A Painting A Day Postcard from Holland is a project, in which I intend to paint a small ('postcard-size') oil painting each day, and post it to this blog. I will depict everyday objects, local fruits and dutch landscapes. In this way I hope to give visitors a day-to-day impression of my life as an artist in Holland.
Went to paint outside today with fellow painters Rene Plein Air and Oren Sadeh-Leight. We decided to go to park Sonsbeek in Arnhem. I picked this large tree as a subject. Hope to do some more plein air paintings with Rene in the weeks to come...
Arnhem, Park Sonsbeek, 20x19 cm, oil on masonite.
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Bought a number of dried plants today among which a number of bladder cherries (or chinese lanterns?..) Want to make a still life with dried plants, but need to make a few studies first. Another landscape painting is due tomorrow. Will be visiting the Open Air Museum in Arnhem tomorrow with two fellow painters...
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Went to paint in Amsterdam yesterday, with my friend A.L. After walking around a lot, we decided to stop at the Staalkade, near the opera..
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Went to paint at my current exhibition today. The exhibition is in a chapel of a former boarding school (De Refter). There is a lot of sunlight there due to the large windows in the neo-gothic building. So I decided to paint this piece of fruit lying right in the sun. (which I normally don't do). This resulted in a nice bluish shade behind the plum..
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Today this portrait of the wonderful Mimi. Study in pencil on paper...
Portrait study (Mimi), 19x22 cm, oil on masonite.
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In the past week I've been making a lot of portrait studies. Want to start with pencil drawings to learn how to see proportions first. For this one I used a photo as a basis. Hope to post some more of these soon..
Portrait study (A.L.), 19x30 cm, oil on masonite.
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Today I may present you with the smallest apple I've ever painted. (Not much time this week, due to preparations for the exhibition 'Het Zuidelijk Realisme'. See www.zuidelijkrealisme.nl.)
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See also: www.josvanriswick.com
