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I got my eye on you

#i finally finished something again #must have been ages ago since the last time I did #embroidered brooch #pin #brooch #eye #embroidery #diy #cobalt-collateral

embroid-away

at 7:39pm - 19 July 2017 - phx, az

First time I try embroidery and quite happy with the result. This will become a new brooch, perhaps for a christmas present.

#embroidery #eye #pin brooch #handwork #diy #tryout #cobalt-collateral

I made some actual wands for myself and my friend had-no-inspiration-for-a-name because we’re cosplaying as hogwarts students in October. Can’t wait!

#wand #diy #hufflepuff #hufflepuff pride #hogwarts #hogwarts students #cosplay #cobalt-collateral

Practising...

#sketch #self portrait #drawing #cobalt-collateral

Sketching...

#sketch #sketching #drawing #cobalt-collateral

It almost always starts out as a complete mess. And sometimes, when I don't give up, something good may become of it. Let's hope it will be the case with this one. Starting the first painting of a series...

#portrait painting #acrylic painting #acrylic #painting #portrait #series #unfinished portrait #cobalt-collateral

A wedding gift card

#wedding #gift card #diy #king and queen #game card #cobalt-collateral

Made a Hogwarts button with shrink foil. I'm so happy for how it turned out!

#hogwarts button #harry potter fan art #hogwarts #harry potter #diy #the things i do to avoid paying mega prices for fan merchandise #because a small button seriously costs 8 euro's or so #and here i am #making the thing for less than €1 #mouhaha #cobalt-collateral

This work in progress is called 'Making my bedroom Pinterest-worthy'. I've been wanting to do this for ages :)

#wall painting #mandala #bedroom decoration #pinterest worthy #antverpia #cobalt-collateral

New upload of the picture from a while ago, this time in better quality. I'm quite proud of this one and was a bit dissapointed with the scan quality from the previous upload.

#poster design #for my local gymbastics club's show #better quality #aquarel #painting #drawing #cobalt-collateral #antverpia

shisasan

I would rather die of passion than of boredom.

Vincent van Gogh (via kittencrimson)

#but it's probably going to be the other way around #99% of boredom today #guess that's my life most of the time #sigh

arsarteetlabore

Venusberg (The Court of Venus) - Gustav Adolf Mossa

I changed my Tumblr name for the better, I hope. From now on I shall be named cobalt-collateral.

I chose cobalt after cobalt blue, the remarkable blue pigment invented in 1802. It was a very useful blue pigment for oilpainting and aquarel since it’s stable over time and provides a very rich blue colour. Eventually it had to make way for the cheaper manufactered ultramarine blue.

Collateral I liked because it can be used as well in a positive and a negative way. It sounds dramatic and so adds a dramatic tone to the name. Besides, it makes for a great alliteration and I’m a sucker for rhyme. It also hints at what it means for my blog. This name will be collateral for the existence of my blog. Does that even make sense? I’m probably overthinking all of this way to much!...

Well then, welcome to my blog and have a nice time!

#new name #cobalt-collateral #cobalt blue #pigment #collateral #alliteration #i'll probably change my avatar somewhere soon as well #antverpia

destroyed-and-abandoned

A card for my mum, because she’s going through a rough time and she could use a little guardian angel.

#greeting cards #guardian angel #handmade #feathers #diy #cobalt-collateral

The portrait is finished!

#portrait #portrait painting #acrylic #my grandfather #painting #finished #antverpia #cobalt-collateral

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