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
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?
Today I am sharing some of the "secrets" artists and designers use, which you now can start implementing in your drawings too, to bring more depth and life into your drawings.
Every month, I host a live online mini-workshop. I love how we get together monthly for a drawing party. I prepare instruction for each session, and we’ll work on an assignment during the 90-minute session, and I would love to see you in the next session, in November.
I've spent some time in France to teach classes, and of course to draw a lot. So today, I am flipping through the pages of my sketchbooks.
Looking at this drawing brings me so much joy! It reminds me of the time I spent that morning with Lisa Sonora on the Sunday market.
You can't compare your beginning to someone else's middle. Also: talent is often confused with hard work.
I took a break from my blog, Patreon and Youtube in August, but I didn't sit still. I filled quite some sketchbooks during summer. So welcome to this Mega Sketchbook Tour.
