I'm still playing around with my blog's layout! This is how it looks now. :-). Decided to use my Coco Chanel drawing as a picture for my header. But things can change again......You can read about this drawing here:
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Still Playing Around
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Winter Time Fun
I've been having some fun with a photo-app on my Iphone. Look at the the result, with my own 'Winter Time' illustration. I like it! The app I did this with is called DecoSama.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
A New Header
I've been working on and experimenting with my blog's header. I had to find out how I could get the image to fit the width of the blog, taking pictures of it and scanning it. Just to figure out which one will give the best result. I find it kind of hard to get the colours right, both by photographing and scanning. The way it looks now it reflects the 'handmade'. I hope this is charming.....:-).
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Glued to the spot
It all started with black ink spots. Then the green followed, the little figure, the "glued to the spot" and last but not least; the trees. The 'glued to the spot' is literally glued to the black inkspot and the little figure is standing there, glued to the spot.
Are you still following me? ;-). Hope you don't think I'm crazy now :-).....but.... I don't know where this all came from, suddenly, it was just there.
Now I have to think about if being 'glued to the spot' has some kind of meaning for me in my life somehow at this moment....:-D.
(For the readers in the Netherlands; my translation of 'glued to the spot' in Dutch is: 'aan de grond genageld staan'.)
(For the readers in the Netherlands; my translation of 'glued to the spot' in Dutch is: 'aan de grond genageld staan'.)
Friday, October 12, 2012
Autumn Nights
There's something about autumn nights. Staying home where it's warm, with a cup of tea.I felt like drawing a cosy autumn scene. Yay for my Nikon camera! Well....not really mine, but my cousin was so sweet to lend me her camera, since she's got a newer one. I'm so happy with this, because now I can take better pictures.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Art Supplies
It was a beautiful, sunny, autumn day. I made the most of it by enjoying a cup of coffee in the sun, watching people in the city. If that wasn't enough, I made myself even more happy by going to the art-supplies store. Off-course I didn't leave the shop without some fun stuff.....:-)
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Yet another Moleskine
I started working in -yet another- Moleskine today. This time it's a little watercolour Moleskine book.
I have several going on. Every book has a theme, and I'm planning on working in each one every now and then. I find it hard to concentrate on one medium for a longer period, because I find so many things interesting to do and learn about. So I guess I"ll just have to skip from one to another, however I feel like.
This one is about watercolour. I also used a little pencil, stabilo fineliners and collage. Oh, and Indian Ink,
I've enjoyed working on these two a lot!
I have several going on. Every book has a theme, and I'm planning on working in each one every now and then. I find it hard to concentrate on one medium for a longer period, because I find so many things interesting to do and learn about. So I guess I"ll just have to skip from one to another, however I feel like.
This one is about watercolour. I also used a little pencil, stabilo fineliners and collage. Oh, and Indian Ink,
I've enjoyed working on these two a lot!
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Red and White Wine
It's been a week!
These are the two winelabels I wrote about in my last blog. I have family in Portugal. My mothers sister was married to a Portuguese man, he passed away last year. The family owns an old vineyard, with red and white grapes. Now that my oncle passed away, my cousin tries to keep the wine harvest going. She lives in the Netherlands but flies over to Portugal as much as she can. There are so much things to do overthere. The old house needs fixing for example and there's the grapes that need to be picked every year. Before, my oncle used do all the things in and around the land, but now he's gone, my cousin tries to organize things. It's a lot of work! Especially since my aunt (her mother) recently had heartsurgery. Luckily, they got a lot of lovely people over there to take care of things around the house and to look after the land.
This year the grapes were picked by a lot of local people. I offered to design a wine label for the red and white wine from 2012. This seemed to me like a very fun thing to do! The idea of winebottles with a label made by me, gives me a good feeling! My work for people to see, and to hopefully, enjoy for a moment when they look at it.
My oncle who passed away last year was named "Fausto" and my cousin came up with the idea to name the wine "Fausto Tinto" (the red wine) and "Fausto Branco"(the white wine). "Moita de Alvorninha" is the name of the mountain the vineyard is on.
These are the results of the lables I came up with. A lot of trying out....It's a little collage, drawing, painting and writing in indian ink, watercolour and coloured ink. And drawing pen.
The white wine label (Fausto Branco), I'm not completely happy with yet. Work in progress! ;-).
I still, and I say this almost in every blog I write, have to buy myself either a good scanner or a better camera. This is the sharpest I can get the pictures, even with some adjustments in Iphoto and Photoshop. I haven't got the best camera. Still haven't decided if I should spend my money on a camera or on a scanner....Suggestions?
An addition, writing this sunday the 7th: second picture made with a good Nikon camera! Such a difference!
These are the two winelabels I wrote about in my last blog. I have family in Portugal. My mothers sister was married to a Portuguese man, he passed away last year. The family owns an old vineyard, with red and white grapes. Now that my oncle passed away, my cousin tries to keep the wine harvest going. She lives in the Netherlands but flies over to Portugal as much as she can. There are so much things to do overthere. The old house needs fixing for example and there's the grapes that need to be picked every year. Before, my oncle used do all the things in and around the land, but now he's gone, my cousin tries to organize things. It's a lot of work! Especially since my aunt (her mother) recently had heartsurgery. Luckily, they got a lot of lovely people over there to take care of things around the house and to look after the land.
This year the grapes were picked by a lot of local people. I offered to design a wine label for the red and white wine from 2012. This seemed to me like a very fun thing to do! The idea of winebottles with a label made by me, gives me a good feeling! My work for people to see, and to hopefully, enjoy for a moment when they look at it.
My oncle who passed away last year was named "Fausto" and my cousin came up with the idea to name the wine "Fausto Tinto" (the red wine) and "Fausto Branco"(the white wine). "Moita de Alvorninha" is the name of the mountain the vineyard is on.
These are the results of the lables I came up with. A lot of trying out....It's a little collage, drawing, painting and writing in indian ink, watercolour and coloured ink. And drawing pen.
The white wine label (Fausto Branco), I'm not completely happy with yet. Work in progress! ;-).
I still, and I say this almost in every blog I write, have to buy myself either a good scanner or a better camera. This is the sharpest I can get the pictures, even with some adjustments in Iphoto and Photoshop. I haven't got the best camera. Still haven't decided if I should spend my money on a camera or on a scanner....Suggestions?
An addition, writing this sunday the 7th: second picture made with a good Nikon camera! Such a difference!
Monday, September 24, 2012
Wine Label
Family of mine own an old vineyard In Portugal. They asked me to design a label for this years white and red wine. I love this! I started with a label for the white wine, I will be experimenting with more designs and drawings!
The pink flower on the left above is the bougainville, beautifully growing in the area of the vineyard and the bottle is an example of an old wine bottle that was recently discovered at an attic at the house at the vineyard.
The pink flower on the left above is the bougainville, beautifully growing in the area of the vineyard and the bottle is an example of an old wine bottle that was recently discovered at an attic at the house at the vineyard.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Creative Courage e-course
I'm very much looking forward to the start of the "Creative Courage' e-course I will be following! The start of it is tomorrow! http://www.stephanielevy.blogspot.de/p/e-courses.html
Friday, September 14, 2012
Winter Time
It might be a little early...but yesterday evening I found myself drawing a wintery scene...
Like most of the drawings I start...I didn't plan it this way. I just started the drawing of this girl and then I got the idea to add the snowflakes. To me it looks a like a very cosy, winterscene now. I'm thinking about maybe turning this into a christmas-card. What do you think? It's september so I started just in time to think about Christmas ;-).
Like most of the drawings I start...I didn't plan it this way. I just started the drawing of this girl and then I got the idea to add the snowflakes. To me it looks a like a very cosy, winterscene now. I'm thinking about maybe turning this into a christmas-card. What do you think? It's september so I started just in time to think about Christmas ;-).
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
New and Old
Changed the look of this blog a bit. I needed a little change. :-)
Here's a drawing I did a couple of months ago with a little paper-collage piece in it. Can you see what's the paper-part? ;-)
My approach in this drawing was: Just draw what I want to draw, not with a specific idea about what I want to express. "Thinking about what to do" is a line I added afterwards; words to match the feeling that appeared in the drawing.
Here's a drawing I did a couple of months ago with a little paper-collage piece in it. Can you see what's the paper-part? ;-)
My approach in this drawing was: Just draw what I want to draw, not with a specific idea about what I want to express. "Thinking about what to do" is a line I added afterwards; words to match the feeling that appeared in the drawing.
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