"swinka leopardska"

"Ivy"

"Tigerrrr"

"Prudence"

"Bobbie"

5 new tiny paintings which will be sold on etsy ánd in the Hanazuki store in Amsterdam

Update: Ivy and Prudence are sold and will go their new home in London!! (25th june)

"Frederick couldnt stop thinking about her remark"

acrylic on wood 6,5 x 8,5 cm

Orange ghost was the worktitle. The paint kept fading, I had to paint many layers to get that bright orange I wanted. The wood sucked it all in :) Lately I dont prepare the little pieces of wood I find anymore. The bindoline ( or caparol ) I used for it,  I find a bit too shiny for my taste and I cant draw on to that plasticlike surface. So now I just saw and sand until it gets a smooth surface and round edges. It doesnt have to have a perfect shape, I want to keep that "found wood feeling", if you know what I mean.
 I just doodled on this particular small block ( I found 3 pieces with that oval shaped top on the street near a construction site) and this glazy eyed creature emerged.  I gave him the name Frederick.

I love the combination of bright orange with grey and beige. The stripes on the sides of the blocks were a bonus, this one I gave an orange stripe.

"Teddie"

5,5 x 7,5 cm

That little sketch in my moleskine was the inspiration.

The doglike character in the sketch has a bag with beautiful flowers and in it a soda-can and a straw.

Isnt this a gorgeous mint/turquoise? I mixed it myself : ) Its particular beautiful next to those 2 hues of red. I think. And have you noticed that the suit is the wood itself?

                                    

"Pavel looked at them for a while and felt slightly dissapointed"

9,5 x 7 cm

he is from a doodle in my a4 sketchbook at home.

He is my favorite, i love his expression and his posture, i want to cuddle him, squeéze him. 

and again I like the colourcombination. The colour in his face is the wood.

"Wink wink"

8,5 x 18 cm

 Its a balloon with horns and big luscious lips and she winks at ya. Oh and bright yellow. with soft pink cheeks. Whats not too love : ) plus the wood is used as a colour again, this time its the eye.

The sketch I did in nov 2009. I like sketching faces a lot and to avoid having to draw a body I just draw a balloon. Also because I like drawing circles. I like drawing horns and (bunny)ears on top of a head. Combined you get this weirdness ; )

These 4 little ones I made to fill the gap on the hanazuki wall. And because I felt like making them off course. In the pictures above you see them first in the studio and then on the wall in the store. Its nice and crowded there again. In the next post I will tell a bit more about those cute characters.