ARTWEST Amsterdam

The last couple of weeks I’ve been working hard to finish up for my upcoming open studio weekend which will be on November 21^st and 22^nd. Together with my artist colleagues Jan Baas, Ina Brekelmans, Edwin Emmens and Ellen Huijsmans (Grafisch Collectief Thoets) I’m participating in a new art event in Amsterdam, ARTWEST Amsterdam.

We’re hoping for a good turn-out and good weather. If you’re in the neighbourhood come and visit!!

Nassaukade 321, Amsterdam. On both Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 till 18:00.

Experiment (3)

Just realized I didn’t tell you about experiment # 3: claybord by Ampersand. I had big hopes for this one because on the leaflet that comes with the claybord it says: ‘absorbent (…), perfect for inks, gouache, egg tempera, pencil (…)’ so I thought it would be perfect for my ink and pencil combination.

When I got it out of the wrapping the surface felt smooth. I wondered how this was going to absorb and hold watery materials. Well, it didn’t.

To save the mess I tried to sand the surface and that helped a little but didn’t give the results that I was hoping for. So as for Ampersand surfaces I’ll stick to the aquabord.

For the drawing below I used Derwent Inktensepencils, Lukas Illucolor Pigmented ink and it is done on Ampersand aquabord.