Citroen HY

"Under Construction"

Pen and Watercolour

150 x 220 mm

Terschelling Classic 200 grs

Jaguar XK120

Pen and Watercolour

150 x 220 mm

Terschelling Classic 200 grs

Best Campsite Ever

Pen & Watercolour

260 x 360 mm

Terschelling Classic 300 grs

NewYork Cab in Florida

Pen & Watercolour

290 x 400 mm

Canson 300 grs

Ford Mustang 1966 GT Coupe

Ink & Watercolour

183 x 290 mm

300 grs Canson

Ford Badge

Ink & Watercolour

148 x 210 mm
300 grs

Who Is Afraid Of Red, Yellow Or Blue

Three Is A Crowd

The ultimate cult-car nowadays: the Volkswagen Transporter. Here I've drawn three of them in a sort of German garage. People pay little fortunes to have one. Regarding the price you had to pay fifty years ago, you might say they were a good investment. But most of these cars were used by entrepeneurs for their daily business. So few are saved in good condition, which also explains their raisen value.
Pen and ink with watercolor on 300 grs Canson paper.

Happy Newhair!

To all of you and your loved ones the best wishes. Hopefully lots of fun and joy in the coming year.

I've made a cartoonesk postcard, where every member of the family has the most remarkable hairstyle. Except for one person, because he choosed to be bold some years ago... The phrase is Dutch and means: "Happy Newhair", instead of the normal phrase you'll see on cards in this time of year.
Pen, ink and watercolour.

A Gathering Of Redis

Sharpen Your Pencils!

Drawing For My Website

After several months looking at the drawing on the homepage of my website, I suddenly realised why it doesn't appeal anymore. It was to pale, sloppy and lacked contrast. Furthermore it didn't tell a story. There was no action. So I've adjusted it a little bit. I used the same brushes of the drawing before, but added some more action into the drawing. Didn't use a white background, which didn't look 'classy' at all. Put some more colourcontrast into it, et voila: a new drawing was born! Same subject, different approach.
Pen and watercolor, 15 x 22 cm.

Mini Cooper S

Citroën Traction Avant

After several black and white drawings I decided it was time to make a coloured one. This is the 6 cylinder version of the Citroën Traction Avant. A model build from 1938 till 1955. On a dry, sunny day they sometimes come out of their garages and  can be spotted 'in the wild'. Not only a beatifull car to see, but also nice to draw from almost any angle.
Pen and watercolor on 300 grs Canson cold pressed cellulose.

Close Encounter Of An Inspirational Kind

A few years ago I posted a cartoon of a Citroën 2CV. Yesterday I saw the Citroen commercial for the new Citroen C4 ( link ).
I couldn't help thinking that I've inspired in some odd way Citroën's marketing department. Or is this a typical case of wishfull thinking?

Cartoon

I was asked to draw a cartoon about measuring methods for bed sores in the hospital my wife works. It is not yet known if the method I came up with for this drawing will be actually implementated.
Pen and ink and watercolor on Fabriano 300.

Volkswagen Transporter

I'm a bit into delivery vans lately. It's fun to draw them. For instance this Volkswagen Transporter, build in the fifties. It's a Type 2 Volkswagen. Type 1 is the world famous Beetle and Type 2 is actually based on it. Enthusiasts call this Type 2 also "splitty"or "split screens" due to the fact that the front windscreen is split in two. I found a lot of pictures on the internet of this model, so I guess I'm not the only one who likes them.
Pen and ink and watercolor.

Citroën HY

The Citroën HY was produced between 1947 and 1981. There were more than 400,000 sold, in all different kinds. Due to the fact that engine, gearbox and steering were all situated in the front, many varieties could be made. For instance campers, delivery vans, pickups or snackcars. A typical example of 'Form Follows Function'. Source: Wikipedia.
Drawing made with ink and watercolor.

Self promo

It's such nice weather outside, I thought it would be nice to add a colour and countryside-like drawing to my blog. In the technique I like the best: ink and watercolor. As a matter of fact I've placed this drawing also on the homepage of my website .

Illustration Friday Satellite

Just too bad the French didn't recognize the full potential of the Citroën 2 CV.