South Africa seascape

It's always fun to create landscapes, it's been I while since I did that.
I tried to achieve a pastel-look with this painting (about 3 hrs photoshop)

for Amy...R.I.P.

Dalai Lama

Here is my friend...Tenzin Gyatso the 'Dalai Lama'

Bierstadt digital study

Crazy dude in photoshop

I had so much fun creating this dude...

Tad Barney

This is a caricature I made of Tad Barney. He is the owner of the company http://www.the-nose.com/
His photo I saw on facebook and i decided to use that picture as a reference for this caricature because of the unusual colors.

Johan Derksen

I had a saterday night off (no gigs for a change;) so I decided to spent this time to make a digital painting of Johan Derksen. A beer, JJ Cale on the speakers, drawing and having fun!!

Strauss Kahn

Here is a caricature I made of Strauss Kahn for the ISCA monthly competition.

Live drawings at a primary school

Yesterday I did a live drawing session at a primary school. The class participated on a contest and won. The big price was a caricature-artist (me) to draw all students of the class :)) Here are a few examples:

Acryl / Oil proces

Here is another painting i've been working on.
The setup in acrylics is quite loose, using only burnt sienna.
I tried to keep the oil part as loose as possible at most of the areas.

Sketch doodles

I did a few sketch doodles of people while waiting on the airport in Barcelona...
Sometimes it's fun to be sneaky ;)

Franz Kafka

This one I did for 'Caricaturama Showdown 3000!'

acrylic study

I did this acrylic study recently.
it's 21x30cm on paper.

Another Oil landscape

30x40 watermixable oil

Summerstorm - Oil on panel -

I try to keep things loose lately in my landscape paintings.
For this painting I did that by using brushes that are not too small so I Couldn't focus on details too much.
Total time spend: 3hrs

Paul en Filemon

Nick Cave

This one I drew for the Caricaturama Showdown 3000! on facebook.
He has an interesting face to draw...it was fun to do!

Acrylic painting on 400gr cold-pressed paper

Another good evening of painting

I've been painting with acrylics for several years now... normaly I use acrylics to make an underpainting for wich I later use to paint over with oils.

Lately I like to expand te possibilities with acrylics and not use it only as an underlayer but as a painting itself.

Must say...i't good fun!! Because the paint dries much quicker you're forced to work fast. There are several mediums on the market to slow down the process of drying but for this painting I wanted to keep it fast and loose in a way... so I decided not to use any mediums. Only acrylics, water and 400gr. coldpressed paper.
The size of the painting is 30x40cm and it's done in 2 hours sharp (from sketch till final)

BTW: I'm always open for any critiques from the other painters out there!!

Pope final version

Here is the final version:

Pope Benedict in 4 steps

This drawing of the pope was done in about  in about 5 hrs
From sketch till final in Photoshop.

Had a lot of fun drawing him because I wanted to do that for quite a long time now.