Precisely. #BookSky

Gosh, it’s hot in the Netherlands. It reminds me of the Provence in France, with all their pretty sunflower fields. This is a pattern design that I made early Spring this year (when it wasn’t so hot yet, haha).

I’m sending out my new art bulletin for July today. Wanna sign up? 
Please find the link in my profile 🤗

De gasprijzen gaan door het dak en we hebben een watertekort. Toch stampen techmiljardairs als Elon Musk en Jeff Bezos stroomslurpende datacenters uit de grond. ⛔ We moeten nu de pauzeknop indrukken en de bouw van nieuwe datacenters stoppen! Teken de petitie 👇 www.fossielvrij.nl/stop-datacenters

Stop nieuwe datacenters!

De gasprijzen gaan door het dak en we hebben een watertekort. Toch stampen techmiljardairs als Elon Musk en Jeff Bezos stroomslurpende datacenters uit de grond. ⛔ We moeten nu de pauzeknop indrukken ...

fossielvrij.nl

When shit is bananas... 🙄… Happy Monday 🙂

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For the e-course I created for the Colori Flori Summit earlier this year, I painted a custom color palette on watercolor paper specifically for the video. Keeping it this way felt like a waste of paper, so I decided to repurpose the shapes and colors. And it evolved into a repeated pattern design.😁

I’m super honored to be part of @Estemacleod’s Colori Flori Summit, and today my video came online. This sunflower piece is the artwork I made for the lesson, and you can see me creating it in the video. Would you like to paint sunflowers with me? courses.estemacleod.com/a/2148264498...

For my amazing mom, to whom I owe so much. Of course, this boasting design is a spot of fun. Happy Mother’s day! (This is a card design I licensed some time ago :D ) #mothersday #moederdag #myamazingmom #amazingmomsday #geweldigemamadag

I’m so honored to be part of @Estemacleod’s Colori Flori Summit! It’s my first time creating an e-course on video. The summit contains 14 lessons from different artists. Would you like to paint sunflowers with me? Follow this link below: courses.estemacleod.com/a/2148264498...

If you have followed me for some time, you may remember that I loved the idea of collaborating with a company to create a funny line of tea tin cans (like this mocked-up one). It's still a dream of mine to this day to work on this series of naive styled illustrations with funny+relatable quotes 😁

Here’s another pattern design I made. I’ve been inspired by the wonderfully glazed ceramics you see a lot lately. So I made a design of these painted cups and mugs. It’s available in my Spoonflower shop, in case you’d like to purchase it. www.spoonflower.com/profiles/mir...

It's an oldie by now, but I fondly remember when I illustrated this one. I should try another quote like this sometime. Any suggestions? #booklover #lezenisleuk #quoteoftheday

This morning I got up early to hear the dawn chorus. It's this incredible burst of birdsong that you only hear in the very early hours of dawn. For me, it’s definitely worth getting up early for. Especially on a Sunday, when there's less traffic. 💕 #birdsong

Teapots and coffee pots, teaspoons, sugar cubes, & fresh, colorful pieces of fruit... Just a table filled with lovely eye candy. I really enjoyed working on this artwork. It's a bit experimental, and I loved combining gouache, ink, and watercolor in this piece. #illustration

Two days of sunny weather in the Netherlands, and I'm already channeling summer vibes. I didn’t need much encouragement, haha. This is an illustration of the dunes and the sea that I painted with acrylics and gouache and crayons.

A black-and-white cat, sitting on a bicycle and dozing comfortably in the sunshine. This illustration is part of a card folder from the beautiful Dutch brand Bekking & Blitz. I wish you a few warm rays of sunshine on your face as well.

Looking forward to seeing colorful flowers again soon. I finally made time to create some artwork, just for fun and for myself to play with colors and shapes. Of course, it’s available for licensing. 😁 I'm thinking of making this into a pattern design.

This morning, I discovered a small winter aconite in a large flowerpot in our garden. I planted it several years ago, and I did not anticipate it to emerge again. But lo and behold, there it was! Poking through the snow. The artwork is a mix of paper collage and acrylics I made in 2022. 😁

Happy Valentine to all who celebrate it! Here’s a little constellation of love for you. Happy Weekend! #constellationoflove

Let's say this to our loved ones more often. Sometimes we forget to tell them, and take their presence and the things they do for us for granted. #booklover #valentine #loveisloveislove

Vorige week leverde ik de illustraties in voor Bijna Gevonden!, het nieuwe prentenboek avontuur met August en Suus. Het boek verschijnt in mei bij Lemniscaat en ligt straks voor €2,99 in de winkel als onderdeel van het 'Geef een (prenten)boek cadeau' evenement. Lees meer erover: geefeenboekcadeau.nl

A sunny studio update from the Netherlands ☀️ I’m proud to share a fun project with the Rotterdam Public Library. August and Suzy are part of a lovely new membership for little readers, featuring items I illustrated. Peek here: bit.ly/library-Augu...

Day 31 of #inktober is “award.” With this final illustration, Coen and I wrap up a month of adventures with August & Suzy, and Mrs. Donderhuys & Co. We loved doing this together, sometimes creating almost the same drawing independently. See them side by side on my blog: bit.ly/inktober25

Day 30 of #inktober is ‘vacant’. So my husband and I drew empty houses in different styles. It's almost the final day of inktober!

Day 29 of #inktober is 'lesson', and August the Fox is showing how to fold paper planes. Can you do it better than Suzy Squirrel? Coen drew his comic character 'Willem', who is teaching August and Suzy.

Day 28 of Inktober is ‘skeletal’. The wolf, salamander, and the mouse are dressed up for Halloween, though some might already say they're spooky enough without a costume. In the mean time, Coen's character, Mrs Donderhuys, dances with a very scantily dressed partner. #inktober

Day 27 of @inktober is ‘onion’. Cutting an onion is enough to make you cry, but August the Fox found a solution. Wana, the witch, from Coen’s story says she never had that problem. Strange. 🧙‍♀️ This October I’m joining inktober for the first time with Coen, drawing something new every day.

Day 25 of #inktober is 'puzzled', and many things in the world feel confusing. I wish they were as easy to fix as for August and Suzy. My husband, Coen, drew Mrs. Donderhuys in quite a tight spot. I hope she’ll find her way out.

Day 25 of #Inktober is Inferno, a tricky one to draw since I’m doing Inktober with my usually cheerful kidlit characters, August and Suzy. So I drew August in a situation that would be hell for him (and for me), while Coen drew Mr. Donderhuys giving Officer Postema a tour around the inferno.