Part of the Night Watch painted my way with oil pastel.
It is fun and also very inspiring to try to make something that looks a tiny bit like the real Night Watch. It is difficult to make small details with pastel chalk, especially as I have done on a small painting, but that is the fun of painting, trying to work with various materials and then waiting to see what comes out.
I have time to draw and paint more after years of volunteer work for the St. Care Foundation The Gambia. Inspiration I got in the Gambia where I also lived. The colors, the population and life is a great source of inspiration. But also the quieter.. Read more…