Letting go

"Letting go"

6x6 inch / 15.2x15.2 cm

oil on panel

$60

buy this painting here

 

I had a hard time when my eldest daughter went to secundairy school recently. I think all mums can relate... letting go is much harder than I expected. While I wait for her to return home safely, I paint. Here she went, in the early morning sunglow.
We will get used to it.



At the cafe

"At the cafe"

24x30 cm/ 9.5x11.8 inch

oil on panel

EUR 110 / $125

buy this painting here

 



I made this painting from a few pictures I made from the restaurant from where I was sitting with my family. When the people moved around, I noticed interesting poses, which I could use in my painting. I couldn't resist making a picture of every different pose, every passing interesting bicycle, ambulance, runner, pizza delivery guy, etc. My family went nuts, no phones at the table, right? Yes, well, except for making pictures :)

 

 



 

 



Sitting outside, cityscape of Tilburg

"Sitting outside"

6x6 inch

oil on panel

$60

buy this painting here

 



This painting is made based on my trip to Tilburg recently. Wouldn't it be fun if people recognise themselves in this painting :)
The sun was out, it was one of those nice warm summer days.



"Canal in Delft"

6x6 inch / 15.2x15.2 cm

oil on panel

$60

buy this painting here

 

Delft has such attractive spots to paint. The Dutch houses, growing trees, canal and bridge and the clouds just topped it all off.


Strantent in Kijkduin

"Strandtent in Kijkduin"

24x30 cm / 9.5x11.8 inch

oil on panel

$125

Buy this painting here

One of the first warm days of summer 2017, people on the terraces, kids playing in the sand. It was a beautiful day.

brasserie interior, Delft and on the lookout, Rijswijk

"Brasserie interior"

24x30 cm

oil on panel

$125

buy this painting here

 

This painting is based on a restaurant in Delft, the Netherlands. After visiting the Vermeer house with prints of his paintings, I got inspired and saw paintings in everything. This was the first place I went to afterwards. Great light, cosy atmosphere.

 

"On the lookout"

24x30 cm

oil on panel

buy this painting here



 

I made this one close to home, on the border of Rijswijk and The Hague. It was a cold day with just bits of sun breaking through now and then. The old shed has a beautiful color in the sunlight so that's what I captured first. The horse was posing for me for at least 10 minutes! I could finish it in the field. What a great day.

seascapes

Here are some seascape paintings I did recently. They finally dried. I like the abstract bits in it, with use of lots of paint, thanks to Roos Schuring who taught me how to do that!

 

"Horses on the beach"

24x30 cm / 9.5"x11.8"

oil on panel

$125

buy this painting here

 

 

 

"Beachwalk"

24x30 cm / 9.5"x11.8"

oil on panel

$125

buy this painting here

 

 

"Sunset from the balcony"

24x30 cm / 9.5" x 11.8"

oil on panel

$125

buy this painting here



moestuintje and other new plein air paintings

 

 "New nest"

15x15 cm / 6x6 inch

oil on panel

$60

buy this painting here

 

Right outside my window is a coot on her nest. She and her man have been so busy making the nest twig by twig, this was the first stage of it. I want to make more paintings of the progress over time, I can't wait for the offspring!

 "Moestuintje"

15x15 cm / 6x6 inch

oil on panel

$60

buy this painting here

These vegetable gardens (moestuintjes) are everywhere around my house. Every Dutch person will recognise this. You get them with temporarily with your grocery shopping and they are a real hype with the kids at the moment. It's a challenge to collect them all and to see what happens when you pland the seeds. This cucumber babyplant stood in the sun so nicely, bending slightly towards the light.

 "Ducklings"

6x6 inch / 15x15 cm

oil on panel

$60

buy this painting here

 

Little ducks everywhere (not the coot yet), supercute! Protective motherducks around them. They are swimming like crazy to keep up with eachother. Survival of the fittest has begun.

 "Eating bunnys"

6x6 inch / 15x15 cm

 oil on panel

$60

buy this painting here

So, ducks, bunny's, I am totally in the easter theme. These are my 3 angora bunny's. A quick sketch, they were eating so nicely side by side. I love the fluffy ears of Floor, the middle one, I think the ears improved the composition.

Happy easter!



New website

Yess, my new website is online, check it out:
www.mirandadalessi.com

I did it all by myself and used jimdo. I will improve it constantly and will add a shop to it ASAP.

Thanks for visiting my blog and hope to see you on my site!
 

plein air painting

So, I have had the most amazing week paintwise- workshop plein air painting at the beach, with Roos Schuring. The thing I never did and proven to be very useful is the use of a big paletknife. You can add colors quickly, the light changes fast so you have to be quick. Also the colors are much fresher and the strokes get very interesting. If you use the brush after that, you have beautiful marks. I just had to be aware the strokes weren't the centre of attention.

"Beachwalk", 24x30 cm, oil on panel, Katwijk aan zee

Details from "beachwalk"

 



Dragging all the needed stuff around is just a part of the plein air process that gets easier with time.

Start of a new painting.

Best job in the world..

I not only paint horses, I look like one in this picture

 It was cold but rewarding.

Me in my zone.

 

I will post the paintings -when they are dry- in my etsy shop:

go to etsy shop

Also, I am working on my new website. It was very much time for an upgrade and it should be on air soon.
 

Swimming duck

 

"Swimming duck"

6x6 inch / 15x15 cm

oil on gessobord

$60

 

buy this painting here

 

A typical Dutch duck, you see them everywhere. They start building nests now and they swim around my house. The green in their head, the yellow beak and that little blue spot in the feathers is so fun to paint. Also, the water is greenish and the blue reflection from the sky a bit grey-ish, I saw so much color in the water. Painting something makes you look so differently at things. 

duck

"Duck"

6x6 inch / 15x15 cm

oil on gessobord

$60

buy this painting here

 

Ducks around everywhere. They look gorgeous in their green and blue colors.

Building a hut

"Building a hut"

8x8 inch / 20x20 cm

oil on stretched canvas

$70

buy this painting here

 



In 2 weeks I have a masterclas with Roos Schuring at the beach, I am looking SO forward to that, I'm counting the days. She makes amazing paintings and I have been following and admiring her work for years. I think I will learn great things from her. In preparation, I go outside regularly now to paint plein air. It is something I always wanted but never really dared to do. Out of my comfort zone.

 

This one is from a safe place: my backyard :) Kids are building a hut from waste, the blue color looks good in the still fairly colorless surrounding.

I am lucky I live in a bit of nature in the city, enough to see and paint from here. It is so much easier to get the colors right and it is totally different than painting from a picture or a computer screen.

 

 

waiting for apples

 

"Waiting for apples"

8x8 inch / 20,3 x 20,3 cm

oil on stretched canvas

$70

buy this painting here

 

I love to paint horses, it's my favorite subject, it relaxes me and it almost never gets frustrating. 



 

Corner coffeeshop

"Corner coffeeshop"

8x8 inch / 20,3x20,3 cm

oil on stretched canvas

$70

buy this painting here

 



It was daytime and I passed this coffeeshop in Rotterdam where a man was sitting outside with a sigaret and a drink. You could see vaguely inside the shop.
Add the guys plastic bag, the flowers and bicycle and I saw all the ingredients I would love to paint in 1 painting.

Busy times in Brasserie Brothers

"Busy times in Brasserie Brothers"

6x6 inch

oil on gessobord

Not for sale

 

This is my favorite place to go and so close to home! I made this painting for friends who work there. They always move very fast so I had a couple of nights where I shot many secret pictures, they were all blurry :) A little memory helped me out to make this painting.



New years eve tree burning

"New years eve tree burning"

6x6 inch/ 15,2x15,2 cm

oil on gessobord

$60

 

buy this painting here

 

I made this painting inspired by the 'complimentary challenge' on dpw. The purples against the yellows of the fire made it really stand out. Also a bit of blue against orange and a dash of green against the red. Why stick with one set of complimentaries, right? Happy it didn't turn out like a palette of colors. Strange that I hardly used any umber, which I normally use abundantly in my darks. Fun challenge!