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Friday 13 November 2015

ARTWEST Amsterdam

The last couple of weeks I’ve been working hard to finish up for my upcoming open studio weekend which will be on November 21st and 22nd. Together with my artist colleagues Jan Baas, Ina Brekelmans, Edwin Emmens and Ellen Huijsmans (Grafisch Collectief Thoets) I’m participating in a new art event in Amsterdam, ARTWEST Amsterdam.
We’re hoping for a good turn-out and good weather. If you’re in the neighbourhood come and visit!!

Nassaukade 321, Amsterdam. On both Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 till 18:00.


Wednesday 4 November 2015

Experiment (3)

Just realized I didn’t tell you about experiment # 3: claybord by Ampersand. I had big hopes for this one because on the leaflet that comes with the claybord it says: ‘absorbent (…), perfect for inks, gouache, egg tempera, pencil (…)’ so I thought it would be perfect for my ink and pencil combination.
When I got it out of the wrapping the surface felt smooth. I wondered how this was going to absorb and hold watery materials. Well, it didn’t.
To save the mess I tried to sand the surface and that helped a little but didn’t give the results that I was hoping for. So as for Ampersand surfaces I’ll stick to the aquabord.
For the drawing below I used Derwent Inktensepencils, Lukas Illucolor Pigmented ink and it is done on Ampersand aquabord.