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AI
Artificial AI – by me So, enter a few keywords in AI software and add some art you like and … … … … … Moments later, the software poops out a piece of art containing the objects your keywords refer to in the style of the art you added! Right? Right. And artists aren’t liking the idea very much. I have some reservations about it myself, so I figured, why not do the same thing with my own hands?…
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The IDEAL Watercolor Palette
The IDEAL Watercolor Palette
Last Summer I began composing my ideal watercolor palette. I needed one very much since I’d collected so much paint over the years that I needed that one go-to box of paint that I could paint almost anything with. It was a tough job, sorting all of my paints. BUT! I did it! In two runs. And I’m changing just the one color, or maybe two. But then this set is pretty much definitive. I made a video…
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Do you want a Hug from me? You can have it!
Do you want a Hug from me? You can have it!
A personalized Hug
Did you like the Hugs that I posted online last week? And would you like to get a personalized Hug for yourself or for a loved one? You can! I’ve decided to draw Hugs for other people who really need one or who would like to give one to someone they would love to hug but now can’t.
On this page you can read all about it!
What the Hugs have done so far
I can’t wait…
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A week of Hugs
A week of Hugs
A week of Hugs is what I have for you today. Hugs because I mis hugging my friends and family. Hugs because I know you might miss that too. Many people do. So, let’s start by a hug from me to you:
Hugs, India ink on Bristol paper, © Mandy van Goeije, 2020
My week of hugs ended up being in India ink due to Inktober. I was half planning to join, but knowing that I never do a full Inktober…
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Back to black with Inktober
Back to black with Inktober
Normally I don’t do challenges anymore because I don’t like how they intrude on my own flow, but Inktober is different. Just like writing Tanka I love limiting myself to just one medium. Creative wings are often born within limitations. It happens with writing poetry within the preset structure of the syllables and lines of a Tanka and it happens within the limtations of white paper, black ink…
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Maximum extraction in translation
Maximum extraction in translation
As it happened, I was reading Zucked by Roger McNamee when I heard that celebrities were sending a signal to facebook by boycotting it and instagram for a day with the #StopHateforProfit campaign. I immediately remembered this tanka I drew and wrote last year and decided it should be translated into English so that I could share it with the world. The message is very important, you see.
I read…
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Cobalt Teals compared
One of my favorite pigments to work with, was PG50, a bright cobalt teal, or bright turquoise that is very much in fashion in art today. It holds a super vibrant and bright middle between blue and gold, although I prefer those that lean more towards the blue. I say it ‘was’ one of my favorite colors, since Rembrandt has brought forth a contender in their new collection, a turquoise made of the…
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Making Rembrandt watercolor studio paint boxes When I got the almost full new collection of Rembrandt watercolor paints, I wanted to make studio palettes to have the paint ready at hand.
Rembrandt Watercolor - the Old and the New collection
Rembrandt Watercolor - the Old and the New collection; a full swatch of the complete collection
A big surprise
It felt like Christmas when a huge box full of watercolor paint tubes unexpectedly arrived at my door… Half an hour later a caterpillar of tubes containing lush watercolor paints lay on the dining table in order – screaming to be swatched and painted with.
Speechless after unpacking this gift… Over a hundred
I bet you can imagine I was over the moon happy and before…
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New Work
Overview of my latest watercolor work.
An update
Covid-19 isolation brought new flow and I’ve been practising and working on new paintings and sketches incessantly for weeks now. I keep forgetting to update my blog and website, so I figured it was high time to show you some of my latest work, if you haven’t already seen it on social media.
Night Vision, a watercolor sketchbook page Social media comfort versus blog effort
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I say it best in watercolor – a speedpaint
Experimenting feelings onto paper
Today I wrote a blog post about laying down feelings through experiments on paper - visual journaling to help process confusing and difficult emotions in this covid-19 crisis.
A not-so secret hermit in isolation
Dear reader, here’s a little word from the art cocoon….a blogpost about laying down feelings through experiments on paper. About how visual journaling helps me process confusing and difficult emotions in this covid-19 crisis. You’re probably reading and hearing covid-19 all day long any day, so I won’t spend too many sentences on it. Social isolation isn’t…
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Combat corona stress and start nature journaling!
How to keep your mind sane in this surreal time?
If you’re even the least bit like me, I bet the current news and quarantine have raised your stress levels at least a bit.
Being kicked out of your daily routine and having to refrain from social contact isn’t easy, but if we all keep to ourselves for a bit, we can help this corona crisis pass as quickly as possible. So, it’s never been…
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Sender? The Universe.
If you’ve been following me online, you may remember that sometimes the Universe really does deliver. A few weeks ago, two more wishes were spontaneously fulfilled. Sender? The Universe.
This year I quit online teaching in order to focus on my own art and writing. It felt as a big step to let go of such a big portion of what I used to call ‘work’.
What I needed, was a thorough studio clear…
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Drawing Corona virus concerns away?
Drawing Corona virus concerns away?
Normally, when the whole world goes woowoo over something, I tend to back away and withdraw from the discussion. Usually there’s so much debate and sensation that hard news facts are tough to find anyway and so I try not to. But this time with the Corona virus it’s different. The news has come to my back yard since the virus has reached our townthis morning. An anonymous employee from our local…
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New work and focus, reorganization and FINAL CALL
New work and focus, reorganization and FINAL CALL
March has already come, so it’s been two months that I’ve been focusing solely on new work. Or rather…I’ve also been reorganizing my studio due to some new arrivals and I’ve been doing some online updating. You will read all about it here.
Shifting Focus for New Work
It wasn’t before I sat dow in my studio, realizing I was really no longer teaching onlinethat I became aware of how much…
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The Superstart Generation The Superstart Generation, ink and oil crayon on paper, © Mandy van Goeije, 2019 Some images speak for themselves, so let me not ruin it by writing about it.