Recent content by Hans

Your kind words are appreciated folks. The lady is holding a "cha sen" in her right hand. It is a tea whisk made of thin strips of bamboo. It did not come out very well in the photograph I made of the painting.

Since my stay in Japan for a few years in the mid 1980's I have an interest in most things related to Japanese culture. No surprise therefore that when I came across a photograph on Internet of a tea-ceremony I just had to use it for a painting. The size is 50 * 60 cm on canvas. Commenst as...

Wijlre is a village in the far south of The Netherlands. It has castle called Wijlre Castle, although in my view it is more of a manor. Anyway, we visited the area a few years ago at which time I made the photograph the attached watercolor is based on. The size is 30 * 40 cm on Terschelling...

Looks good!!

Although I consider myself more of a portraitpainter than a landscape painter I occasionally do cityscapes and landscapes. The attached watercolor is a typically Dutch polderlandscape near the village of Schermerhorn. It is based on one of my own photographs and as usual without underdrawing...

Gerard is one of the clubmembers who is almost always present on Thursdaynights. In the absence of models (Corona again) he volunteered to act as model. As usual I made some quick sketches of him and took a photograph. In my studio I proceeded to render him in watercolor, also as usual without...

You may remember Paul from my previous posts in the Drawing and Watermedia forums. Based on these works and a photograph I took during the modelling session I now tried to immortalize him in oil paint on canvasboard sized 30 * 40 cm. Comments as usual appreciated. Regards, Hans

Thanks folks. Your kind words are appreciated.

Here my rendering of Hanneke in watercolors. As usual I made some preliminary drawings and photographs when she posed for our group first (see the relative thread in the Drawing forum if you are interested), followed by this watercolor in my studio. No pencil drawing was made by me on the...

Please meet Hanneke, one of the members of our group who was kind enough to pose for us last Thursday. Based on this drawing and a photograph I took I will as usual try to portray her in watercolor and or oilpaint. Regards, Hans

Thanks very much for your kind words everyone. Much appreciated.

Please have a look at my previous post in drawing (https://creativespark.art/threads/my-first-post-here.2361/#post-38658) on my procedure for portraits. Attached the subsequent watercolor which I made in my studio directly with the brush (no drawing). Regards, Hans

In my introduction of today (Welcome centre) I wrote the my club has a portraitmodel every week. My usual procedure is to first make a quick drawing (app 5 minutes) in a nero pencil, followed by a drawing in sanguine, which will take me about 15 to 20 minutes. After the subsequent coffee break a...

Yet another escapee from WetCanvas! I have been painting as an amateur for the last 20 years or so. My favourite subjects are portraits, the figure, cityscapes and landscapes. I work in watercolor, oilpaints, ink (walnut) and charcoal. The amateur club I belong to has a portraitmodel every week...