Park SpoorNoord, Antwerpen

Westside of the park

Eastside of the park

Some studie material, this park in Antwerpen is quite new. The park has a basic layout and is very well used! Even in de rain ;)

Amsterdam

I had to go to Amsterdam, to take some photo's of a park and I found this great little street. Don't you just love little alley between house so you can see the "hidden" world there is on the other side? I really do!

Such sad news after a great weekend

A little boy, M - 8 years, lost his life last week. He was on vacation with his parents, when they were taking a tour with the car, some idiot who couldn't control his right feet came ahead. His father was unable to elude that car and M died instantly.
So please, remember this the next time you think of speeding!
I wish his little brother, parents, grandparents and other family and people who loved him strength and my love.

Susan

I'll report about the fun weekend later, but I'm not in the mood right now

A few hours in the garden



Having a long lunchbreak in the garden. House and I are so happy it stopped raining :)



softpastels

I tried out my softpastels, with I didn't use for so long. I'm not that good with pastels. Than I saw what Su-Pyo made with softpastels and just had to give it a try.

Love Susan

Busy weekends

inktense block, watercolors and home made stamps

It's my little niece's birthday today! So I made her a card, with some surprices in the back.
The cadeau stamp on the card, was made by me too.
I also made some little clay figures,I'll post them when they're dried and painted.

Challenge by Debra

I "found" this blog this weekend and liked the challenge she had set, go big and/or use materials your not used to. So a very good moment for me to test my new inktense blocks and work a lot bigger than I'm used to. (20 by 10 Inch. 25 bij 50 cm)
Here is what I made:


Inktense blocks and watercolor

 I made the background first, with the inktense blocks and then draw the scene with pencil.

Then I colored everything with watercolor.
At last I made the background wet, so the inkblock colors would fill in the rest.


Things I would do different next time:
1. Take more time, I was a bit in a hurry because there was a lot more I had to make.
2. Wet the paper with the inkblock colors on it before painting in the drawing.
3. Use other paper, this was far to thin for watercoloring.


Have a lovely week.


xo Susan

Handmade Stamps - Zelfgemaakte stempels

A few of the stamps I made last month.

I made some real nice onces today, but they are presents. So I will publish them next week.

Love Susan