Discover our very first video of Talk & Draw 010! With a double thumbs up from guest presenter Koosje Koene Illustrations Would you also like to join us for so much buzzing,…
Check out the latest project in my portfolio Love story on a birth announcement card
You might know her from Sketchbook Skool: the online art school that has created an international, committed community of sketchers. Koosje Koene, illustrator and co-founder of Sketchbook Skool,…
Check out these latest two projects in my portfolio: Wedding invitation design Baby birth announcement card
Time flies and after a long and juicy summer, Talk & Draw 010 was back last Thursday, 21st of September with guest presenter Ailisha Read! Check out all…
The third Talk & Draw 010 is coming up soon! This time with guest presenter Rachel Sender Wharmby Rachel is a professional illustrator since many years, but also…
As I wrote a while ago here, I’ve been exploring some new techniques since the start of this year. Since I’m a self learning illustrator, I sometimes regret…
Exactly on month ago I wrote here that the first edition of Talk & Draw 010 was a great success. Well, it might just have gotten even better!…
A couple of days ago we announced the second edition of Talk & Draw 010, and I’m really excited to see that already 21 people confirmed they’re coming…
After receiving a beautiful bouquet of colorful flowers, I took my watercolor sketch pad out and painted a bunch of them!
In a previous post I’ve been announcing that myself and Naomi King have been organizing this new, fresh and crisp event called Talk & Draw 010. We were absolutely…
After visiting VeggieWorld on 11 March in Utrecht, I resumed my impressions in this illustration on behalf of Viva Las Vegas, a Dutch organization for a plant based…
As I often get requests for illustrations by smaller businesses and private customers, I know that the budget for illustrations not always quite fit the price of tailor…
Yes! Something new and exciting is going on! Together with fellow illustrator Naomi King I’ve been busy setting up a new creative event in Rotterdam: Talk & Draw…
One of my 2017 resolutions was to experiment more. Trying out new stuff is not something I throw in a client project: when it comes to illustrating I’m…
Yesterday I started a 15 week illustration course at SKVR Rotterdam to improve my professional practice. It was such a revelation to sketch simple objects without any goal…
January has been a month for me of grounding again in a steady drawing practice. After having explored different mediums over the last couple of months, I turned back…
You can now buy your pack of 5 unique christmas cards on Etsy! Go directly to my shop. These christmas cards are part of a polar bear themed…
Yes, uitdaging behaald! Dit zijn ze dan: 5 handgetekende kaarten. Met ecoline, waterverf en inktpennen gemaakt. En voor jullie te bestellen als kerstkaarten! 5 stuks voor € 12,50,…
Ik ga de komende week een uitdaging aan: 5 dagen lang teken ik elke dag één kerstkaart. Mijn doel is 100 sets van 5 kaarten te verkopen. Aan…
Just a small cartoon on the little things we complement eachother in. You might wonder what I bring to the table to complement my boyfriend’s green fingers. According to…
As a proper Dutchie, I ride a bicycle everyday. It’s my main means of transport: like most Dutchies I prefer riding my bicycle instead of depending on public transport…
True story about what happened with this cute looking cactus I was gifted by a friend. Sorry not sorry.
The 13th of October is the No Bra Day, to raise awareness for breast cancer. But why not make every day of the year a no bra day? I…
Meet Mrs Neat Freak and Mr Squirrel. Click here to enlarge this image.
click here to enlarge the image.
A drawing warm up exercise that I find very fun to do: take a random magazine, look for photos and combine elements of different photos into a new…
Last week I was enjoying a holiday in La Douce France. As drawing inspiration can sometimes be a struggle, a holiday is the perfect opportunity for some easy sketching…
In 10 days from now I will spend 10 days on the island Lesbos, Greece to distribute food and other necessities to refugees who arrive there. I will…
I made this drawing as a postcard for a friend, along with the birthday gift of a set of clamps. She’s a master of DIY, making her own…
Last week we got to babysit our friends’ cutest daughters for 2 days and a night because our friends went abroad for work. We had such a laugh with the…
The new apartment we moved to lately, comes with a cat. And not just A cat, no, an overweight diva cat that goes by the name Skevi. Although…
As a weekend project Cédric was baking bread.. and I was making a drawing on how to bake bread 😉
You can now listen and watch the Pecha Kucha presentation I gave in Leiden on May 3rd. I explain how I traveled for more than a yearin South East…
Now that I’m back in the Netherlands, I love to observe some of our cultural peculiarities. One of them is King’s Day. Since the Netherlands is a…
Yep, coming home in the Netherlands after more than a year of travel is.. cold.