Februari sketchbook

In February, I've been using two sketchbooks: An A4 Royal Talens, and an A5 from Moleskine. As in the previous month, I worked a lot with the Artgraf, a bit with...

How to reactivate your creative energy?

It happens to all of us creatives. Writers, illustrators, painters, and everyone who creates might find the well of inspiration and creative energy run dry occasionally. I used to be surprised...

International day of women and girls in science (11 Feb)

International days/weeks are opportunities to educate the public on issues of concern, to mobilize political will and resources to address global problems and to celebrate and reinforce achievements of humanity,...

January treasures

1/ Knetterijs pins. Knetterijs is a group of freelance illustrators and I finally got some of their pins! it was hard to choose only a few, but they are so cute...

Winter sketchbook (flip through video)

A little over a month of drawing in about a minute of video. This sketchbook was started during the first holiday drawing session with Emma Carlisle and Sarah Dyer, but it...

Swatch cards and winter color palettes

Acrylic paint is often my weapon of choice as I love the versatility. Even with only a few colors, you can mix, layer, and create texture. But I've been trying...

Experiments with the dark field method (printmaking)

The dark field method is a subtractive method of printmaking. In this case, you start by covering a copper plate with lithographic ink (+ 10% miracle gel). Compared to, for...

December ’23 sketchbook

This December, the holiday and festive spirit were the main focus of my sketchbook for several reasons. First of all, with all the sh*t going on in the world, combined with...

November Sketchbook

Sometimes November can feel like a very long and dark month, but not this time! December arrived so fast and now that I'm collecting all the sketches, I realize that...

Folktale week 2023, the sketches

Some pages from the rough sketchbook where I doodle thumbnails and let lines search for the story that I used for Folketale week. These small boxes with lines that don't...