rene fijten sketches

 Quick sketch while I was waiting for appointment at the dentist, of Hulsberg, as seen from the Wissegracht. The rain started quickly after ...

  I visited the Van Gogh Village museum in Nuenen; he lived there with his parents before he went to France. He painted the "aardappele...

I grew up in the 60s, under the smoke of the coalmine "Emma". I was triggered by an call for art objects by the local museum, Schu...

  I started in 2017, almost 20 years ago, and this is my 2000th blogpost.  A portrait made yesterday, a mondaymorning live portrait session....

  Tiny gouache painting of vase with flowers, for a congratulations card for a former colleague, Wendy.

  Made this inkdrawing entirely on location, last Saturday. Added colours digotally with Gimp.

We had an Urban Sketching Meeting in Maastricht, yesterday. Thew sun shone, it was cold evn though it improved during the day. This was made...

  Monday morning live portrait session. Oilpainting on canvas, 40x50 cm. We worked two mornings on the same model. Last week we did the unde...

Quick portrait in black ink. After a picture somewhere.  

  Recently fnished another painting. It's a scene of an subway underpass somewhere in Brooklyn. It's an oil painting 50x60cm. Unfort...

  The 26th, Second Christmas day, our children and grandchildren were here for a festive dinner. It was a great family moment. After dinner ...

Best wishes for the Christmas days and may 2026 be a year of enjoyment and good health. (based on a gouache painting I made on location in ...

  I am secretary of the Association of Dutrch Urban Sketchers. We have 2 new boardmembers, and one leaving, to get o know each other we had ...

  A guy sitting in front of the entrance of a supermarket at the Helmstraat in Maastricht. I quietly observed him from the other side of the...

  Maastricht, de Helmstraat. This morning. Ink and watercolour in a A5 Moleskine watercolour sketchbook.

  Two quick ink drawings, made this afternoon, based on pictures from the Internet, a photo by M. Odekerken (left) and a picture of some unk...

  My aunt Leny, living in Amersfoort, will celebrate her 100th birthday tomorrow. As a present I painted a scene of Amersfoort, at the Elleb...

  Anja, monday morning live portrait session. Same technique as last week. Took 2 hours to make.

  Some experimenting this morning. A live portrait session, Armand this time. Acrylic paint and charcoal. on bamboo paper treated with tilem...

  Sometimes our grandchild Zara (now 5 years old) stays over, and she always asks me to make a comic story together. We invent a story, she ...