Hello everyone, greetings from Shanghai, the sunny spring days are here in Shanghai since we arrived last Saturday. I never traveled here with John in March/April before. When we were students back then, we only came here during summer holiday. It is always around 38ºC in July/August. This time is […]
It is spring evening in Amsterdam. I had a nice walk with John in the chilly wind this afternoon in the Vondelpark. The park is only a few minutes across the bridge from our house. It was great to breath some fresh air and was amazing to see many people […]
Hi all, while Amsterdam is drizzling whole day, I was making my silkscreen printing in the studio. From making the screen till start to make it ready for paper placemats, it is a lot of preparation. I am not sure whether Dutch like to have paper placemats for kids party, […]
It is Friday again. I am so looking forward to some nice weekend activities. In the past few weeks, I was busy doing a lot of creative projects. By learning new things such book binding, illustrator and photoshop, stamp making and watercolor painting, silkscreen printing, letterpress printing etc etc, it […]
One month for now is Easter holiday. For some countries like South Africa and The Netherlands, that is a big holiday to celebrate. I know there are more countries out there which celebrate this special holiday, I know it because John’s family are both from South Africa and the Netherlands. […]
Since I was a little girl, I love to have all the little notebooks. I used to write lyrics for newly learned songs. And when I reached to age 18, I started to make journals and sketches on the notebooks. It is a place where I have my secret and […]
Tuesday is here, the week goes very quickly. In the past week I was reading some Japanese pattern books, one of the striking elements from the book is the bird pattern. As Japanese art used a lot of nature elements, birds, trees, cloud, leafs etc etc. I was thinking of […]
Hi everyone, it has been a long time since my last post. I was in a very difficult moment in my life. Almost four months ago, I have to say goodbye to my mum who suffered rare cancer, this year on 14 Feb, I have to say goodbye to my […]
I hope that everyone had a good weekend. I suppose to write this yesterday, but I had a few meetings and was busy with my trip plan to Japan. Some very exciting projects will come up this year. I will tell more when it happens. Tuesday again, how was your […]
Hi everyone, it has been a very exciting week for me. Hope you too. It was exactly one week after my operation, and one week of my art journey blog writing, and one week of thinking and making. I was so confused before about what I want and want I […]
image via: dickblick Yesterday I spent sometime online as well as in the city to search for art craft supplies. Yes I am preparing my project for easy clay making with kids. It will be so fun to do it. Most of friends are now in their 30’s, and many […]
Time flies when you are doing the things you love, it is almost 20:30pm, I haven’t finished my painting for today, but I did something yesterday. I will show you just now. I have been living in the Netherlands for almost 12 years, yes till 11 Feb, 2012, I am […]
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