Tag Archives: drawing

Sketchbook

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Wilson

There’s a stretch of land between the dyke along the IJmeer east of Amsterdam and Vattenfall’s energy plant, where I like to cycle, on my way to the ancient village of Muiden. The other day I went out early and … Continue reading →

Posted in ART, blog art, CORONA TIMES, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, personal, TEXT, Things I made | Tagged after nature, Amsterdam, catching the moment, color pencil, drawing, IJmeer, Muiden, Vattenfall | Leave a comment

Wonderful Snippet

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Wilson

This piece of image caught my eye when scrolling through Artsy’s newsletter. The announcement of a live auction coming up soon. I thought I recognized… or at least saw something inspired by… or?… I had to click. Yes!

Posted in ART, blog art, REVIEW | Tagged David Hockney, drawing, evergreens, flash sale, iPad, newsletter | Leave a comment

Note To Self | Paint the pictures that you long for

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Wilson

Eva Cassidy, I didn’t know her, my sister* left her name on a napkin, to check it out. The song I heard before (here featuring Michael Bolton – I know, but!) it’s the type of song that can … Continue reading →

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Protest | I Hate Hate

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Wilson

Sometimes you just have to protest.

Posted in ART, bloow, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, EARLY WORKS, EMPATHY, personal, TEXT, Things I made | Tagged demonstration, drawing, flower, handwriting, hate, human rights, marker, MP, news report, pink, police, political, power, protest, scrapbook, sketchbook, Typography, wilson tichelaar | Leave a comment

TRUE SIZE | USA no bigger than Sahara desert

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Wilson

Apparently most of us have been living with the wrong idea of the actual sizes of the continents, as we know our planet from the standard maps of earth which are badly wrong, due to Mercator Projection – a cylindrical map … Continue reading →

Posted in OUT OF THE BOX, TEXT, THE FABRIC OF HOME | Tagged actual size, Africa, comparison, continents, drawing, eye opener, fake news, globe, inspiration, island, larger, larger picture, map, mapping, Mercator projection, perception, picture, small, sphere, thruth, tutorial, USA, USSR, wrong picture, you tube | Leave a comment

Online finds from Catawiki

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Wilson

I just discovered Catawiki, the online auction platform. A sea of images, objects, that makes your mind go wander. Fabulous. The selection I made is part of an art auction, that ends this sunday. Images of the world today on … Continue reading →

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Fan art | Adele

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Wilson

Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, TEXT, Things I made | Tagged Adele, alone, drawing, fan art, font, life, love, lovesong, Mastadoni, New York, night, novembe, outfit, r 2015, show, sketch, stage, Typography | Leave a comment

Color Inspiration | Random Green

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Wilson

A selection of images saved on my desktop. Somehow there’s a rich green in the air, juicy and mature. Autumn is coming , but you can hold on to summer’s peak.

Posted in CREATIVE CAREERS, OUT OF THE BOX, work | Tagged absinthe, ART, botical, color, color inspiration, decoration, design, drawing, fabric, flower, forecast, Gerhard Richter, green, inspiration, interior, lake, lifestyle, luxury, Marimekko, Nature, Paint, painting, pattern, random, sea, selection, trend, water | Leave a comment

Supermax after nature

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Wilson

I spent at least an hour studying all 10 of them. The music I’ve been listening to, posted here

Posted in ART, CREATIVE CAREERS, DESTINATION HAPPINESS, MUSIC, THE FABRIC OF HOME, TIME LAPSE | Tagged after nature, blacck and white, drawing, line, pencil | Leave a comment

Storytelling

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Wilson

I stumbled upon this image when I was looking up Ai Weiwei, the Chinese activist/artist whom I met last Friday. A full moon made from what looks like hundreds of full moons grouped in a circle. Seen from a distance, many dots can … Continue reading →