Mini mandala's in black and white...

Hi there!

In mijn laatste post beloofde ik jullie foto's van mijn zwart-wit doedels, dus ..hier zijn ze:
In my last post I promised to show you my black and white doodles, so..here they are:

Hoezeer ik ook hou van werken in (heel veel) kleur, toch ben ik ook gek op het werken in zwart-wit. Deze heb ik gemaakt met een 'gewone' vulpen. Kleine verhaaltjes in een soort mini mandala vorm. Ik begin gewoon met een soort ronde vorm en een paar lijnen en dan komt het plaatje' vanzelf...

As much as I love to work with (lots of) color, I'm also very much attracted to working in black and white. These I made with a normal fountain pen. Little stories in a sort of mandala form. I just start these with making a sort of rounded form and some lines, and then the 'story' unfolds like that...

Hope you like them!

Be happy and have a nice Sunday,
Madeleine

p.s. within a few days these mandala's will be available as downloadable art in my Etsy shop! I will let you know.

Updating.....

Hi you all!!!

Hope everyone is still enjoying these last beautiful days of summer!! Although school/ work etc etc has begun again, there's still enough time inbetween (luckily) to enjoy the sunshine & being outside...
I've been really busy catering for customers, setting up new workshops, preparing a new workspace at my house where workshops can be given, attending a market and, most of all...making art!
Some of the things I've made lately:

Journal pages:

And a painting:

And a mandala on a round canvas (really fun to make):

I've also been making lots of doodle drawings, but as they are so very different from the above mixed media things, I'll talk about them in my next post ( and I promise I won't stay away too long this time !!)

bye for now and be happy,
Madeleine

Little Gifts Of Happiness...

Even tussendoor:

heb een hele serie kleine doodle drawings gemaakt voor mijn Etsy shop. Allemaal 10x15 cm en ingelijst:

Made a new series of small doodle drawings for my Etsy shop; all of them 4x6 inches and ina frame:

I call them "Little Gifts Of Happiness".
So happy & colorful they brighten up your day :) :)

Bye for now and be happy!
Madeleine

Oh my.....was it that long???

Hi there!

Is het echt al meer dan een maand geleden dat ik hier was??? Zomervakantie is echt geweldig, maar niet goed voor het bloggen!
Ik zal gauw even een snelle update geven over waar ik mee bezig ben geweest (wat betreft kunstige dingen dan...)
In willekeurige volgorde:

Is it really over a month ago that I was here????? Summer holidays are great, but not good for blogging haha..
Let me just give you a quick update of what I've been up to (artmaking-wise that is..)
In random order:

My latest art journal pages...

Made some painted tea boxes:

Lots of coloring pages pages and other (downloadable!!) art in my Etsy shop:

Little paintings/collages with houses...(also in the shop)

Made lots of small tissue paper collages:

Well, these are just a few of the things I've been busy with.
Furthermore, we had a lovely holiday in Ireland! (of which I'll post some pics the next time)
And, I've got some great news about a new webshop (with art & workshops) I've just opened up!
But I'll dedicate a whole post to that one next time :) :)

Bye for now and be happy,
Madeleine

NEW WORKSHOP !

Hello there!

Afgelopen zaterdag hebben we onze eerste gezamenlijke workshop gegeven: ik deed de organisatie van de workshop "Painted bottles" en mijn vriendin Melanie verzorgde er een heerlijke High Tea bij. Hieronder alvast een impressie. Er volgt binnenkort meer info over onze worshops én een nieuwe site!

Last Saturday we organised our first workshop together: I gave a workshop "Painted bottles" and my friend Melanie made a wonderful High Tea for all the participants! Below a first impression; more info on our worshops ánd a new site will follow soon!

Such lovely results! It really was a great afternoon!

Bye & be happy,
Madeleine

Recycling

Just a quick post today!
Have recycled some ice cream tin cans into colorful pen/ marker holders:

Love them!

byebye & be happy!
Madeleine

New thingies..

Oeps, allang niet meer geblogd, sorry ! / Oops, long time no blog...I'm sorry !
Even een update van dingen die ik onlangs heb gefabriceerd.
Just an update on what I've been making lately.

Finished some journal pages:

Made a 2nd BIG size flower painting:

'Baked' a cake:

made another painted bottle:

and finally finished my 'village' painting.

Well , that are quite a lot of photo's , all in one post! Up to date again :)
Hope you like it!

Bye & be happy,
Madeleine