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2025
20250300 test | update
2024
20240822 | articles
Op deze pagina heb ik alle berichtjes over PakjeKunst verzameld, zodat je alle schilderijtjes kunt bekijken. lees meer...
20240423 | articles
In dit stukje laat ik zien hoe je een schilderkistje kunt maken voor het schilderen in de buitenlucht. lees meer...
2023
20231029 | sketchbook pastel
20230810 | articles
A Morandi inspired still life Read more...
20230617 USK De Kruidhof | watercolor
20230419 | articles
2022
20221126 urban sketch Workum | watercolor social
20220725 | oil figure social
Portret schilderen van het model
Ik denk, nu ik alle drie naast elkaar zie: Dat ik het oog teken zoals ik dat gewend ben.
'Zeg maar' op autopilot, zelf invullen en niet kijken hoe het echt zit.
Kijk maar eens iemand aan van ver weg. Je ziet ogen als een donkere vlek.
Om de gelijkenis te vinden kreeg ik als tip mee;
Stap eens dicht bij, kijk naar de vormen en zie die in elkaar steken.
Niet zo mooi dat ik dit doe
Maar wel heel goed dat ik mij er nu bewust van ben.
20220714 | watercolor social oil
Aquarel (en ook pastel) op gesso paneel
midden in de mensen
20220526 | watercolor diy
1 euro bij de kringloop
20220309 Oefenen | figure
NMA heeft hele mooie foto's op youtube voor figuurtekenen, voor wie thuis wil oefenenen.
2021
20211215 | sketchbook
Correctie via het vergelijken van horizontalen; hoe hoog komt het ene ten opzichte van het andere? In dit voorbeeld wil ik controleren hoe hoog de (broche?) getekend moet worden.
Op het einde had ik er genoeg van, moet ik eerlijk toegeven... Bijzonder hoe het stukje wat ik 'gewoon' / zonder te meten heb getekend ~ dat stukje is ook direct mijn favoriete passage van de hele tekening.
20210716 | sketchbook
Dit is nog even oefenen.
20210624 Geen wit | articles oil
Op 20210623 ben ik naar een 'workshop buitenschilderen onder leiding van Joost Doornik' geweest.
Erg leuk! Ergens halverwege kwam als tip; maak eens een schilderij zonder wit. Je gebruikt iets te veel wit.
Vaak betekent dit dat je wel donkerder mag gaan en dat was ook zo!
Misschien zit het probleem ergens anders... (of niet)
Ik heb in het hoofd; als je gele oker mengt met wit dan krijg je de kleur van zonlicht, als je daarna deze lichtgele kleur mengt met een blauw dan maakt dit een hele fijne groen. Is niet zo, oker maakt alles heel grijs.
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2020
20201200 Schetsboekjes 2020 | sketchbook
Een leuk dagje weg is op moment wel moeilijk.
20200804 Mucha - Lectures on Art | articles
Tips over compositie uit het boek: Lectures on Art, gevonden op archive.org. Hier: wordpress sketchbysketch vertelt iemand over het boek en laat zien hoe je zijn idee van 'Points of Interest' gebruikt.
Fotografie gebruikt vaak de 'rule of thirds'. Hier is een YouTube video over Claude waarin ze de afbeelding verdelen in vijfden/ lijnen tekenen op 1/5'en.
20200803 202108 Update | articles oil
Een kleine correctie
Het was niet verkeerd, de bergen in het orgineel zijn donker, maar zo is nóg mooier.
Zie ook: Scott Robertson - understanding atmospheric perspective, lichter zet het verder weg
20200802 | oil
Naar een foto van Ansel Adams, Waterfall, Northern Cascades, Washington 1960 Gelatin silver print
20200711 | diy oil
We zijn er nog niet helemaal
Van de bouwmarkt
Schaaflat- met profiel, ook handig als wet panel carrier, zie; 20210429
202004 | articles sketchbook
Tekenen wordt steeds meer een spelletje van vergelijken. Je wordt er ook sneller in!
Wie niet naar buiten wil kan via google Warehouse ook leuk oefenen. Vergeet niet om met de fov (camerainstelling) te spelen.
20200222 poging 2 | articles oil social
Mislukt
Het ging mis na de eerste laag: Zodra het papier bedekt is, verlies je de tekening. goed blijven kijken en bewust een kleur neerzetten.
Aantekeningen bij 20200222
Een stukje over deze tekening
Vandaag werk ik van foto's, op schoot, uit zo'n automaat van de Kruidvat. Vond ik eigenlijk wel leuk bedacht, maar ook dat werkt niet want de kleuren zijn veel te veel / contrast is erg hoog
20200221 zelf Studies | articles sketchbook
20200220 poging | articles oil social
Zo, nu de website online staat wil ik ook een portretprofielfoto proberen
Windmolen compositie
Geprobeerd (Of het is gelukt weet ik niet) om er een mooie windmolen in te krijgen. In software heb ik de achtergrond verschoven, het gezicht licht op een donkere achtergrond - zodat deze naar voren komt.
202001 sight size | articles
Duidelijke video: wat is sight size? Een techniek waarin je de tekening maakt zoals je 'm ziet. Je houdt het paneel op ooghoogte om snel de verhoudingen te vinden
2019
20191212 | sketchbook
2019 tank 220 (heet water), aquarelpotlood.
2019 Aquarelpotlood, tekening van toen ik nog werkte in de fabriek
20190705 - Mangat (deksel van een opslagtank), aquarelpotlood
20191203 lissabon | watercolor sketchbook
20191202 zwarteboekjes Museumkaart | watercolor sketchbook
20191201 zwarteboekjes | watercolor sketchbook
20190625 Aachen | watercolor
Schets-reisje over de grens
Goede poging om de Dom in Aachen op papier te ztten. Niets gemaakt waar ik super blij mee ben, maar he; Nu 'ie er nog staat. en oefening baart kunst.
Youtube over Karel de Grote.
The Merovingians,
Who was Charlemagne?
20190623 Vilppu head drawing | articles figure social
Facebook Album hier: Masterclasses Head Drawing Glenn Vilppu in Amsterdam.
20190401 Zoals Claude | articles watercolor
201904 Sipels | sketchbook
20190323 urbanSketch | sketchbook
20190310 Panorama Mesdag | photography
20190309 mesdag | articles sketchbook
En als ik nu vergelijk, dan zie je, zij gebruiken hele andere kleuren.
20190222 aquarel | watercolor
Practicing my washes.
201902 drawabox | articles sketchbook
201901 beamen | articles sketchbook
Het Fries Museum included a loose sketch by J. Gardenier in an exhibition on Rembrandt’s paintings. Here's me trying to discover that technique.
Gardenier: This website has an article about the artist; “ De twee trokken er op uit om ‘naar het leven’ te werken. Eerst trok de kunstenaar met potlood een horizon en zette daarna een vlotte schets op. gemiddeld 30 × 40 cm. De voorstelling waste hij in met oost-indische inkt. “
Bewaar oude potjes / inkt kun je verdunnen.
2018
20181013 watercolor | articles watercolor
I like to print copies or scans of a drawing to test out color combinations.
20180930 zwarte boekjes | articles sketchbook
Some thoughts and things; on keeping a small notebooks in an ‘always carry a sketchbook’ - kind of way. Drawing for fun, not so much to study.
20180920 diy pinhole 2 | articles photography
Again, same as last year's attempt, you can buy laser drilled pinholes
You can get blurry backgrounds with pinholes too. It's not bokeh exactly, you average out the movement in a long exposure.
Pinhole Sharpness
Here is a link to a thread on Flickr that has good information on image. Sharp or not sharp that is the question
20180830 cubes | articles sketchbook
Spilt some tea :(
keep your desk clean!
feel like doing them over
but then what's the point of doing this exercise? Making perfect cubes or making mistakes to get a feel for perspective ~
just move on and do better next time
201808 MOAT Mark's TMDT | articles
Succesful illustration
is creating the illusion of 3d objects on a flat 2d plane, like a piece of paper. On his youtube channel: Mark Chong has interesting ideas on; How to learn to draw, how to design exercises for yourself and how you develop a feeling for 3d space.
Tip for Photographing your work:
Remember that shadows cast on your paper ruin the optical illusion you are trying to create. This is also why you really shouldn't draw on paper with lines.
Slow down, don't skip steps. Get it right and speed will come with time
Make up your own exercises that show you directly where you make mistakes
20180702 | sketchbook
from: On Drawing Trees and Nature: A Classic Victorian Manual - J. D. Harding
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Hammershoi
1) Naples Yellow + White
2) (NY+W) + White
3) Stain with mars black (creates a grey)
4) (grey + white)
Base color of 2 + water, wash with 4
Wolken in wit / NR / Grey
Orange made from ( Y + NY + Touch of cad red ) + White
201807 lines 2 | articles
Avoid chicken scratch
You yourself know the correct line is in there somewhere but your audience does not. Make a bold statement, don't scribble.
Marks made with a pen are permanent, they will show you your mistakes
Ghosting
- place begin/end dots for every line you draw.
- Judge where you will go.
- 'ghost', practice making your line. (in one direction)
- commit
20180628 water | articles sketchbook
20180620 rocks | articles sketchbook
Ebay for Reference images
Find those 'moody' early photographic prints by searching with keywords like 'Albumen print', Silver-based prints', 'Photogravure' + Mountain
20180525 ellipses | articles sketchbook
"The minor axis cuts an ellipse into two symmetrical halves through the narrower side."
20180524 pacific rim contest | articles digital
Enough lines, let's paint. but what?
perfect! might as well give it a go, try and learn some new things. Other entries here
Robot + hometown
Some pictures from a walk around town.
Value sketch
20180523 perspective | articles sketchbook
20180522 ctrlpaint | articles sketchbook
Sketchup for Complex Backgrounds
Ctrl paint - Sketchup for Complex Backgrounds
From ctrl paint's perspective sketch
Freehand lines within a grid.
Sometimes it's faster to guess, start with a loose sketch and then clean up your lines. If you start with a grid or a cube you've established perspective, you know where the camera is.
20180521 perspective | articles sketchbook
Books on learning perspective:
Perspective Made Easy by Ernest Ralph Norling. Scott robertson's how to draw (of course). Another favorite is The Theory and Practice of Perspective, by George Adolphus Storey. It's difficult to follow, but you'll find this book goes way more in depth than the more modern sources do. Artists in 1910 did not have 3d animation software to solve their problems, this book is full diagrams showing how to plot perspective by hand.
Software tricks that help you figure out the perspective your image is in.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9PIUG2fjcQ
- Carapace / Using Epic Perspective Grid Generator
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xMkpCPlDhk
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TmoMaotraA
- Google gives you nice alternatives to carapace
- https://dribbble.com/shots/1188403-perspective-tools-for-photoshop
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mtrrbz-1Co
- Sketchup does something similar with Match Photo
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hSyw6bobpc
In ditzelfde boek wordt ook een methode omschreven waarbij soldaten in het verleden perspectieftekenen gebruikten voor het berekenen van de afstand die een kanonskogel zal vliegen.
Alsof ze via een of ander optisch fenomeen terugrekenen hoe hoog of laag de loop van het kanon moet staan. Precies hoe ze dit gedaan hebben weet ik niet, misschien kan iemand mij dit eens uitleggen.
Vergelijkbare schattingen
20180518 measuring | articles sketchbook
20180509 cactus | articles sketchbook
De cactusverzameling
Draw plants ~ A tiny mistake here or there? That's not so bad. Portraits are more difficult, we all know what a face should look like and because of this, it's easy to see where you got the proportions wrong. With these complex abstract things it's not so noticeable where your drawing is off.
Things are 3d but paper is flat.
Try to get your drawing to read as if it's an actual thing in 3d space. Remember to find the big shapes first and then use contour lines to show how they sit in 3d space.
20180503 lines | articles
Learn to draw with pens
There is no erase, it forces you to draw slower. Better make sure you get it right
Depth of field / focus
Overlap
Combine shapes
Extrude
Cylinders
Bevels
Cuts
Lines
There was a little Aha! moment while drawing insects: Construction, drawing with basic shapes is perspective drawing.
20180502 Before | sketchbook
20180500 glaasje | articles sketchbook
Paint a Photo-Real Streetscape on Location - James Gurney paints a storefront in Phoenicia, New York
201805 Basic drawing course outline | articles
Mark, start at the beginning.
Dynamic sketch / basic drawing / construction drawing
20180329 Values | articles sketchbook
Value Drawing - The Key to Realism
Solid introduction to drawing value scales here:
thedrawingsource.com
20180213 acrylics | sketchbook
Acrylics - Let's try and see how far we get.
My first thoughts? It's almost as if I don't have the vocabulary of painting, the abstractions or brushwork. I don't know how to indicate shapes in paint.
20180212 acrylics | articles
Also, I've looked at drawings by Zorn, now that i've tried acrylics it's very obvious he's 'drawing' with value rather than line. His work makes much more sense now. Use value to hold the edge, not line.
Referentiepunt
Wie uit zichzelf leert heeft niet de luxe van een studie-traject, zoals je dat op school kent. [...] Lees verder →
En toch is het beter om eerst te focus-sen op tekenen en niet op schilderen, wil ik dit echt goed doen. Schilderen rust op het tekenen, mooie kleuren op een warrige tekening? dat werkt natuurlijk niet.
2017
20171231 | articles
External links
From this point on I'd like to share interesting or helpful things found on the internet too.
You'll recognise External links by the little border under the pin, blue links click you outside of this page.
The Cowboy Hávamál, The wisdom of Odin, in the voice of the Old West.
201712 renewed interest | sketchbook articles
I've discovered a new interest in drawing, from the beginning:
How to hold the pencil, How to sharpen. Kwastjes schoonmaken met zeepje in de hand. Van demo's (video) kun je veel leren, let goed op hoe hij het potlood vasthoud. Kleine dingen zijn niet altijd vanzelfsprekend.
Improvised drawing easel
There are creative alternatives if you don't have an easel to work at. Tape your drawing to a large closet or door, the wall if you want. I've been using a drawing board: clip your paper to a wooden board and lean it against your desk.
The dexterity exercises from Peter Han's dynamic sketching, but done standing. Tiring! simple things like point to point / warming up becomes difficult again.
Drawing standing up allows for a greater range of motion. Draw from your whole arm, not just your wrist, this gives you more freedom to work and it'll be easier to get large flowing lines.
20170903 buiten | sketchbook
20170804 Gesture | articles figure
VHS Lecture Video Clip
A short clip from Glenn Vilppu's lecture. Gestures are the most important foundation lesson on how to get a drawing started properly.
The line you can draw through the shoulders is often mirrored in the line through the hips creating a < or a > shape.
20170803 2016 sock ball | articles figure
Somewhere vilppu mentioned this very clever trick: Imagine your ribcage as a sphere and your hips as a square, this will show you how to draw twists in the body.
Similar article here: How to Simplify the Motion of the Torso
20170802 Vilppu's box forms | articles figure
Vilppus box forms
Use box shapes to build on your gesture drawings, place forms in 3d space and help "clarify the action of the figure that we are drawing"
20170800 older work | articles sketchbook
After some time away from studies, getting back on track is going to be a bit tricky.
it's time to re-evaluate; what I was working on before, to see what's important now still, and then from there it will be easier to figure out what steps to take next.
Putting older work online
will hopefully motivate me to drown it in new, better work.
20170730 hier heb ik besloten; ik begin overnieuw (en jammer dat ik dit niet eerder heb gedaan). | articles
this is awful, while looking through old files, found the same words like these that you are reading now: i've tried to learn how to draw before too. 2014, 2016.
why would this time be any different?
was as serious then as I am now
Best to set aside any pride & accept where I am (not great),
I’m starting over, again, from the beginning.
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
Sketchbooks are fun to look back on. I'ts motivating to see how you’ve improved.
One of the reasons why i even keep a blog at all, and it's funny, because right now, it’s more like showing you
that if you don’t practice
you don’t improve
at all
20170714 Belgium Plaster Cast | articles
From the blog of James Gurney:
Most art schools once had large plaster cast collections, but many destroyed them in the wanton orgy of iconoclasm of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. The cast collection belonging to Vassar College in New York State (seen intact above) was a typical sad story. The director of the Art program, Agnes Clafin, ordered the destruction of the collection in the 1940s arguing that casts were no longer useful in teaching, and that “this was a time to innovate, to bring Vassar up to speed.” Only a few casts at Vassar escaped annihilation.
20170713 Belgium | photography
Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal Antwerpen, Rubens, De kruisoprichting
Interesting how, if you pay attention, you can build a folder of interesting details and reference material using only the camera on your mobile phone.
2017 diy pinhole attempt 1 | photography
Diy Pinhole camera
Deze werkt niet, poging 2 ging een stuk beter
Internal measurements are lifted from this beautiful RealitySoSubtle 6×17 camera. On his website you can buy laser drilled pinholes too.
Disappointing, but at least I've learnt some woodworking
On hold for now
2016
20161011 inktober | sketchbook
Only a few dollars and you can draw as if you have a very expensive fountain pen. These nibs produce fine lines, high flexibility.
Inktober 2016, Some drawings are from a book: Frank Lohan - Pen & Ink techniques.
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201602 | sketchbook social
I've started taking a sketchbook outside, it's surprisingly difficult to draw things.
Body worlds: animal inside out
Maybe too much focus on drawing the 2d outline.
2015
20150916 | photography
A tip to visit an exhibition:
Currently on view at the Foam photography museum Magnum Contact Sheets highly recommended!
201503 reference photo albums | articles digital
An experimental animation using reference material from family albums
In After Effects you mainly animate flat 2D images. For this animation I used old photos scanned from family albums; a rich source of inspiration, especially for color use. Read more...
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201501 | social update
A few photos of LevelUp Coworking, where I’d go a few days a week with my laptop to work. Together with super cool programmers, writers, video makers, and other creatives.
Back then, I worked as a graphic designer, making websites and more.
2014
20140628 DIY stereoscopic | photography update
Experiment: you can sort of diy yourself a stereoscopic camera if you tape two disposable cameras together.
20140423 | sketchbook
This is the day I thought I would finally learn how to draw.
There were sketches all over the table, and I was studying hard, but a few weeks later, it all faded away. It just didn’t take.
Studying from a gnomon tutorial dvd: How to render matte surfaces 1.
After following the Scott Robertson tutorial, I tried to put it into practice by copying this image Ref from the Magnum facebook page.
201404 | sketchbook update
First try at drawing with the Neo Lucida.
I tried it in three ways: drawing an old camera, sketching on location in the museum, and tracing photos on the computer.
So both from a real object and a photo.
The prism is just a bit too small to be truly useful. An interesting experiment, but I haven't used it again after these tests.
The proportions vary in all four drawings, even though I traced them from the laptop. The Lucida is probably not meant to be used with a screen. It's difficult to keep it parallel to the prism.
Reference used with permission: Flickr: Number 3
But when it does work it's pretty cool.
20140233 at the Zwarte Haan | photography
20140102 Barcelona | photography
20140101 New Year's Eve | photography
2013
20130818 Doesburg Fotografica | photography
20130816 zorki4k | photography
First experiments with a 35mm film camera, these are not necessarily good photos but the colors are very beautiful!
20130815 disposable camera | photography
20130510 Neo Lucida | articles
Camera Lucida
Recently, I came across an interesting Kickstarter campaign about the camera lucida. According to Wikipedia, this is "an optical device used as a drawing aid by artists." Read more...
20130422 learning 3d | digital
Personal project: Click this to download a simple slot machine game I've made. Don't forget to insert a coin.
I not only modeled the 3D models, but also wrote code to make the game actually work.
2012
20121217 a photo trip to Poland | photography
20121201 Huge Mustache | digital
“Huge Mustache” – GSG 5 Second Project
My entry in greyscalegorilla's Huge Mustache project.
GSG 5 Second Projects is a kind of contest where motion designers are challenged each month to create a 5-second animation. It's a great opportunity to learn new techniques or experiment with ideas.
For the theme "A Huge Mustache," I immediately thought of a funny exchange I once read online. Someone was complaining about being bored, to which another person jokingly replied: "Why don't you draw a mustache on the TV and wait for it to line up with someone's face?"
20121118 DSLR day 1 | photography update
The first photo on my first serious camera. From now on, I will also show my photography.
20121014 unity web player | digital
You are inside a sphere (mesh collider) looking at more spheres (instances of a sphere collider prefab).
Weekend project that I am working on this weekend to learn how the Unity Web Player works. With it, you can open a Unity scene in a web browser.
20120802 a bargue drawing from my sketchbook | sketchbook update
Closing and opening my online sketchbook
I used to have two websites: this .com for graphic design and a sketchbook site on marknederhoed.nl. But since I haven’t been posting there as often as I’d like, I’m closing it for now.
From now on, I’ll have just one website. Maybe I’ll share a thing or two here on this .com from time to time.
20120413 | digital
3D Modeling Weekend project that ended up taking a couple of days. I gave myself a deadline: one week and 30,000 polygons. This is what I ended up with.
