Hi there, I’m Koosje!

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

Travel Sketchbook Tour

Travel Sketchbook Tour

Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!

Travel with me today, as I take you on a sketchbook tour of my Greece Sketchbooks.
At the beginning of October, I went on a 12-day trip to Greece with The Blue Walk (https://www.thebluewalk.com/).

We traveled from Athens to Amorgos, then Naxos, and we ended on Santorini.

On the trip, I taught a group of artists how to fill their travel sketchbooks. We had class every day in the most amazing places - I feel so lucky and priviliged to have been on this fantastic trip.

Today, I am sharing the drawings i made while I was there - some of them I did as drawing demonstrations during class, others are 'regular' travel sketchbook pages. Hopefully by looking at my pages, you'll be feeling the vacation vibe and feel like you're with me for a moment at these exotic surroundings. I also hope that it inspires you to capture moments in daily life - to remember small (day-to-day) adventures and to be in the moment with just you, your sketchbook and your favorite art materials.

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Materials used in the sketchbooks in this video:

-Hahnemühle Nostalgie A4 Sketchbook
-Hahnemühle Nostalgie A6 Sketchbook
-Sailor fountain pen with calligraphy nib, filled with Platinum Carbon Black ink
-Lamy Safari nib B, filled with Platinum Carbon Black ink
-Pentel pocket brush pen (with the ink cartridge that comes with it)
-Sailor fountain pen with calligraphy nib, filled with Rohrer &Klingner grey SketchInk
-Daniel Smith  watercolors
-Pentel Aquash waterbrush
-Caran d’Ache Luminance colored pencils
-Caran d’Ache Neocolor I wax crayons

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