Cow in Leuse (F)

No time (and weather) to go out to sketch. Based on apicture I made this summer of a large cow in Leuse, France. Ink and watercolour pencil.

Portrait in gouache

 

Painting in acrylic gouache. I found the picture of her on Pinterest, but it was gone before I knew who it was or who made the photograph. I used only 3 colours: white, black and carmide red.

Heist op den Berg

I had a business appointment in Belgium, in Heist op den Berg. On the other side of the road there was this quite bizarre building, and I couldn't leave without making a quick sketch. 

I mean, Belgium is renowned for its eclectic buildings, but this one was even more over the top. And this wasn't even the most bizarre side (Unfortunately the other side had a truck parked in front). You may notice details like round stained glass windows, four types of masonry and two male statues carrying the towers on both sides of the front door. Belgium is a lot more interesting than the Netherlands anyway.

MG TF drawing for John

 

A surprise gift for a collegue who left our company a month ago. As a hobby he restores old MG cars. Among others this MG-TF 1957, which was originally owned by his father. 

Unfortunately I forgot to make a decent scan of the painting, the photograph is a bit discoloured.

Amstenrade in gouache

 

 

 This morning I went painting in the park behind the castle of Amstenrade (just about 1 km from my house). It was not cold, and I was be able to do this painting in (acrylic) gouache on darkbrown toned paper. In the picture you can see my gouache setup, fixed on a camera tripod. I made the box myself.