Category: Dutch

Talk & Draw 010 promo clip online!

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,…

New work updated online!

Check out the latest project in my portfolio Love story on a birth announcement card

Guess who came to talk at Talk & Draw 010 edition no. 6?

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,…

The 5th edition of Talk & Draw 010 took place – and people were inspired!

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…

18th of May Talk & Draw 010 with Guest Presenter Rachel Sender!

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…

Great support for the second Talk & Draw 010 event

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!…

25th of April Talk & Draw 010 with Guest Presenter Marloes de Vries!

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…

First edition Talk & Draw 010 took place!

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…

Sketch time!

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…

About complementarity in relationships ;)

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…

Dutch girlpower

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…

Silly cactus..

True story about what happened with this cute looking cactus I was gifted by a friend. Sorry not sorry.

Help me help refugees on Lesbos, Greece

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…

These storks reflect how ‘buying’ is often our first reflex

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…

When the cat’s away..

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 secret life of our cat

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…

Everything goes on King’s day – crazy Dutch

  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…

How was your travel?

  Yep, coming home in the Netherlands after more than a year of travel is.. cold.

Dumpster Jam made of 100% saved fruits!

It’s easy to complain about what’s wrong with this world, and I admit I go down that road every so often. But it’s much more fun to just…

Zen Dutchie & the Curse of the Smart Phone

  Old habits die hard.. apparently it only took me a flight from Asia back home to find my smart phone glued back to my hand again. Longing…

Zen Dutchie & the Big Supermarket Challenge

  While traveling in Asia there was simply one kind of coconut milk: the one straight out of a freshly cracked coconut. But it can’t be that simple…

Tonight I’m talking at @ PechaKucha Rotterdam

Tonight I will talk about how I traveled more than 1 year by bartering creative skills and how you can do it too! Find more info and tickets…

News from Amsterdam: it’s raining apps

  Traveling for me also meant taking a year off from superfluous communication, threading Whatsapp chats, Facebook invitations to numerous irrelevant events a day, and all those other focus-destroyers…

Zen Dutchie fights the weather..

  After 13 months of traveling the tropics, Amsterdam’s incredibly bad weather is a bitter pill to swallow.. but hey, I’m Dutch. And Dutchies are water resistant.. right? February 2016 I…

Back in Hipsterdam

How the nomadic traveler look after 13 months all of a sudden kind feels kind of awkward.. February 2016 I returned to my hometown Amsterdam after having traveled…

Back in Amsterdam! (and looking for creative opportunities)

error: Content is protected !!