twin pears

Have not done any real serious painting project these past weeks. Hopefully, next month I will be able to concentrate again in a more fine project. But here is a painting of pears from my quick brush strokes.

just another sketch of roses

A loose and quick watercolor sketch of roses. 

Did this while thinking of a new subject to paint.

Grapes III: wip

Another grapes I started to paint last week - in watercolor, 24x30 cm in size. 

I used my previous 2 paintings as reference for this one. Your comments are welcome.

More happy days in the coming week to everyone.

A rose for MH17 victims

Yesterday, it was so touching to see on TV how the Dutch government accorded with great respect the remains of the victims of the Malaysian airlines flight 17 that was shot down in eastern Ukraine. The transport of all the victims' remains from Ukraine is not yet over but it will be finished soon. To express my sympathy to the loved ones of the victims, I posted this rose which I quickly sketched directly on paper with a brush and watercolor paints. I hope they will find comfort and peace in the middle of their suffering.

Apple blossoms II

Watercolor, 27x35 cm

I think I have not yet postedd this painting here although I finished it last June. For reference, I used my own photographs and I also referred to the images I saw in the internet for some details.  I painted this second apple blossoms in order to become familiar with the details of the subject. 

One week trip to France

Just back from a week travel to France. Had seen Tour de France and were at a cattle farm, a wine city of Riquewihr and other places in France. In driving back to Holland, we also stopped at a few places along the Rhine river in Germany. See some pictures below:

Tour de France2014, L'Epine, France

Tour de France 2014, L'Epine, France

 Road to Riquewihr. In the background are examples of grapes
plantations for the D' Alsace wines. Riquewihr itself is a home
for a lot of wine distilleries.

Houses and shops, Riquewihr city center

 Riquewihr city center

Riquewihr city center

A view from where the Loreley statue stands in the middle
of the Rhine river in Germany.

papaya fruit

Watercolor

 Papaya, a tropical fruit. 

There are many varieties of this fruit, but this one above is from the Philippines.

hibiscus, wip

This is work in progress.

Inspired by my own picture which was taken from Orchideeënhoeve in Luttelgeest, Holland.

In watercolors, 24x30 cm in size.

Old building in Mont-Saint-Jean, France

I saw this old building during our visit to a beautiful village Mont-Saint-Jean in France last year - 2 June 2013. We were on our visit to a family member's family who lives in Morvan region when we visited the place. The building caught my attention because it is old and I was curious how it is being used. I assumed the building belongs to a farmer and that it serves as his farm storehouse. I really enjoyed walking around the center of the village and I wanted to remember the place by painting this building.
This is painted in watercolors and the size is approximately 30x40 cm.

Smiling dog

I first painted this dog in watercolor. Not satisfied with the result, I used acrylic to improve the painting.