tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59110285335426299482024-03-05T06:49:01.418-08:00Curly Style Sketchesafkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-37169778770063298252014-08-14T08:40:00.001-07:002014-08-14T08:40:29.194-07:00New ApproachHi everyone,<br />
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If you have landed in this blog, I hope you enjoy the drawings you can find here.<br />
I have decided to take a new approach on making my art visible by using Facebook, Instagram and for my new comic Tumblr. Please visit these sites to continue enjoying frequent updates of my stuff! THANKS!<br />
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So pretty easy ;)afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-3200352236211178362013-10-15T02:41:00.001-07:002013-10-15T02:41:19.075-07:00Coming Back!Oh my..<br />
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Just realized this is the longest I haven't posted an update.. TERRIBLE!<br />
I must say I have been quite busy, but it also partially due to the fact that I don't sync my iphone with my laptop very often now.. and updating the blogger through the phone is seriously a pain. It has become easier to update the Facebook.. but it lacks the stories of the blog hehe ;) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CurlySketches" target="_blank">Curly Sketches Facebook</a><br />
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I have made so many new adventures in my drawing, that I have decided to start keeping a decent update!<br />
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Coming back from the summer vacation I got an email about illustrating a notebook for the HUB, a community for entrepreneurs which I am part of. It was certainly very exciting! Took a long time to hear back from them, but no sadly it wasn't me they choose... of course I was a bit bummed, but well, it's also the first time i've ever done something like this. It was really nice to know some people like your style :)<br />
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A few weeks after this, I got another offer, this time of some guys who are designing an app/game so they needed someone to make the drawings of their characters - super cool! Can't say much about the game, but will post some sketches on things I'm working on.<br />
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And finally, with my 2 friends and neighbors, we decided to be part of an artsy market! So cool! So we started creating stuff, made a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sandianl?hc_location=stream" target="_blank">facebook page</a> and everything! Sunday came, and so did the worst storm of autumn.. rain, wind, cold.. gosh it was so bad, even the more professional guys were leaving the scene. So we followed suit, and decided to try another time :( I did make really cool prints and decorated Moleskines again! It was real fun!<br />
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I will keep you more updated with these things.<br />
Thanks for stopping by!<br />
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<br />afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-14051910550066068712013-06-17T10:47:00.001-07:002013-06-17T10:47:38.010-07:00Facebook PageWell it had to happen at some point..<br />
I have opened a Facebook Page! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CurlySketches" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/CurlySketches</a> which I'm quite happy about! Not only can I post things, but it is also a good platform to sell small stuff and to reach more people (I do feel that the blog visitors has diminished).<br />
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I have made these small Moleskine books a series of the deep sea fish I have made before. </div>
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I really like them! I also enjoyed doing some kind of "series" and I think I will enjoy it more as I have other small books planned. Here you can see them individually. </div>
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<br />afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-2421107581911960092013-05-16T02:17:00.000-07:002013-05-16T02:20:43.032-07:00A bit of everything again..I'm so bad at updating recently.. i think my last update was a few months back!?<br />
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I just started my own business, and I feel like because it's in the starting phase I can't do anything but work on it haha. I have made some time to draw, but I know I should really plan my drawing time better... although the inspiration also comes on and off.<br />
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We had a long weekend vacation and went to Krommenie, some small town north of Amsterdam, where my boyfriend's family lives. I decided to take my pastels, since I haven't worked with them in aaaages! So I decided to make a coloured Tjido, which ended up looking like a fox.. </div>
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I then asked Joost to give me a challenge, and it was a Beaver!!! funny animals.. I did like the sketches though :) I have also re-taken digital painting, though I seriously need to buy a new Tablet.. I think mine is a 10 year old Wacom.. so in free style i came up with this:<br />
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Background is lame, but I do like the deer. He's funny :P<br />
And to end this post, I have an update on my oil painting classes! I have missed them for the past 3 weeks, but now i'm in a roll! And I'm quite looking forward to finishing this. I hope to add the whole process which I have been taking pictures of :)<br />
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afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-53322769998322348122013-04-14T03:22:00.001-07:002013-04-14T03:24:25.928-07:00When will spring arrive?As we sit and wait for spring to show up, I wanted to update some stuff. I haven't been very creative lately, mostly because I'm starting my own business and haven't made time for drawing really. <br />
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I was 2 weeks on vacation in Mexico. This time visiting Chiapas and hence that page of sketches from there. I want to do more so I guess it is unfinished ;) <br />
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I really like my Tjido comic which I think I want to explore more! And yes, I should be drawing more. I will try my best!! <br />
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So today i don't have many drawings, since I was gone for a few days, and even though I though I would draw allot I basically slacked even more hehehe... But I did make this deer, following a children's book of<i> how to draw animals</i> :P<br />
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As you read before, two of my drawings were stolen at the exhibition.. and saldy one was already sold. So I made a new one for the buyer and added a nice postcard.<br />
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In our house, we are also turning the guest room to a place where I can draw and paint :) which I'm really looking forward to!!! Until now I have to use the dining table or share the working table, which is fine, since it is really a laptop-working place. </div>
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<br />afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-26932691413390575942013-02-06T16:00:00.001-08:002013-02-09T15:28:54.478-08:00And the week just startedAt the beginning of this week I had amazing news but at the same time it was the beginning of a chain of events that made me want to hit my head on the table and cry. Thus let me explain:<br />
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On Monday at 8am I had my driving exam and passed! When i got home Joost got a call that he has been accepted for the phd he wanted! So happy!<br />
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That day I also took my computer to get checked up.. They replaced the thing that was broken and cleaned it. So I got a shiny Mac back :) but when I got home the train wreck started.. My backup hasn't been great apparently. So I lost all my photos of the last 7 years and all my applications. So I don't have Microsoft office or photoshop!<br />
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To continue, on Tuesday while visiting the bar where my drawings are hanging, I realized there were 2 missing! One I which I had sold! Drama! Today they called to confirm they did not have them an most probably were stolen.<br />
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So today I decided to draw the picture I want to leave at the Bar (yes, even though stuff was stolen). I guess it is a "thank you" for giving me a chance,but also for myself a "thank you". I also tried out a new approach of making the drawing more as a "scene" and add depth. <br />
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afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-45718490953968656012013-01-25T09:29:00.000-08:002013-01-25T16:04:21.306-08:00Awesome News!I have some great news for this post as well as a very good reason of why my update is yet again a bit late :D<br />
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</div><div>Last wednesday, I had the opening of my first exhibition! I had mailed a cafe/bar to ask if I could hang up my stuff and they called me last week to tell me they were very interested! So story short, I had to choose my drawings, buy frames and I had to cut even the matting since my sketchbook has a specific length.. well stress in small words.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>As many promises I have broken in the past, I am back! ;)</div><div>New year, new motivations, new expectations. </div><div>Throughout my vacations I have finally accepted my pathetic status as "unemployed" and have decided to make the best of it, instead of falling into a black pool of despair. </div><div><br />
</div><div>So for this new year, I have subscribed myself to oil painting classes, I am thinking about learning German or Japanese and of course the continuation of the epic search for a job. Keeping this blog regularly updated is also something I want to continue, as well as my webshop project at Dawanda (already got a call to ask if I was planning on continuing..) So I am hereby inviting you to my (quite empty) shop :D <a href="http://nl.dawanda.com/shop/Curly-Sketches" target="_blank">SHOP LINK</a> I have also found other nice websites like Society 6, but I first have to get my paypal account working again. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>I first want to share my holiday season cards :) Sadly I started as always a bit too late.. so I could only make 5 hahaha. But I want to use the stamps I bought for upcoming birthdays and Valentine cards as well.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>The next two are sketches. The EDM challenge number 5: Draw your bed! I quickly sketched out of memory my room with my bed in it. The cat on the bed is a stuffed animal... yeah.</div><div>Next sketch is my final version of Tjido in cartoon style AND I LOVE IT! He looks awesome!<br />
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</div><div>This last drawing was an idea of my good friend Star. She told me about a painting she had seen on TV and I though I would recreate it, but apparently I didn't understand what she meant haha but ended with this: A 2 sided drawing!</div><div><br />
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</div>afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-32651731961845761422012-11-30T07:33:00.001-08:002012-11-30T07:33:51.673-08:00Gifts and a new projectI hope that I can slowly regain my previous tempo of posting stuff.<br />
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I have been doing some gifts for friends lately, since some are leaving, and others graduating... Its hard to find good gifts, specially for male friends haha. <br />
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Also, recently I met the owner of Pesto Bar here in Amsterdam, and the night we went to have dinner at his lunch room, I doodled a bit. When he sat with us to drink a wine, he told me I shoudl try to hang my stuff at a bar or cafe. So I took his word and yesterday I send an email to a local place that's new and quite edgy. Hope to hear from them soon!<br />
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And this is what I'm working on now: Octopus!<br />
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And just to end up with a funny sketch, I am enjoying having a dog tons!!! And its hard not to make a big fuss and become one of those people :P But yes, I have lots of ideas to make comics. Though drawing dogs is freaking hard! I have to sit one day and make various studies... </div>
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So yes, Tjido is a bit or a reactive pup, he loves to play and barks for other dogs attention. We're working on it ;) afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-43981996295028511022012-11-20T13:53:00.001-08:002012-11-20T13:53:51.239-08:00Sorry!OMG!<br />
It has taken me a month to update... a new record! I'm soooo sorry!<br />
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So since I did not get my job in Spain I have been a bit busy with looking for new jobs, stressing about it, taking the theory driving exam and of course our little "wolf".<br />
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But thankfully I have a colour drawing I was trying to save for a decent post but whatever!<br />
EDM Challenge 4! Draw your mug or cup :)<br />
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I also realized that I haven't told you guys I have a Dawanda shop! :D since I am looking for a job, I decided to open my shop and see what I could get. Also a nice way to have another project going on. I will post the link later, but if you are very curious it is called Curly Sketches :P </div>
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Thank you for reading and I promise a decent update at the end of this week!afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-45392385937191620982012-10-15T02:33:00.001-07:002012-10-15T02:33:28.004-07:00Autumn has begunThe perks of having a dog include the trips to the forest!<br />
I live quite close to the city's forest, but rarely went there...<br />
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Now I have been there 2 weekends in a row! And looking for mushrooms is the best haha.<br />
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So of course my autumn drawings are mushrooms. I have been fascinated with them since I found that children's book and did <a href="http://curlystyle-sketches.blogspot.nl/2012/09/mixed-media-painting-adam.html">THESE</a> in mixed media. But now some drawings:<br />
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To finish this post I am adding some sketches of my dog Tjido, which I am happy about because they are the first and in the end, dogs are hard to draw... I have cheated though :P I used pictures instead of sketching him live. That will be the next challenge! The shape of his muzzle is hard...<br />
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Sadly I haven't been able to do more drawings, some pre-work stuff and of course our new pooch! :D<br />
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This is the work in progress of the first painting:<br />
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For my second painting, I wanted to use a "mask" as I had seen at a recent post by <a href="http://caatjesartsystuff.blogspot.nl/">Caatje's</a> blog. But of course it didn't really go as planned...<br />
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Finally to end this post I welcome Tjido! "ch-ee-doh" our Icelandic Sheepdog puppy!<br />
I might start a small blog about him, his breed is not very common, and it was quite hard to find information about him apart from the breeding standards and history. I will let you know :)<br />
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We are back in the Netherlands! And thankfully we had a few days of sun before it became total autumn...<br />
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I cleaned out my art supplies and got excited about drawing and painting again. Although I realized I left 90% of my brushes in Mexico... duh... so i won't see those until x-mas. Sigh.. typical.<br />
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But the reason they were left behind is the following mixed media painting :) I am enjoying using old stuff that lies around to add it to my paintings. And well this was done at my parents home, where i found a childhood book about plant that don't flower, like fungi. TOTALLY boring when you are a kid, but it was sooo fun to read now, and the pictures are incredible.<br />
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I'm working on another similar piece of mixed media right now as a gift. But I forgot to take a picture of it :P<br />
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Finally a quick sketch of my delicious dutch dinner the first week home! :D YUM!<br />
More drawing will be coming since my job has been delayed for a few months due to paperwork- good news since we are picking up our puppy on sunday!!!!!!<br />
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Hope you are all doing fine, and enjoy!afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-65216047035586967842012-08-31T07:48:00.001-07:002012-08-31T07:48:19.433-07:00Leaving MeridaAs inspiration of many sketching blogs that I follow, I tried to make journal-style page. I don't think I can use my sketch book as a journal... maybe because I like to show my drawings, and I guess it will be uncomfortable if there are very personal things written (although drawings can be also <i>very </i>personal, but that depends on how people look at them).<br />
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So this is a very simple page with a good-bye to Merida. Yes, we have left. I maybe want to add some colour, but didn't want to take too long before an update :)<br />
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My second sketch is a EDM #3 : Draw a bag :) this is my fav bag when I come to Mexico. I always use it! I borrowed it from my mom but never gave it back haha, its a good size bag made of leather and, if i'm not wrong, Guatemaltecan weave as decoration with many earthy coulours.<br />
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As a final remark, thank you again to everyone that visits :) comments are highly appreciated!<br />
I have realized that i never use "Tags" and after visiting other people's blog I have realized how useful they are :P haha, so I will try and start adding those!afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-75081697340268570022012-08-20T08:34:00.002-07:002012-09-27T06:16:27.946-07:00Stormy weather and squiggles A quick post for this week!<br />
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This is our last week in Merida, we are leaving in the weekend! I do feel that it is time!<br />
Even though I'm working on a final print here, I wanted to post two sketches. One is inspired in the latest hurricane Ernesto that passed by, thankfully it wasn't too bad. I guess she's a weather/water being, got inspired by an artist I recently follow on facebook's EDM if i'm correct. I really like her style, but her full bodies are much better than mine. I do feel I have a bit of the same crazy imagination haha. Click <a href="http://cargocollective.com/themoon">HERE</a> to check out her website!<br />
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And the last one are just squiggles, doodles. But I'm happy to have done this and not only rely on making perfect pictures in my moleskine :) slowly getting there to free-style sketching haha!<br />
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<br />afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-81218276543461524562012-08-06T20:50:00.000-07:002012-08-07T07:15:36.849-07:00Prints, again dogs and EDM challenge!As promised, today I want to share with you my prints.<br />
Back in high-school, when I still had the dream to become an artist (before my mom, rest in peace, basically told me to get a "real" degree in the brutal way that mom's can be...) one of my favorite disciplines was printing. We had a huge printer-roller and not only linoleum, but wood and plastic/glass. It was great! Actually, I found a picture of my prints that I send to England at the time for the A levels. (So yeah my mom did put everything I did up on the wall :P)<br />
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I never really thought I would do prints again. I had learned of course the classic way with oil based ink and the whole printing machine.. you can't really buy those hahaha. Now in Mexico I refound my tools and found out that its actually very easy to buy linoleum haha, and you can get water based inks! Yay!<br />
The printing machine is still missing, but a good bottle or can has worked as roller.<br />
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For those who don't know how this works: (maybe i'll make a real tutorial next time)<br />
- You make a drawing design, preferably on paper (very hard to draw on linoleum)<br />
- Put the drawing face down onto the linoleum and scratch the pencil drawing.<br />
- Start carving!<br />
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Here i'm showing you 2 styles, the tricky thing about prints is not only appearing like a mirror image, but you have to think hard as what will be "black" and what will be "white". How do you want to make volume or distance? Thickens of lines and separation are key.<br />
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And finally a continuation of the dog comics! We are really excited about it, reading, researching etc about different subjects in having a dog. We have decided on the breed and already have asked for information at their offical association, and we are now on the "list" :) but well, I know we will have allot of comments of people around us thinking we are nuts.<br />
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Finally, as you know i was having a bad case of drawings-block. But I must say I found inspiration in the EDM challenges and decided to draw one that I had "added" previously in my sketchbook :) so yeah good idea!<br />
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<br />afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-85341251574806129152012-07-31T16:18:00.004-07:002012-09-27T06:17:07.751-07:00A slow comebackAgian... late...<br />
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So actually I have been a bit slow since we've been back from vacations. Not much inspiration. I guess also a bit busy with a friend visiting and working on a paper we want to get published from my time in Spain. Kind of cool as well :)<br />
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In the cool news, I have accepted a job offer and will be working when I go back to the Netherlands, and its a nice part time job with the same EU project of Spain! :D My boyfriend and I have also decided to get a dog.. yeah i know! Crazy! I know its a big responsability, but I'm really looking forward to it and reading allot. I think it will be good to have a companion and a good reason to go out! Training the dog sounds also like a good challenge of discipline. Plus, Holland is a perfect place to have a dog! With parks, bicycle lanes, beach close by, etc!<br />
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It has been hard work to find the right dog for us. But I think it is good to know what you are looking for and study the different races you had in mind. Allot of people get pets without knowing what they are going for (myself being one of those people with Bob the chameleon). Also nowadays you have so much information and people that are patient enough to maintain a blog with their experiences :) really nice! We have contacted different kennels after deciding on 3 races, and now its down to 2! I will keep you posted!</div>
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I also wanted to show you the final product of the snorkeling blog :) (<i>i have to apologize for the quality of the pictures</i>). The moleskine paper is interesting with aquarel, quite a thick paper very different to aquarel paper, i guess its very soft. I hope now I'm back on routine I can get more inspiration from other bloggers! Get a project again! </div>
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Ah yes, and the baby card is a success! It is now being printed for a try-out, and well baby will be born soon so we will receive a picture if this happens before we get back :) And of course you'll get to see it!</div>
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<br />afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-27791685159977116222012-07-21T09:23:00.000-07:002012-09-27T06:17:33.715-07:00Back from vacation!Oh guys!<br />
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I'm so sorry I haven't updated in yearsssss haha well, you know I went on vacation to the beach, and that I would make a drawing per day...<br />
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So between dives, beach and sleeping at 10pm I really didn't get to draw much :( sorryyyyyy I guess it has to do with the fact that I don't want to "ruin" my sketchbook or maybe that i just want to draw when I have an idea and not so much doodle.. I don't know. I think I should try this exercise again.<br />
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But anyways, I did draw something! haha<br />
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First are there hermit crabs that you see allot in these parts, and following a previous post of a crab carrying a house <a href="http://curlystyle-sketches.blogspot.mx/2012/03/very-excited.html">HERE</a> I got inspired to make other ideas, other islands. Still haven't decided if I just want to leave them like this or colour them.<br />
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This other 2 spread was an idea that Joost got to make a log of the things we saw while snorkeling in a wonderful place called Xcalak, almost at the mexican border with Belice. This picture is in the beginning, I have already added more and coloured them! I will post that picture soon - I just wanted to leave an update!<br />
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Hope you enjoy them, more updates to come in following days!!!<br />
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Oh and if you're interested in our travels, you can check out the other blog I keep: http://aafkejoost-merida.blogspot.mx/afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-66408527545682201762012-06-28T15:17:00.000-07:002012-09-27T06:18:07.553-07:00Back to the old black lines ;)The countdown begins!<br />
Monday we are leaving on vacation!!! We are heading to Akumal and then to Xcalac- a tiny town at the border with Belice. I'm pretty excited about this. We'll be diving and relaxing at the beach!! Sorry if I'm making you jealous!<br />
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But anyway, I have decided to make a challenge for myself: <b>one drawing per day!</b> until we get back to Merida... That will be interesting! :P<br />
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Last weekend my boyfriend and I celebrated 2 years together :) we were planning on going to get a romantic lunch, visit a museum and then get a beer. But as always, nothing went as planned. The coffee place was closed, we had breakfast at another venue, the tropical storm started and the museum was being used for an event so it was closed for the public as well.. so we ended up drinking beer at an Irish Pub watching the euro cup at 2pm haha. We then went to the city centre to have dinner, but somehow we weren't feeling that great. Back at home we collapsed in bed feeling swollen and took a nap. It wasn't until 11pm or something that we were feeling normal again and watched a series... so yeah a pretty romantic sunday ;)<br />
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My other drawing is just some crazy idea I got. After drawing it I guess it has a bit of Alice in Wonderland feeling, so I wrote a quote of the book in her dress. I decided to bring colour onto it, and I guess i'm pleased about the result! I'm also working on a baby-card project, but of course I can't disclose those pictures until baby is born :)<br />
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<br />afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-12090681349636852282012-06-20T14:06:00.001-07:002012-09-27T06:18:44.668-07:00A bit of everythingHello everyone,<br />
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This post is a bit of everything. First two sketches are some pages of my new Moleskine :) one has the recipes my cousin sends to me every now and then whole the other is a sketch done from our hotel view in Ria Lagartos (beautiful place!).<br />
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I have found a good art shop and bought linoleum sheets and made my dad bring my craving kit ;) so i started with some reptiles. An example are these frogs. I bought water based paint, i have not really worked with it, i have always worked with oil based. So I still dont' have a good print to show.<br />
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And the final drawing I'm sharing is also one of the reasons it has taken me a bit long to update. Mexico is going to have presidential elections in July and its becoming a very exciting and a very scary happening. Students started a few months back a movement, called "yo soy 132" against televisions that are favoring one candidate and keeping us in the dark about important information. A dirty war has started from right winged candidates agains the left and I really don't know what will happen if any of the two main men win... well we'll just have to wait and see.<br />
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<br />afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-12333731666730685502012-06-07T10:10:00.000-07:002012-09-27T06:19:19.248-07:00Water colours and sketchesHello dear friends & readers!<br />
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Firstly thank you for the batik tips ;) i have found the wax and a pot to smelt it in. I have done some experiments but still a bit unsure if i should share them haha, a birthday gift went horribly wrong last week :P<br />
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But I would like to share my continuation of experimenting with water colours. Actually I'm using chinese ink and water colour pencils. I forgot my water colours you see.. but I think it's working fine. I did this bird and i hope you can give me some tips or suggestions.<br />
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On my more comfortable zone of drawing I had this urge to draw Kukulkan or Quetzalcoatl, well a god found in most Mexican pre hispanic cultures. Its a feathered snake, which I think is totally cool. The heads you tend to find are like the one I sketched, and well the little guy is the personification or warrior. In Maya they believed you were born with an animal protector (like horoscope) and of course emperors were normally if not always Jaguars or Eagles, so they had to look the part and they would deform their bodies in order to appear like the animal. Hence the idea.<br />
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Next (yeah sorry for the whole legend talks) just a portrait of my boyfriend. Trying to get a grip in the skill of faces, his neck was too long and i think i should do this more often to train it.<br />
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<br />afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-6335050982859388022012-05-29T16:15:00.002-07:002012-09-27T06:19:50.196-07:00A little adventureHello hello!<br />
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We've been visiting pyramids the last few weekends here in Yucatan. Mayan piramids. They're incredible, so if you ever have the chance you should visit them :)<br />
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On our trips we tend to leave Merida quite early in order to be there before the crowds and it has worked pretty well. Pictures without tourists and many animals that come out in the cool of the morning. Also you get the idea of being a real explorer. This was the inspiration for my drawing today!<br />
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I have also been watching a dutch series called O'Hanlons Helden (O'Hanlons Heroe's) which is a serie-documentary about a english man who knows so much about history and biology and all those amazing subjects. In the series he follows the foot-steps of his heroes who where the men that "discovered" gorillas or dinosaurs or Mongolia. It is truly fascinating, funny and in English, if you would like to see it (you can go to VPRO.nl)<br />
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So I drew a small explorer. I have to say that many explorers where actually more barbaric than the cultures they discovered. Here in Mexico many pyramids where blown up, libraries burnt and treasures stolen, but I guess it's all part of history. Lets just say that this is a friendly modern explorer like Dora the Explorer hahaha totally harmless!<br />
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The last sketch follows my new trauma with cactus and a probable design for my batik experiment (when i find a pot to melt the wax.. any suggestions?)<br />
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Please keep commenting, i really do read them all and they make me tons of happy! I didn't reply to last ones (don't want to discriminate some since all i can think about saying is: thank you) but if you have any ideas suggestions or whatever I will! :)<br />
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<br />afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-76034194082248630032012-05-25T14:58:00.000-07:002012-09-27T06:20:22.967-07:00Toh BirdHello dear visitors!<br />
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First of all, THANK YOU to all your kind comments on last post. It has motivated me to keep on working on the new journal! :)<br />
I seriously think that Blogger should have an easier way to reply to comments. I also notice that if you get a reply you never know.. you have to go back to check it. Or is it just me?<br />
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But anyway, today I just have one drawing I want to show you, still part of the old sketchbook (don't want to leave it 1/4 blank) and it's a typical bird from this Maya region and they call it Toh. Its quite beautiful bird, and I was lucky enough to see it casually at some forest ruins.<br />
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And now I also want to you some small hand craft proyect I decided to take upon myself. I really want to learn to do Batik, but since its been hard to find the wax i decided to first just play around with some materials and see what I could come up with. I made a small foto series to show you the process. The end product is a funny bean bag, i guess to decorate you table or umm to stop papers flowing away on a windy day... hahaha yeah still have to decide its use.<br />
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<br />afkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116728312622759357noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911028533542629948.post-58114124222816829892012-05-22T11:42:00.002-07:002012-09-27T06:21:01.500-07:00NEW JOURNAL!Thanks to the encouraging comments on last post, i decided to pull up my trousers and begin my new sketch journal!<br />
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So here i present to you my 1st Moleskine journal! I still have to finish my recycled paper one, but I think i'll be working happily on both.<br />
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OK so i know the foto is not very sharp, but it is still a WIP ;) I decided to decorate it with the two countries I feel most at home and where I've been traveling back and forth for almost my whole life.<br />
Since sometimes I do get a drawing block, i decided to use the EDM list of drawings! So in every 8-10 pages i decided to put a challenge:<br />
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Many journals i have seen have inspired me allot and since I love food I decided to follow the food-journals for now. I might want to add some real stories on my pictures, but i just don't know if my handwritting would ruin everything.. well that's just me rambling about. </div>
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Lets move on! The first drawing is of my breakfast at my local market here in Merida :) and the second one was made at my favourite lunch place: Cafe Creme (calle 41) its just amazing place! The owner is a very nice french man called Eric and he makes the most delicious salads! (its strange how with so many vegetables and ingredients, you can never find decent salads in Mexico)</div>
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Below are the coloured versions. I used water colours and maybe for the quiche drawing i will add some more things. That's what happens with colours.. suddendly white is really WHITE haha. I don't know if colour is my thing, but i guess it does give more life to these food entries ;)<br />
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