Hiding ball python

"Hiding"

6x6 inch

oil on gessobord

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Every ball python has a different pattern. You can see forms in them. Mostly you can see the typical alienheads, but this pastelcolored one has a little heartshape.



ball python

 

"Ball python"

6x6 inch (15.2 cm)

oil on gessobord

 

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stating the obvious

"Stating the obvious"

6x8 inch (15.2 x 20.3 cm)

oil on gessobord

 

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This is such a funny sign. I was running and had to wait for a traffic light and saw this. I must have seen it a million times but never noticed it- a sign to tell you you have to push the obvious, surrounded by yellow, button. The guy in the sign looks so stiff, you don't think he will make it across anyway. He is better off not to push it..
Now I see it everywhere.





Outside drinks

 

"Outside drinks"

9x12 inch (23x30.5 cm)

oil on canvas

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It's cold but no one seems to mind. Fire is burning, drinks are being replaced as soon as finished, there is laughter, everyone is having a good time. Just a friday night somewhere in The Hague.

 

It wasn't totally dark yet, but I had to redo the dark bits 3 times to make it dark enough to let the fire stand out. I should try to paint from dark to light next time, maybe start out on a dark purple background instead of my usual burned sienna one...



Dutch cow

"Dutch cow"

6x6 inch (15x15 cm)

oil on gessobord

 

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This beauty cow with her yellow, numbered earrings, caught my attention at the petting zoo. I tried to paint it less saturated than I normally do, inspired by the Dutch masters. Mix the colors you see, not the colors the picture tells you, that's my own learning point for today :)

Cow at the petting zoo

"Cow at the petting zoo"

8x10 inch (20x25 cm)

oil on stretched canvas

 

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I do get into the Dutch theme lately...what is that besides windmills and cloggs? Cows! They are very normal here for the Dutch but I am again (after my recent repatriation) amazed by such a big lump of animal, adapted to all the running kids around her, waiting for her stable to open because it's feeding time. Just a wonderful animal.

Ik kom helemaal in het Nederlandse thema de laatste tijd... wat houdt dat in behalve molens en klompen? Koeien! Ze zijn heel normaal hier voor de Nederlanders maar ik ben opnieuw (na mijn terugkeer naar Nederland) verbaasd door zo'n klomp van een dier, volledig gewend aan al de rennende kinderen, wachtend tot haar stal open gaat voor etenstijd. Gewoon een geweldig dier.

A dry drivers view

"A dry drivers view"

6x6 inch

oil on gessobord

 

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On my way home, in the car. This is in The Hague. I wanted to capture the rain in this painting. To feel the wet and cold when you look at it. This in contrast with the beauty of the bright, washed colors.
Rain does have his advantages :)