sleeping ...

The little paintings I'm making right now

are all little fantasies.

Stories one can make up

by just looking at the painting ...

After the owls

came a sheep, a ram 

sleeping

:-)

"night friends"

Here's the finished little painting

(only 9 x 14 cm ,   3.5 x 5.5")

The new fine brushes I bought lately

are just fine for this

(I had some older ones with hairs sticking out : grrrrrrrrr)

Because it is such fun

I started on the next one immediately.

(in progress)

18 - 1 - 18

The year has quietly started ...

and I continued with what I was doing

at the end of December :

drawing.

After the "Snowman" and the "Star catcher"

I was in the mood again !

Other crafts have been quiet for a while,

that's how things work best for me.

I have a whole page with little sketches

with ideas that I might make

into a bigger little painting

with gouache paint (poster paint)

Normally I work with acrylic paint, "oils" is not me ...

The little grandson is very happy that I'm using that now,

instead of acrylic paint !

(that HARD to get from his clothes,

should he make a mess ...

so now he's happy to work next to me !)

After making the layered background

I start with the drawing in chalk pencil
(which is in fact for sewing, but it works great)

Working the light colours is a bit tricky

(because the layers underneath easily dissolve again)

The rest is for tomorrow ...

Red, yellow and blue ...

and learning how to mix the other colours !

:-)

*

We had a mighty storm today here in Holland :

roofsblown off, trees fell and trucks blown over,

all train traffic stopped

and some roads were closed.

In the afternoon is quieted down, thank heavens !

A true winter storm !