It is with relief and sadness at the same time that I announce the end of my 2011 Weekly Portrait Project. I started drawing one portrait a week pretty impulsively, in january, thinking I could do a portrait a DAY. Within a week I was proven wrong. So it got changed into a weekly self [...]
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SOLD: Lieke
Kitty Kilian, digital portrait on paper, 30 x 30 cm/12 x 12 in. Photo’s, photoshop. This is Lieke (3). Her mom loves dressing her in skirts and would readily put bows in her hair. But Lieke prefers climbing up trees. She is also fond of finger painting, baking cookies, and eating popsicles. And right [...]
SOLD: Seoyoung & Jungyoon
Meet Seoyoung from Seoul. She is five. She may seem shy at first, but she’s real cheeky when she’s at ease. Like most girls her age she loves to draw and to paint, she likes ribbons and girly clothes. She has not started school yet, but her grandmother is already teaching her how to read [...]
SOLD: Baby Benjamin
Baby Benjamin lives abroad, so his grandparents needed a portrait. He is 9 months old, his grandma says, and he is an energetic, very awake little guy who already has a good sense of what he wants. He is curious and loves to read books. And no one, no one can resist his big brown [...]
SOLD: three kids and a dog
Kitty Kilian, Mixed media portrait on panel: three kids, one dog and a sailboat A birthday gift for a father who loves to sail. He also loves his three kids and his dog, of course. And his wife, who is not in the picture. This is a combination of collage (of altered photo’s), painting and [...]
SOLD: Sophie, graduation
Sophie, high school graduation, photo’s, photoshop, 30 x 30 cm/ 12 x 12 in Sophie’s mom saw Jule’s mom last week and phoned to ask if I could do a portrait of her daughter, too. And quickly, because today was graduation day. Of course I could – I love doing such portraits – so she [...]
SOLD: Jule
Jule, high school graduation, photo’s, photoshop, 30 x 30 cm/ 12 x 12 in A different style this week for Jule. Jule is graduating from secondary school and moving on to university. Her parents asked for a portrait for her to take along, and sent me a bunch of pictures with special memories. Jule is [...]
SOLD: Roel en Kees
Roel en Kees recently got married. A dear friend asked for this portrait as a wedding gift. Roel Kees The cat The print Would you like me to do your portrait as well? Check this out.
SOLD: Carol
This is Carol from Ohio, USA. She is a mom of three and a social worker, who works in a hospice. Carol is a great communicator. She is witty. She is positive. And realistic. A great combination. She is also, as she puts it, an art historian by marriage. Her wish for a portrait: ‘Make [...]
SOLD: 28 Sophie
Sophie is 5. She is an active little thing: she talks incessantly – while dancing about the house. Ballet class is her favorite pastime. When she’s out she’s always collecting treasures: stones, shells, shiny beads and bottle caps. And then she loves to draw and to paint, says her mom. Often she’ll be up first [...]
SOLD: Marli Anne
Marli Anne is only two, but she knows what she wants! You can tell by the look in her eyes. She is sweet, cheerful and a little naughty. She loves to tend the vegetable garden with her mom and to draw the lots for giveaways. Sometime soon she is going to have a little sister. [...]
SOLD: Ellen and Bart
Ellen is an illustrator with a background in psychology. Bart is a musician – he is the drummer of the band. I mean, of four different bands. No wonder they hang out at music festivals a lot, such as the Great Wide Open at the beautiful Dutch isle of Vlieland, every June. Ellen and Bart [...]
SOLD: Ellie
This is Ellie from Australia. She is 3. And she has turned a neat family of four upside down. Her mom says she’s an ‘absolute nutbag’. Her first word after ‘Mum’ was ‘Bubbles’, which she says with a husky Italian accent for some reason. She loves bubbles, balloons and Joe, her brother, who calls her [...]
Sold: Seb
This is Seb (5), again. One of the first portraits on this blog was of him. But his mom asked for portraits of her other kids too, so I drew him again in the same style as Lot and Duuk. Seb a very special little boy. His life is not always easy, but Seb does [...]
Sold: Duuk
Duuk is 3. Hard to say what he likes best: cuddling up while clutching his little white rag with orange polkadots, drawing in his colouring books, swimming… Duuk is one of those little boys who makes up his own Toy Stories while playing with his little figurines for hours on end. Not that he shies [...]
SOLD: Lot
‘Hi, I am Lot, almost (in 22 days) 10 years old. My hobbies are dancing, playing tennis, hockey, drawing and reading. My favorite colours are pink and blue. I like light colours best. I am usually very cheerful and I hope I have told you enough about myself now!’
SOLD: Ralf and Matthijs
Alien team Ralf and Matthijs are 5. They are happy, cheerful little boys and hard to keep apart. They are best friends as well as twins. Matthijs Ralf and Matthijs have lots of favorite pastimes: playing outdoors, cycling, singing, doing crafts and drawings letters, aliens and rockets. Ralf Of course they do! And may the [...]
SOLD: Rhys
This is Rhys (7). He lives in Australia. His mom says he has a big and energetic personality, as big and generous as his heart. He has a rich imagination, he is vibrant and full of life.. and as much as his mom clearly loves him, he loves Coco, his Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. Oh [...]
19 Carla
Marit’s mom Carla died a few months back and Marit wanted a portrait of her. Carla loved reading and working in the garden. Roses were her favorite flowers. Her collie Paco now lives with her daughter.
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