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This was lots of food! But I'm looking towards the new year full of energy. This will be a fun year. If I manage to get up from the sofa, that is.

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I want to say thank you for the support and encouragement I have gotten from the lovely people who are following my journey so far. It really means a lot to me to know that somebody is reading along, laughing at my jokes, clicking, liking, downloading, commenting. I don't know what I would be doing without you.

Also a big thank you to the subscribers of my mailing list, I hope you get some use out of the bag of drawing tricks I am sending out. For those who are not yet subscribing: You can do it …

I am getting more and more interested in exploring what it is that makes me want to paint. I don't know how many time I have decided to stop, and it always crawled back in. And the thing that wants me to paint isn't content with painting just anything. It doesn't want me to use joyful colors on easy-to-hang canvases. It is quite specific in its ideas. Stephen Pressfield and Elizabeth Gilbert are both writing about the Muse that has to be evoked in order to make spirited work. Both are good books…

You can read about this event and see photos here.

I have just finished the experimental astrology-and-art workshop in my studio, together with astrologer Jeannie Hermina.  We had eight adventurous participants who came from all over the country. (The country isn't that big).

We started with having tea, and an introduction by Jeannie about the planet constellation about in the coming year.

Then everybody got a new name for the evening as a new identity to create from. A name for the creative force, for the muse, the inner genius. The name might st…

I just came back from a day of sketching at a school which is in the process of being re-structured. It was really interesting. Plus, I got to draw all day. Does it get any better than this?

The first lesson of the Lill drawing classes is finished! Including a printable worksheet with all you need to give new life your stickfigures. Or, get started on figure drawing! It isn't that difficult. 6 strokes, and you are ready to go. You can get to it by subscribing her or in the sidebar to the right.

There is more drawing goodness in the Lill pipeline. Stay tuned.

Today the big TV made more sense.