AC | tropics

watercolour on (too) thin paper

tropics sounds *h*o*t* (singer + parasol!). the cooling effect for me would have to be lime juice, tequila, and ice, ice baby. and while we're at it, that mandatory {mid century} parasol. ariane's AC this weekend. ♥

tiny update

ghent sint-niklaaskerk (interior) - ghent 'schapestal' - at mum's tarte au pruneaux - ghent house on the waterfront

after taking some of your good advice to heart i partly solved the blog buttons quest. all buttons now open in separate pages, precluding cybernetic straying. my website will materialize, but not just yet. 

ghent wall paper shop - home preparing gigantic salad - ghent bretagne pancake house - geraardsbergen coffee shop

i have good hopes to reopen my shop, though i feel etsy *RUSTY*. i chiefly need time to do so, but regular work, unexpected visits and home changes have kept me away from devoted studio work.   

abc to be

besides producing postcards i aim to paint tiny tableaux. the instagram portraits i've painted so far make me very happy, and happy art draws in, don't it? i wanna do more of those. 

anne brontë - marie de rabutin-chantal - rosa parks - zsa zsa gabor

it's ideas in pipelines still, but we're on our way. after many, many days of chilly winds we may begin to wave bye bye to baby, it's c.. and collectively put our heads in the direction of the sun. 

♥ see you over the weekend for ariane's AC ♥

AC | sticks

let's stick together 

loud, clear. on the radio,

sentimental air

two and two together.
bryan ferry's song and
dune sticks,
for tammie. n♥

AC | daily

seaside, at the beach. blankenberge (work related)

building a proper website still being a far stretch, i've decided to stick to my blog as a pivotal instrument in my digital communication explorations. new link buttons (do try them!) have changed the blog format slightly.

seaside, at the beach. blankenberge (work related)

i've been looking into becoming more visible on the net and i enjoy the online drawing community more and more. working on a daily project allows me to grow, besides feeling well chuffed and grateful about the attention. 

seaside, at the beach. blankenberge (work related)

i am still aiming to return to blogging and show more work methods and project stages. it might put back the pizzazz into photography as well, which seems to have fallen slightly out of grace.

going to paris without seeing paris. meeting friends though

doing just one thing at a time however, allows for a certain ease and steadfastness to settle in, which makes me very happy indeed. rose's weekend treat ♥ here ♥. enjoy the week ahead, everyone, and hope to find you soon. ♥

untitled

home village, railway station track 2

so you should know that the title to this blog post has seen different captions over a period of four weeks. i started with what are words worth, i then changed it into another year reaching an end and look now... the new year has begun and i'm still at it: post and title.
  

couven museum, aachen. wait! a wolf???? ☺

to this date i have no idea what my blogging intentions are. i used to look at the number of one thousand blog posts with such awe. lately i wonder if i'll ever achieve that beacon, if that's what it is. i find i am also happy with where i'm at: n° 886.

couven museum, aachen

over the years i've loved writing here so, sharing snippets of life, finding friends and connections from around the world. and i guess i'll keep at it, probably at a different pace. changing times, and all that. the dust over 2016 now settled we move onwards and upwards.

lately, in the studio. happy drawing maps. ☺

i suppose i'll keep on illustrating a world in movement, be it through words, images or drawings. if the end of a year traditionally calls for a review, then i guess i'm saved by the bell by only writing now, in a pristine new year. here's to you, dear, dear reader and to 2017.