Carport Cactus

 Faber-Castell Pitt, S+B, 14 x 21 cm

Lienz

 

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

Volkswagen T1 - "der Bulli"

Ink & Watercolor

150x220 mm

Terschelling Classic 200 grs

Lancia Stratos

Pen Drawing

210 x 290 mm

Canson 180 grs

Ford Super Deluxe '46, VW Beetle '68, VW Transporter t1

Pen & Ink

210 x 300 mm

Canson 180 grs

Mercedes Benz 450 SL Roadster

Pen Drawing

200 x 300 mm

Canson 180 grs

Ford Mustang 1966 GT Coupe

Ink & Watercolour

183 x 290 mm

300 grs Canson

The Mustang

Ink & Watercolour

210 x 150 mm

300 grs Terschelling Rough

Illustration Friday - Vintage

Pen Drawing

150 x 220 mm
300 grs Canson

Alfa Romeo Montreal Coupe 1970

Pen Drawing

200 x 300 mm

Canson 180 grs

Alfa Romeo badge

Pen Drawing

190 x 190 mm

Canson 180 grs

MG badge on chromed grille

Pen, ink,watercolour and pencil

200 x 300 mm

Canson 180 grs

And Now For Something Completely Different

Due to several time-consuming activities both work as sparetime related, I have not been able to make a lot of pen drawings the past few months. Mainly because I have taken up a course of management science in combination with the start up of the new company by my employer.
But for a good friend you'll allways make time. As it was in this case where a friended couple both turned 50. To celebrate this unique event they invited us over last weekend, with a bunch of other friends. We all took our kids and camping gear with us, so it was quite a happening. Furthermore the Dutch soccerteam won the match against Costa Rica, so the festivities lasted a great part into the night.
As a gift I've drawn the farmhouse our friends bought a couple of years ago. It's situated in the north-east of the Netherlands, near the German border, in one of the more remoted parts of the country. For us it is allways quite a trip to get there, not only in means of distance but also in means of atmosphere: more rural then we are used to. The kids had a wonderful time, though. There were lots of activities to be done, water and mud included, which led for quite a lot of dirty clothes in just two days.
Pen and ink and watercolor on 300 grs Canson.

"Just keep on drawing, I say"

Some drawings seem to last forever just finishing them. This drawing for instance keeps on giving me headaches. Starting off I had some very good ideas, I thought. But when I started sketching most of those splendid ideas didn't turn out the way I thought they would. And now I've finished the inking part, I'm still not sure which colourscheme I should use. 

Jaguar XK 120

A couple of weeks ago I've spotted this car nearby, at the Zandvoort Circuit. It's a left-hand drive Jaguar XK 120. I didn't find the owner to make a chat with him about the car, so I've put his initials on the number plate. As a sort of 'thank you for keeping this car in this splendid condition'. Pen and ink.

King Of The Road

Yesterday we had the Royal Inauguration of our new King. We also had fancy fairs throughout the country and on the one held in our village I came across a model of a car we really like: a Volkswagen Microbus.
This one is a scalemodel of the 1962 model and we are hoping to buy a real one, in the future. There are not so many good ones left over the years and the ones still riding are all a bit above our current budget. So I'm not sure we can get our hands on a model like this. But a more recent model will be quite welcome also.
Sketch made with my Visconti-pen this morning, right after breakfast.

Woolen Hat

My daughter and I went to the library a couple of days ago. The visit became a typical case of: "Wherever I Lay My Hat, Then It's Gone".
Nobody had seen my cool hat, extra warm in winters because of the double layer. Why should they? It's just a hat.
But not every hat is just a hat. It becomes almost a part of your head when it feels comfortable to wear. Anyway, we had to buy another one and my daughter's choice won: a woolen hat. Nice, cosy, warm and cool, all for the price of... too much, in my opinion.
Pen and ink with Visconti.

Keeping The Head Warm

Most people won't use a balaclava on their bike. Simply because they don't go biking in freezing cold weather. Of course I have done that, otherwise I didn't put up this topic. But I must say that it became very sweaty under the balaclava. It didn't feel comfortable at all. Furthermore I've had a terrible odour afterwards. So nowadays I use an other sort of hat during freezing cold bikerides. The balaclava will only be used on, for instance, freezing cold hikes. I don't know how that works out, because I haven't hiked yet during freezing cold conditions. But I promise I'll keep you informed.
Pen and ink with Visconti pen.