Castle Hoensbroek

 

Our Castle, the Castle of Hoensbroek. I desperately needed to do some Urban sketching, I took the car and parked it in front of the gate. The castle is closed now, but this also means the parking lots are deserted, noone cares that you position your car in strange ways. In my defense: it was cold and snowing a bit.

De Ridder (3): Unicorns

It was a good year to grow Unicorns. 

Another tale from "The strange travels of Lord Pentamundo".
 

Arthur Fleck

Arthur Fleck (the actor Joaqim Phoenix in his role of the Joker). Washed out fountainpen (Pilot Falcon) with Platinum black ink.
 

No right turn

Another panel for "No right turn", the comic that takes years to make.

This is a replacement for a panel that did't work out.

De Ridder (2): Countess Teresia

The Countess was into Italian food lately.

Another chapter from "The strange travels of Lord Pentamundo".

De Ridder (1): The raven

 Never trust a raven's advice.

A tale from "The strange travels of Lord Pentamundo".

Saratena

 

Saratena. 

The city of Saratena has a circle of energy towers that extract the pollution out of the air. But fluffy jellyfish hover above the city, making the inhabitants hide in fear and resulting in totally empty streets.

This is actually an image of a dream I had on August 2nd, last year. During 2020 I recorded the dreams I had, if I could remember them the next morning. With a text and a small drawing. In total I recorded 109 dreams. This is only one of them. 

GKC Hulsberg, christmas card

 

I made this painting for the Christmas greetings card for the choir I sing in (well, the last rehearsal was already 9 months ago). The board decided for a colourfull card with autumn colours, as counterweight to all those dreary grey days and depressing Corona newsitems. The choir would have celebrated its 175th year. But unfortunately no festivities were possible this year, maybe next year.

Clint

 

A try to draw famous people, to see if I can really make resemblances.

Portrait of a man

Portrait of a man, based on a picture found on the Internet, I can't recall who made it. Fountain pen, I wash the ink before it's dry with a waterbrush. I found the original photographer: Jim Zuckerman.

Best wishes

Best wishes for the new year, and may it be a better one.

These objects were creatively decorated by my wife, Gertie. Each his own hobby :)
 

Thull

Last sunday morning, riding with my bike. Saw this old derelict barn. Quick on location sketch, maybe 10-15 minutes.
 

Desert house

Desert house, a lunchtime doodle.
 

Do turtles dream of flying?

 

Kolleberg, Sittard

Went out this morning by bike, as my knee is still not okay. It was cold, but not too harsh. Made this quick sketch in Sittard, a small chapel on the Kolleberg (which means translated: hill of the witches).
 

Laughing girl

Pastel on Kraftpaper. A study after a picture, on facial expressions. This time a laughing girl. Size about 40x40cm, made in the atelier of Annemiek Jongen.
 

Rising Phoenix

 

Drawing of a Phoenix. Inspired by drawings of Alan Cober, the master of cross hatching.

Adolescents

Excercise in drawing adolescents. Sanguine chalks on Brown Kraft Paper.

Hampden Maryland

I am enjoing to make these quick ink sketches. They are after a picture, but fun to do anyway. What else to do when you are restricted to draw outside by Corona measures and bad weather.

This is made after a picture by Patrick Joust, a woman in Hampden, Maryland.
 

Torenstra

Quick inkdrawing (actually a lunchtime drawing, it was raining outside and I didn't feel like a lunchbreak stroll) of Waldemar Torenstra, a Dutch actor. After a picture made by Koos Breukel, a renowned Dutch photographer.