Mila with oranges

 

Finished another paiting: stilllife inspired by Matisse: our cat Mila behind a basket of oranges. Acrylic on Board, 60x70cm.

Blogpost nr 2000!

 

I started in 2017, almost 20 years ago, and this is my 2000th blogpost. 

A portrait made yesterday, a mondaymorning live portrait session. Acrylic on 50x70cm. bamboopaper. Took 2 hours to paint.

Jacqueline. Live portrait.

 

Monday morning live portrait session. Oilpainting on canvas, 40x50 cm. We worked two mornings on the same model. Last week we did the underpainting in burnt sienna and an mix of blue and raw umbur.

Today I added te skin tones, ochre, white, a little red and some burt sienna. 2 mornings each 2 hours.

Brooklyn underpass

 

Recently fnished another painting. It's a scene of an subway underpass somewhere in Brooklyn. It's an oil painting 50x60cm. Unfortunately I can't get the photograph of the painting correct, it is less harsh than depicted in this post, and the yellow is glowing better than shown. Well it is all I can do.

Exhibition in Laboe (Germany)

 

The coming few months there is an exhibition of my painting works in Laboe, Germany. 15 of my paintings (oil, acrylic and/or watercolour) are featured there.

It's up above Kiel, quite far from where I live, but in the good hands of Anja Klein (a friend and former collegue).

Coney Island after the rain

 

Finished another oil painting, on board (MDF) 50x60cm. It is called: "Coney Island after the rain", and was based on a picture I took in 2019 during our visit to NYC. The actual building is not so gloom, and I added a 70s car instead of a few campers. But the actual lookthrough towards the "wonder wheel" is really there.

I finished the painting for the upcoming painting exhibition in Laboe, Germany.

Robots on Mars

 

I made this painting on request of my grandson, Jake. He wanted something with planets and rockets. So I made this one, size 50x60cm. He was very happy with this.

 

Agnes, portrait in oils

 

Last live portrait session before the holiday. Agnes, oil paint on board, 40x50 cm. Took me about 2 hours to make. IT was a long time since I used this technique: no drawing, add painted directly and washed it out. I used water based oil paint by Talens-Cobra.

Coney Island

Started a new painting, after a picture I took on Coney Island, NY, in 2019. In the sketch you can see the Ferris wheel between the buildings. Size 60x50, oilpainting. this is the basics: the underpainting. Just to show how I block in the large elements in toned areas. The real work begins now.

New Jersey

 

Oilpainting, after a picture I took back in 2019, when our taxi brought us from Manhattan to the new Jersey airport. Cobra watersoluble oilpaint on wood, 50x60cm. Time for another one.

New Jersey

 

Started on an oilpainting. Based on a sketch, that was based on a picture I took from the taxi when we were returning to the airport coming from NYC. Still needs a lot of work. I noticed I was totally out of habit painting with oils.....

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.

Leuze in 2 themes

 

I made these two paintings on location, in Leuze, France. The subject was to make them in two different colour themes. Below you see the real situation. Unfortunately, it began raining halfway, and I had to finish them in another location. Acryl paint 40x40cm each.

Gouache portrait

 

Painting with acrylic gouache again. This time based on a picture I found on the internet (probably AI). In my moleskine sketchbook, size A5.

Maastricht: Huis op de jeker

 

Another experiment: using gouache on location. I made a portable gouache box, to be mounted on a camera tripod. I painted this house before. It worked out fine, but there is room for improvement on the box.

France: Any Martin Rieux: an old barn

 

Here the painting I was most proud of: an old, half collapsed barn in Leuze, a small village close to Any.

I took a pice of MDF wood 60x80cm, and sticked carboard to it, then acrylic paint.

It was really nice weather that day, warm, but not hot. The farmer even dropped by to look at what we were doing; he was quite talkative, and showed us the cows he was clearly proud of. THe barn dated back to WW2, and had been in this state since 20 years. Which is a small wonder.

France: Any-Martin Rieux (2)

 

I am lagging behind. Far too busy in the office. Another drawing/painting in Jaunes. Acrylic and charcoal.

France: Any Martin Rieux

 

Painting week in France, under the guidance of Annemiek Jongen. We had a great group of 6 participants, fine lodging and superb French food. The weather wasn't so cooperative, it was quite cold for June, but we had a great time nontheless. 

Here is a study on bamboo paper 50x70cm, made with charcoal and acrylics, of an old farm in the little village of Jeantes.

Astrid

 

Live portrait painting session at Annemiek Jongens atelier: Astrid. The idea was to make an underpainting, to study light/dark and tonal quality. I couldn't resist to add warm/cool colours. Took about an hour to make. Acryic on bamboo paper 50x60cm.

Antoing

Quick scene in gouache, after a view we saw a few weeks ago, during a walk along on of the canals in Antoing, Belgium. Unfortunately not made on location, I am still reluctant to bring gouache to on location drawing/painting.