tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41614153001388566942024-03-13T04:35:06.574-07:00Ans Werker, ans-artplace, drawings and paintings, sculpture, dolls, botanical drawing course, etc.All my life I have been creative in so many ways. In 2044 I began sculpting and wrote a book about sculpting dolls. In 2009 I found my old love: drawing and painting again. I did take several online courses in Botanical painting and drawing and I started to teach to beginners this wonderful art. In 2014 I found a wonderful teacher in painting "Fine Art", fortunately she lives nearby.Since 2016 I teach an online course in Botanical drawingAns Werkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256546268747653628noreply@blogger.comBlogger171125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161415300138856694.post-92004760804827719772022-10-03T06:45:00.002-07:002022-10-03T06:45:48.445-07:00Portrait of Cato is finished<p> Very excited nowner of this dog. I showed her along the way WIP photos and now it is finished. 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Just tiny pieces if wool and a special needle to attach the wool on a piece of 100 % woolfelt.</p><p>Still a lot of work to do. The eyes must sparkle and then ..... the fur. 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His name is Mickey. When he was a puppy he had such big ears so I named him Mickey Mouse.</p><p>To make such a portrait of wool you need needlefelting wool. Sometimes only a hair at the time. So very timeconsuming. Totally different of painting portraits of animals. But in a way it is not. The fact I have a lot of experience in working with paint and pastelpencils in drawing and painting portraits I felt confident about working with colors.</p><p>I hope you like him.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWHLTtKUjArnfRripSD3S-I9ieqq1SYnZNJ8EWOyLCRrFKCdr7bJ43snnvRwg2Bi6EjIpL3FJWawRqvU7NOUejNbilH9nCs93uDi0lGnw_wmppPIcR_ODqiTK6oTiXC7Gz0iHJf3VIi-9FEbz_4b8gXW2g7qTvM7chv49ATVjfO_MG5LexDl3sVYVmQ/s2001/20220527_165831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2001" data-original-width="1468" height="417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlWHLTtKUjArnfRripSD3S-I9ieqq1SYnZNJ8EWOyLCRrFKCdr7bJ43snnvRwg2Bi6EjIpL3FJWawRqvU7NOUejNbilH9nCs93uDi0lGnw_wmppPIcR_ODqiTK6oTiXC7Gz0iHJf3VIi-9FEbz_4b8gXW2g7qTvM7chv49ATVjfO_MG5LexDl3sVYVmQ/w306-h417/20220527_165831.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> This is how it started. Tiny pieces of wool, slowly building up.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKhZdT8Myriwdq-uyi0jvn5A2YGDasSp9rgigARPu2eL7rS9cdO_CSXyEb7hl4_XQkmFwj4c_2dLaFHc1k9w2WohZp65xZOD3vc2lZLCKtvOJmG9nikYJKhM8krEpsfEvlxOETgH7gOql7uVRdpkFrlgtyWdfBKw5Am_t8zTnGRh2sN-HJIXWj0zPUA/s1477/20220527_171258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1477" data-original-width="1423" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKhZdT8Myriwdq-uyi0jvn5A2YGDasSp9rgigARPu2eL7rS9cdO_CSXyEb7hl4_XQkmFwj4c_2dLaFHc1k9w2WohZp65xZOD3vc2lZLCKtvOJmG9nikYJKhM8krEpsfEvlxOETgH7gOql7uVRdpkFrlgtyWdfBKw5Am_t8zTnGRh2sN-HJIXWj0zPUA/s320/20220527_171258.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Ans Werkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256546268747653628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161415300138856694.post-7479799074433152922021-08-16T07:26:00.000-07:002021-08-16T07:26:12.997-07:00New hobby: reborning babydolls<p> Just started a new hobby: reborning babydolls.</p><p>It is also painting but instead on canvas or paper you paint on vinyl. You buy the vinyl limbs and head en paint on the surface so you will achieve a real looking skin.</p><p>Just like with fine artpainting you bring on many, many transparant layers of a special acrylpaint. What I like about this new adventure is that I have to learn a lot of new techniques. I only work with 3 primary colors: red, blue and yellow. For the creases I add some umber to the paint mix and i use some white for the nails. That's it.</p><p>I use Ultimate Fusion paint.</p><p>Indeed a challenge. Furthermore with the finest mohair en micro feltingneedles I am going to insert hair by hair to give the head a real babylook. This doll has such a beautiful skul that I leave hem bold. But the second one will get hair.</p><p>I also love to knit, crochet and sew babyclothes. 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This tiny baking stuff are made out of polymerclay.<br />
They are only a couple of centimeters in size, real 1/12.<br />
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It is a childrenbook 2,2 cm x 1,8 cm with 24 pages and on each page beautiful drawings.<br />
The story is about Victoria Plum.<br />
I want to make more for the bookcase and perhaps sell some.<br />
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<br />Ans Werkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256546268747653628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161415300138856694.post-77976705980430208192019-07-04T04:02:00.000-07:002019-07-04T04:02:12.376-07:00drawing of an eyeThis drawing in 15x20cm so very large and therefor very detailed.<br />
I used Bristol smooth paper, derwent sketching pencils, mechanical penils 0.5 and 0,3 mm, tortillons (often), Tombow eraser, kneading eraser.<br />
So much fun I had.<br />
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<br />Ans Werkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256546268747653628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161415300138856694.post-77198878117849112732019-05-22T12:49:00.002-07:002019-05-22T12:50:23.607-07:00portrait of a lovely elderly dogAfter many years I took my pastelpencils up to draw this portrait<br />
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<br />Ans Werkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256546268747653628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161415300138856694.post-28058230398367567432019-05-03T06:31:00.000-07:002019-05-03T06:31:41.978-07:00two new portraitsPencil drawings, different subjects and different techniques.<br />
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<br />Ans Werkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256546268747653628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161415300138856694.post-69336340710895831602018-12-10T13:18:00.002-08:002018-12-10T13:18:48.372-08:00MAGNOLIA FLOWER in graphiteI used 2 pencils and 2 clutch pencils both HB and 2B, a kneaded eraser and a tortillon. Furthermore I drew this flower on Arches Hotpress Watercolor paper.<br />
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Manchester Terrier graphite pencilAns Werkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256546268747653628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161415300138856694.post-13570445294102550272018-04-25T09:36:00.002-07:002018-04-25T09:36:37.615-07:00drawing and watercolor of fresiaI made a watercolour and drawing of the same stem of Fresias.<br />
The position of the drawing was not easy to do and I am not satisfied about the result. It would have been easier if I had choosen somewhat the same position like the watercolour painting has.<br />
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<br />Ans Werkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256546268747653628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161415300138856694.post-73171383911845975012017-12-04T09:54:00.000-08:002017-12-04T09:54:01.127-08:00just a little featherBlack and white exercise of a little feather.<br />
Only used black watercolour paint and a small size 0 paint brush on HP Arches paper.<br />
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Green, green, green. So many greens with only 2 blues and 2 yellows and a tiny bit of red.<br />
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<br />Ans Werkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256546268747653628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161415300138856694.post-68994802051498632692017-11-07T01:37:00.000-08:002017-11-07T01:37:31.335-08:00Primula aquarelI used a limited number of colors to paint these leaves.<br />
A great excercise in how many greens you can create by using only Ultramarine, Phatalo blue, Camboge, Winsor Red to tone the greens down en a tiny bit of Lemon for the flowers.<br />
I used Arches HP paper and Rosemary and Co, UK brushes, most spotters.<br />
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Ans Werkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256546268747653628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161415300138856694.post-64211587541389502052016-12-29T04:24:00.000-08:002016-12-29T04:32:37.042-08:00portrait of a man in graphite pencilI just finished this portrait. It is a gift for the birthday of my teacher, it is a portrait of her husband.<br />
Very difficult to take good pictures of such a drawing. The paper is really white, a bit blueish I think. I always have to alter the photos and I always am not satisfied about the result. Of course every screen of a computer, laptop and such is different and therefor pictures are darker or lighter than at my screens.<br />
It seems that my screens are a bit light in comparison to the ones of others.<br />
So I place 2 pictures, in different ways altered.<br />
Of course I like the original the most but once I gave the portrait away I only have the photo to look at. That's why I want good photos of my work.<br />
The top one is softer, the bottom one is clearer but a bit harsh and a bit too much contrast. I do not know which one I find the best in comparison to the original drawing.<br />
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The leaves and flowers are only 4 cm.<br />
I have the plan on doing the assignments of the SBA online course on my own.<br />
So here is the second one for the first assignment.<br />
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<br />Ans Werkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07256546268747653628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4161415300138856694.post-72266570990391297012016-08-02T08:57:00.000-07:002016-08-02T08:58:33.964-07:00Pelarganium botanical drawingAfter I have been busy for a while with taking macro photos I undertook a new adventure: teaching online botanical drawing for beginners.<br />
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Just finished writing the text and drew sketches and drawings for the online course.<br />
The content of the online course is 47 pages with more than 80 pictures and 34 excercises.<br />
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It was a huge challenge.<br />
The drawing of the Pelarganium is placed on the last page of the course.<br />
As always: very difficult to take a scan of this drawing like this, but here it is.<br />
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