Jachthaven

Busy. No time but for a quick sketch of a watchtower of a pavillion at the little harbour in Vise, Belgium. De toren van een paviljoen bij het jachthaventje in Vise, Belgie.

Miracle fish

Water like mirrors

Yellow, red miracle fish

Reflect shattered suns

For the Moleskine exchange I wrote this little Haiku and made a drawing, as last contribution to the book of Anastasiya from Moscow. The total book can be seen below: from left to right Anastasiya, Ellen, Emon-Xie, Scoach, Albina and finally myself.  

Moleskine uitwisseling, een kleine Haiku als toevoeging aan het boekje van Anastasiya uit Moskou.

Raven

Dead raven on the sidewalk in Vise, yesterday durng lunch. Paintbrush, grey fountainpen ink, added the watercolour at home. Dode raaf in Vise.

MG EX135 Humbug

I admire drawings of Stefan Marjoran (check flickr), I copied this speed record car to try his style of drawing. Pencil, watercolour and fountainpen ink. MG EX135, speedrecord in 1934, about 200km/h.

Een schets van een MG EX135 humbug, snelheidsrecordhouder in 1934, ongeveer 200km/h.

Gadgets

These are a few of the gadgets the Dutch supermarkets gave away for the footbal championship. In 20 years time I hope to show this picture again to our kids (or maybe our grandchildren) and have a good laugh about their collection fever.
Enkele WK gadgets die je de afgelopen weken bij de supermarkten kreeg. Ik denk dat we hierover, over 20 jaar bij de volgende Oranje WK finale, nog wel eens hard kunnen lachen.

The day after...

Congratulations to Spain. This morning newspapers. Felicitaties voor Spanje. De kranten van vanmorgen.

Boot

In de Finale...

World Championship Football (Soccer). Yesterday evening our Dutch football team won against Uruguay with 3-2, so we reached the finals. Next sunday it's up against either Spain or Germany.
We looked at Yvonne's house, I drew this during the last tentalising minutes of the match.
In de finale tegen Duitsland of Spanje, zondas a.s. Getekend tijdens de laatste minuten, gisterenavond.

Lourdes

Visit to Lourdes, France. We went there after our work in Lannemzan, just in time for the procession.

I sketched a few nuns waiting for the procession to start. Also a sketch of the tourist shops near the grotto. Even though the light in the sketch is accurate, I did not like the picture once it was finished. Below you can find some notes on how the composition could have been improved.
Lourdes is niet zo ver van mijn werk in Lannemezan; op een avond erheen gereden. Schetsen van nonnen, wachtend op de lichtjesprocessie, en van de souvenirshops. Ik was niet tevreden met de laatste schets, dus ook wat notities voor het verbetern van de compositie.