Van Gogh

2 months ago I went to the Van Gogh immersive experience in Brussels

which was impressive to say the least.

When you entered it was as if you walked into his bedroom.

In the next room you sat down in a beach chair

and enjoyed his paintings brought to life 

and projected on the massive walls,

(below a little flavor video)

In the last room you truly entered his world through virtual reality,

this was truely mindblowing.

These impressions return in below artjournalpage 

using one of my newest stencils.

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Today I testdrove the alphabet and numbers stencil

together with my new watersoluble oil pastels

and I love them both💓💓💓

I love the boldness of the letters and numbers 

and the soft vibrant colors of the oilpastels

3 more stencils to test...

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Remember these new stencils on my desk on Wednesday?

Of course I needed to give them a test drive:

Now I see the picture I see I a mistake, 

I wrote "sweet home sweet", 

instead of "home sweet home"😂

also true of course 😉

And one te remember from time to time:

" a little progress each day adds up to big results."

That is already 2 tested and approved.

Tomorrow on to the next.

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Who says that art supplies need to be expensive??

Below is a snapshot of some art supplies I bought at Action,

 a shop comparable to the dollarstore for my American friends.

I only paid something like €5 for 6 bottles of inkspray and 8 paintmarkers 😁

One of the major advantage of cheap supplies 

is the sense of freedom they give,

I am not afraid to use them

or experiment with them

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It's been over a year since I last shared my desk,

but a couple of weeks ago I saw a FBpost from Sarah from Sarah's Craft Shed

about decreasing blogviews 

and I was reminded of this lovely supporting community

so I ought it was time to join in again,

that is if you have me back of course?

Below a snapshot I just made from my desk

and here are some detail pictures

 

top left are some watersoluble oil pastels from Talens,

at the right a box filled with my indexcards for the 365somethings2018 challenge,

 yes, I am still doing the 365somethings2018,

I am currently at no.199.

I am determined to finish this challenge, rather then abondan it,

don't know in which year it will be finished though 😏

because lately crafting has been on a low fire.

I am trying to find my mojo back in different ways:

by investing in new supplies, 

joining back with this bloghop,

creating new stencils with my Silhouette (bottom picture)

thx for stopping by.

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Yesterday

is but today's memory

and tomorrow

is today's dream.

A while ago I bought this book about the meaning of dreams,

not only because I am interested in the subject,

but also because I liked the images in it.

After reading the book I went through it again,

cut out the images that spoke to me and

added them to my collage stash.

A few of them I used as a starting point for my next 365 somethings:  

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stamping galore...

handcarved stamps and some old school coloring fun.