L A T E L Y

it's exactly two months ago that i posted something
.... sorry! and.... i wonder
is there someone visting me here nowadays?

i have been busy, no, i still am very busy with the job
and i will be even more busy the coming months
next to teaching i have a new additional task: 
thinking about and writing the curriculum for next year

that's why it was so quiet
i miss being here, and i realize that i have not enjoyed it enough
the years that i was working from home and had the time, so much time

you can follow me on facebook and instagram
but i am not sure if that's what i want
i loved this blog and the blogworld, so....

ok
back to work!  
with this sentence in mind
(do not know from whom or where....)
x
Patrice A


'Meet yourself
where you are right now
with kindness
openess
and patience.'

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

....

exhibition

together with Loes van Oosten and Romy Maasdam
i will have an exhibition from october till december
at Atelier Indrukwekkend in Delft
therefore i made something new
with feathers  ;^))



samen met Loes van Oosten en Romy Maasdam
heb ik een tentoonstelling van oktober tot december
bij Atelier Indrukwekkend in Delft
daarvoor maakte ik iets nieuws
met veren; ^))

drawing challenge 168: FRIDA

FRIDA, with her laces, ribbons, skirts, rustling petticoats and the braids
the moonlike headdresses opening up her face like the wings of a dark butterfly
FRIDA an endearing and, finally, happy figure, in spite of all the suffering
her voice was deep, rebellious, punctuated by belly laughs
words by Carlos Fuentes from the Introduction of the book 'The diary of Frida Kahlo'
third image by Nickolas Muray, 1945, Frida with Chavela Vargas

with this drawing challenge i would like to honour FRIDA
and i wish i was more like her
but i also would like to honour two other woman
first Elisabeth the initiator of this drawing challenge 
which started in january 2011 and who is a fan of FRIDA
and secondly sweet Ariane who kept the dc going and loves flowers ;^))

i used a piece of cotton and an embroidery hoop 
made some pompons and found a nice picture of a young Frida from 1930
which i used as an example for my felt-tip pen drawing 
added braids and flowers and colored them with acryllic paint 
and finally added some embroidery


please visit the blogs of the other participants:

Ariane, Roberto, Tanïa, Lucia, Joanne (hello again!),
Renilde, Nadine, Annton Beate, Veronica,
Rachel (hello again too), Leena, Tammie, Stefanie,
Barbara, Carole and Eric

and thank you all for joining!
x

drawing challenge 161: spring break

the theme of this weeks drawing challenge 'spring break' is chosen by VERONICA
for the link to the other participants, please go here


for me spring break means spring-clean!
with the windows wide open
i declutter, clean cabinets and wash the curtains
fresh air in the house and in my head
in a box i found these crocheted circles
with the colors of beach, sea and dunes
which will be once a blanket
i can almost smell it
spring is coming!



voor mij betekent voorjaarsvakantie voorjaarsschoonmaak!
met de ramen wijd open
ruim ik op, maak kasten schoon en was de gordijnen
frisse lucht in het huis en in mijn hoofd
in een doos vond ik deze gehaakte cirkels
met de kleuren van het strand, zee en de duinen
die eens een deken zullen zijn
ik kan het bijna ruiken
de lente komt eraan!

drawing challenge 156: the unexpected

the theme of this weeks drawing challenge is chosen by JOKE
for the links to the other participants, please visit her blog


the unexpected
of which i am usefully happy
a cheerful excitement
but not this week
this week we had unexpectedly (and all four at the same time!!) the flu
i will spare you the details
we are well again, thank you
and 
this downy feather made me happy when i found it
an unexpected small happiness



het onverwachte
daarvan word ik meestal blij 
een vrolijke opwinding
maar niet deze week
deze week hadden we onverwacht (en alle vier tegelijkertijd!!) griep
ik zal je de details besparen
we zijn weer beter, dank je
en 
dit donsveertje maakte me blij toen ik het vond
een onverwacht klein geluk

garlands & SHOP UPDATE

'life is a party, but you should hang the garlands yourself'
so i did
in the house of mouse my father once made
all the furniture is made by alessandra

and a
SHOP UPDATE!

fine weekend to you all
the sun is here  ;^)))



'het leven is een feest, maar je moet zelf de slingers ophangen'
en dat heb ik gedaan
in het huis van muis dat mijn vader eens maakte
al het meubilair is gemaakt door alessandra

en een
SHOP UPDATE!

fijn weekend voor jullie allemaal
de zon is er  ;^)))

pigeon

in the December issue of EH&I
on page 43 and 44: update/trend no.1 'the dove inspires'

5 years ago in 2009, I made 16 pigeons 
for a project of Simone de Jong
i still have some
shall i sell them in my etsyshop?
what do you think?

made of chicken wire, paper and acrylic paint


in het december nummer van EH&I
op pagina 43 en 44: update/trend no.1 'de duif inspireert'

5 jaar geleden in 2009, maakte ik 16 duiven
voor een project van Simone de Jong
ik heb er nog een aantal
zal ik ze verkopen in mijn etsy winkel?
wat denk jij?

gemaakt van kippengaas, papier en acrylverf

drawing challenge 151: FOLDS

the theme 'folds' of this weeks drawing challenge is chosen by CAROLE

folds.... 
thinking of tucking the children when they were small
the folding of the blanket around them
thinking of how Beloved folded his arms around our newborns
or thinking of folding paper into a crane for luck....

but finally i picked up a piece of fabric
and cut, folded, pinned and stitched that into a dress with a fold on my back
i might wear it next thursday when i go to ballet 
together with Ritva!!  ;^))

for the links to the other participants, please visit the blog of CAROLE




plooien ....
denkend aan het instoppen van de kinderen toen ze klein waren
het vouwen van de deken om hen heen
denkend aan hoe Liefste zijn armen vouwde om onze pasgeborenen
of denkend aan het vouwen van papier in een kraanvogel voor geluk ....

maar ik uiteindelijk pakte een stuk stof
en knipte, vouwde, speldde en stikte dat in een jurk met een vouw op mijn rug
misschien draag ik het aanstaande donderdag als ik naar ballet ga
samen met Ritva !! ; ^))

drawing challenge 148: DRESS

as i said before i like to wear a dress layered
with a jeans underneath and a cardigan over it

i am not really a color or pattern girl
but am a huge fan of minä perhonen
therefore i thought 'how do i look in such a dress?'

i drew a picture of myself in a jeans, dress and cardigan 
i then cut the dress and placed the drawing on all sort of images of
the fine book by minä perhonen, named '?'
and then 
i exaggerated  ;^))

for more about DRESS, please visit:

Veronica Roth, Ariane, Joanne, Nadine, Stefanie, Eric,
Sabine, Kristen, Katrin, Suzie, Sally, Tammie, Tanïa
and Lucia

wish you all a nice weekend!
x

dress in black & white

i like to sew my own clothes
and at the moment preferable dresses
when i showed the first one to Eldest (some months ago)
he asked me while smiling 'is mom wearing a curtain?'
this new dress is lovingly baptized 'the tablecloth' by them
well
i LOVE them both
those dresses   ;^))



ik naai graag mijn eigen kleding
en op het moment bij voorkeur jurken
toen ik de eerste aan Oudste toonde (maanden geleden)
vroeg hij glimlachend 'draagt mam een gordijn?'
deze nieuwe jurk is liefkozend door hen 'het tafelkleed' gedoopt
nou ja
ik HOU van allebei
die jurken  ;^))

drawing challenge: WHAT'S THAT?

 


WHAT'S THAT?
reminded me of the time when the kids were little
and
reminded me of this slideshow (thank you dad!)

1965
my brother got a folding rule and explored the world around him
WHAT'S THAT? 
that's an earthworm
WHAT'S THAT? 
that's a hairstyle from the 60s  ;^))

for more answers on this question please visit CAROLE's blog!


'embroidery' on a printout of the slide

drawing challenge 140: NUDE

thank you for joining this NUDE-dc, dear
Carole, Sally, Barbara, Ariane, Veronica, Susan, Tania, Roberto, Céline, Tammie,
Leena, Eric, Eva, Norma, Joanne, Nadine and Kristen!

do you remember this 'drawing' i made for the 9th dc, theme 'letters of the alphabet'?
it was my 4th dc and my first nude on this site

i love to use nudes in my work, that was already at artschool and that's still the case
although you will rarely see me in a sauna or even in a swimsuit  ;^))

i do love the sun on my bare skin, especially on my neck and shoulders
and 
i like a covered nudity, that there remains room for imagination
that's what i like about the japanese kimono
the collar exposes the neck, which is a major erotic zone for the japanese,
the white face makeup runs to the back but leaves a small portion nude

so, that's what i wanted to paint
my nude neck
with the paintings of Lucian Freud and Michael Borremans in mind
and 
that i will
later

drawing challenge: UPSIDE DOWN

there are events that shook my life UPSIDE DOWN
some small, some huge:
a word, a phrase, a work of art, a journey, illness, 
death, moving or falling in love

but the greatest upheavel of all 
was caused by the birth of my sons

UPSIDE DOWN

searching 
for a new but different balance


please visit all the other participants!!:
Ariane, Céline, Nadine, Veronica, Susan, Roberto, Eric (maybe),
Joanne, Barbara, Norma, Leena, Tania, Kristen, Manon, Tammie,
Sabine, Stefanie, Joke and Rachel

thank you!