A cold shower and a warm hug
the journey Last thursday I got on the train here in Den Haag, embarkinng on a long journey. 9 hours train ride with 5 spanish girls doing interrail in a small compartment, I arrived at Berlin Hauptbahnhof. The city where we lived 7 years ago. the culture shock I stayed with our friends. I didn’t […]
In love with the Kuretake Brushpen white
Or: An accurate description what’s going on inside the head of an artist after receiving new art supplies. My friend ( and Nette Palette partner in crime ) Sophie went on vacation to Porto and she came home with an Kuretake Brushpen in white. I believe it’s no secret I am a big sucker for […]
Use your voice
Last week we had elections here in Europe for the European parliament. The Netherlands voted first on thursday the 6th of June and the other countries followed the following days. Prior to the election we had to register to vote here in the Netherlands. We are german therefore european citizens, but immigrated from Germany to […]
Sketchbook Tour! Also: I am on YouTube now.
I am beyond exited to finally make this post. And this isn’t just a phrase! I have been wanted to make a YouTube channel for a while now and I never did until now! The first video is a sketchbook tour of one of my small and everyday sketchbooks and it’s also in english. This […]
Influenza Lettering
I cannot remember when I was sick the last time. With being sick, I don’t mean the occasional running nose, but literally sleeping all day and night, not being able to take stairs or sit for a very long time. So, I was sick just a little while ago and it came from nowhere and […]
New sketchbook, new format, new ideas.
Bigger and better. Onward. Right on time for the new year, I finished my old sketchbook. It was a selfbound sketchbook, with a lot of pages with different papers. I basically made the same sketchbook again after I liked my first one so much, which was also selfbound by me. It really got me going […]
Gouache Lettering
I made this Gouache Lettering after the Bundestag elections. I was hoping for a bigger change, but I guess that didn’t happen. To my surprise, I wasn’t paralyzed. Bad (global) news can really get me off track sometimes, so I was actually kind of prepared. But seeing how the different parties came together and openly […]
Bye Bremen, Hoi Den Haag
Well, yes. We left the country to chase some adventures in The Hague as expats. The big move happened in may and a lot of things have happened in the meantime. First of all, the kids started school ( yes , my daughter is going to school here with her 4 years ) and daycare. […]
illustrating zero waste recipes
Ok, it’s about time to give you another update on our minimal waste journey. Since I started, it has been over 1,5 years. So all the cosmetics in the bathroom are pretty much used up. I started replacing them one by one with zero waste products or selfmade alternatives. Some worked well, some didn’t work […]
Superpower Lettering
When you want to aquire a new lettering technique, you don’t pay attention to what you letter. It’s somehow peculiar, that I come up with the word “Karate” a lot. It’s because I like K’s and A’s I guess. I’ve never done any karate or actually never seen anyone doing it, but to me it […]