Near Vaals (Netherlands) - Winter fantasy

 

A few months ago we were on a short vacation in Vaals, where we made some nice signposted walks. 

The landscape with the highest hills in The Netherlands is picturesque for us (living in a very flat 'polder' landscape) so we made (reference) pictures of those hills and nice views. One of these pictures, made in a lush and green landscape, is now used for this winter fantasy.

Of course I only used the view over the hills and transformed the green of the grass to a white snowy landscape. The trees nearby and the bushes are for another kind of painting.

For this painting I selected a rough structured paper which makes the soft colour transitions you see in the painting very easy as it stays moist a little longer without being really soaking wet. Details are a bit more tricky, not only because of the water holding capacities of the paper but also because of the structure. But as I did not want details, but a nice Winter mood, this was not a problem at all.

The results are even better than I hoped for, maybe because I stopped early so I could not overwork this one.

The information about the materials I have used, the size of this work and its availability can all be found in my Tumblr blog. 

If you are interested in my original artworks, please contact me.

Hibernation - for a challenge

 

The December Challenge of 'Goed Gezien - Goed Bekeken' is about hibernation. What if we also could go into hibernation - instead of facing the cold Winter weather - what would that be like?

So I imagined a nice warm bed with extra duvets, slippers on the bed mat and a snowman outside the window. Nighttime and a moon are also included. What would I dream about? And what would the snowman dream about? Because in a world where humans can hibernate it must be possible that snowmen can dream.

These questions are answered in the drawing/illustration so I will not write much about those dreams.

For this one I decided to use my markers on a small sheet of paper.

The information about the materials I have used and the size of this work can all be found in my Tumblr blog.

If you are interested in my original artworks please contact me.