cigales on the wall, artist on the sofa

Cigales on canvas.

After a week in my atelier both cigale paintings are ready. I think it's almost a pity they are finished, because I loved painting them.

Somehow I always stay close to my color palette.
Expressive colors combined with earthy tones give the paintings a summery atmosphere.

Yesterday evening we moved the xl cigales to the wall above the sofa. We are both very pleased with the new view!

Today our grandson Liam was with us and he started 'talking' to the big bugs, hahaha...

black lemon

Black lemon on canvas.

Size of the canvas is 80 X 60 cm, acrylic paint on cotton canvas.

Charcoal black lemon (with gray freckles) on sandstone beige.

If you like more information about the painting or want to buy the black lemon canvas, please send me an email (info@woodwoolstool.com) or DM on instagram @woodwoolstool.

3 lemons on canvas

3 Lemons on canvas.

Lemon on soft pink, lemon on lilac and lemon on moroccan pink.

Size of the canvas is 80 X 60 cm, acrylic paint on cotton canvas.

If you like more information about the paintings or want to buy one of the lemons on canvas, please send me an email (info@woodwoolstool.com) or DM on instagram @woodwoolstool.

lemon painting

Today was all about painting.

For the background of the lemon (that I painted yesterday) I mixed a soft salmon pink, just like our lemon tapestry on which this painting is based.

Applying the color neatly along the lines was even more work than painting the lemon itself.

Eventually some tiny dots here and there. Which I thought was quite a tricky job hahaha, the idea you can screw up everything.

Fortunately that did not happen and I am well pleased how the lemon turned out.

And even though the lemon was supposed to be placed on a tiny wall in the kitchen, Henk and I both agreed it should be placed in the corner of the daybed.

It totally looks like a fresh spring boost!

And THIS is where the inspiration came from.

lemon painting - work in progress

L E M O N - work in progress.

I'm painting a lemon for our kitchen wall.

Haven't been paiting on canvas for months, and all of a sudden this morning I felt right in the mood for painting.

The beautiful bright 'snow' light in the studio, motivated me to start with fresh new painting project in my atelier this morning. Some white canvases were already waiting in the corner for me to pick up the brush again.

The lemon itself is inspired by the lemon wall hanging and the lemon poster from Arles in our livingroom.

The lemon base is ready, tomorrow i will continue with the background and 'perfecting' the lemon.

Henk came to visit my studio (with camera hahaha) and afterwards I had to laugh about my peculiar painting postures. Blame it on my utmost concentration.

In the afternoon we went out into the freezing cold for a walk through the picturesque snow landscape.

A fresh start of the new week so far!

color story

Color story of the new bedroom.

And yes, my first painting made it into the bedroom!

Moreover Henk surprised me with a cool Majorelle blue table, on his side of the bed.
As agreed, we both bought 'our side of the bed' part separately.

The room is awesome, things go together so well. We hadn't really planned this in advance, but it worked out well.

painting a palette

Work in progress.

I'm painting a simple color block canvas for our new bedroom. Using the colors from Marrakech, Majorelle blue and moroccan pink. I don't have that many colors in stock, so I have to mix colors and use my imagination to fill in the remaining white blocks.

Haven't been paiting on canvas for ages, but it was great fun to work in the backyard with an improvised easel. Being creative helps me to spend these weeks in a positive way and I'm beginning to 'appreciate' the time for new projects.

I am already quite satisfied with the result so far and will finish the canvas tomorrow.