pronounced "Kōsha”
I’m an artist and creative entrepreneur living in the Netherlands. I love drawing and I do it every day. On this website, I hope to inspire you to develop a drawing practice too, because it can make you feel good.
Photo by Rick Keus
My book Life is better when you draw it, is self published and available as print-on-demand online. But there are now a few book stores in the Netherlands who sell it. One of them is also one of my favorite book shops: Hoogstins , in Amsterdam. To celebrate that my book is available in this wonderful shop, come draw with me and let me sign your book.
We can wait for some opportunity (or worse: “inspiration”!) to miraculously pop up, or wait for the moment that finally the week turns into 8 days, life gets less busy, or an hour consists of 80 instead of 60 minutes. But let’s be honest… who are we kidding anyway?
Drawing is priority. You need it to stay sane. You REALLY only need a few minutes with your sketchbook and pen.
I promise you will feel calm and much better after this exercise.Let's do this together. Right now.
Today I am sharing a video from the archives - one that I referred to in last week's video. It's about capturing proportions and perspective by using negative spaces. It's amazingly effective.
I am invited for a Draw Along - not as a guest but as an artist. We’re kicking off the new year, drawing together, and chatting about creativity, plans and resolutions, and more.
Are you joining me on Wednesday, January 4?
Time: 11:30am (NYC time)
For today's video, I recorded the process of drawing my living room.
While you watch the drawing process, you'll hear me talk about some of the obstacles we all meet when drawing an interior. I'll also address questions that I got from you here, from students, patrons and online followers.
I’m happy to announce my first live online Mini-Workshop of 2023.
Let's have a Drawing Party next month!
We'll celebrate the new year and our creativity during the January mini-workshop.
Today, upon request, I'll flip through the pages of my book Life Is Better When You Draw It.
It took me about 2 years to write, design and self-publish the book. And it sounds easy, but there's a LOT to figure out as an illustrator who temporarily takes on the role of an writerrand self-publishing author. Especially when you never self-published a book before.
So today I will be sharing the challenges, obstacles, highs and lows of the book making process.
In today’s video, I am showing you the pages of the Etchr Lab sketchbook that I filled in October and November this year.
On my own YouTube channel, I often get interesting questions in the comments - which I try to reply to timely and properly. I took some screenshots of the latest threads to share with you here. I hope you’ll find it useful.
When I went for a walk with my sketchbook in my bag, I realized that this might just be the last sunny fall opportunity for a drawing outside this year. So I decided to share the process with you.
Will you come with me in November 2023? We’ll draw in the narrow streets of Rabat, Valetta or Mdina, have a wonderful travel-and-art-experience, capturing it all in our sketchbooks.
Hou je van tekenen en gun je jezelf een weekendje weg om je helemaal onder te dompelen in creativiteit? Maak dan je agenda vrij voor het weekend van 27 januari! Kom mee naar Maastricht met saboine Wisman en mij, om lekker veel te tekenen en je creativiteit een boost te geven.
With the change of the season, I suddenly tend to draw more inside. The living room, my husband, but I also try to make time to pop into a coffee shop for a hot drink and a drawing during my daily walks. My choice of materials suddenly is changing too. And it’s all fine. Letting go to make space for other things.
Today, Let’s get some answers to the many questions about fountain pen nibs and inks!
Today, I am experimenting with a black paper background. That's because I got some questions about it from my Patreon community.
In the October session, a few questions came up about capturing darks and shadows, so that gave me an idea for this week in my Draw Tip Tuesday video. And yesterday we dug into it deeper. Will you join me next month?
Drop shadows can add context to the subject or subjects in your drawings. There’s a lot of information in there.
Find a pen with watersoluble ink, like a fine liner or marker (I'm pretty sure you have one in your stash of art supplies!), use it to make a drawing. Then use a brush and water to play with diluting ink, adding shading and other fun bits.
Does it ever happen that you're ready to draw, you have your sketchbook open, you sip from the drink you poured yourself... and then you don't know WHAT to draw?
