day two, painter's week

A location nearby the woods. Saw this spot at a so-called "klompenpad". The light coming from the left, the dark fore-ground....beautiful. Silence, only birds singing. You don't have to go to France for a painter's week. Just look around in your own environment

Klompenpad, oil on canvas 40 x 50 cm

Plein air painting

In the past I didn't really like plein air painting. All those people looking at you with lots of useless remarks.
This week I joined a group of plein air painters in my home-village. Together we go out and paint .
It's fun and very relaxing. Never thougt I would do this again!
Yesterday we painted around a  farm.
Painting is not finished yet. Later this week I will continue in my studio. Need some more work on the two poles. Maybe a bit more yellow in the woods at the background.

oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm

Winter 2017

Made this painting from a picture I took last winter in the woods. I was interested in the morning light coming from left.
This time I wanted to paint more transparent, no heavy layers of paint.

oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm

The good shepherd

Finished this painting about the good Shepherd. It's for my youngest son who has severe multiple disabilities and is going to move to a special home at the end of the month.

Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 cm

New illustrations

Last year I did a commission about making illustrations for a serie of books called "religious education"
I got a new commission to continue the series. It's fun to do .

New paintings finished

It's been awhile since I did some painting, but here I'm again.
Finished some paintings I stopped working on in summer.

Sea after the storm, oil on canvas.

60 x 80 cm

I had this canvas somewhere laying around. Did a painting I wasn't happy with, so I put it aside.

Couple of weeks ago I started again on top of the old painting and used a picture from my stash and a lot of imagination. And this time it worked!

Below some details of the painting.

I was in Zeeland in february 2016. Cold and windy.

It took a lot of time and trying again and again to capture the cold and windy atmosphere

original picture

February at the coast

Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm

Details:

Next painting was done in between the painting sessions of the two above

Sunny day at the coast

oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cm

Bought a new lamp

Bought a new special lamp for painting

Day-Light, flexible arm.
Boy what a difference.
Colours are more natural now while you're painting