingen dan mijn nieuwe baan
sorry! 
maar ik zal jullie allen zo snel mogelijk bezoeken
dag!