I don’t like to choose just one art direction, because my art taste varies. It depends not only on my mood, but also what paintings I have just finished. I want to keep developing my art skills and therefore I also want to take new challenges. This means using different subjects to paint, but also to use different techniques and painting with various materials.
To give you an overview of the various stages of my paintings and different techniques, I have made some descriptions and videos. Hope you will appreciate the overview. And check my website and especially Instagram on a regular base, because I will update them continuously.
(1) The art process
First I want to show you the process of one of my favorite works at this moment. Sometimes a video says more than words:
Phase 1: preparing the canvas
Before I begin to paint, I always first order the right format of the canvas and choose with which material I want to work at that specific moment. If I’m going to use paper, I need a lot of old magazines, because I have to find the right colors and structures of paper. When I paint, I use acrylic paint.
Phase 2: making the sketch
Phase 3: first paint
After the sketch is giving me the right vibe, I’m gonna put the first paint on the canvas. In this phase still changes can be made. This phase is also meant to try different colors.
Phase 4: not yet finished
In this stage the paining gets more and more details. I will also ask people around me how they look at the artwork, some of the critics I use and some not 😉
Phase 5: “don’t touch it anymore”
Sometimes you will always see ways to improve the work. Everybody who has seen the work, says it’s finished, but as an artist it is really difficult to admit the work is finished and it’s time to spray it. Because you don’t want the work being damaged when hanged at the wall, you have to protect it against pollution like dust and against natural light like the sun. The colors have to stay vivid as painted by me. I don’t like te shining versions of the spray, because this looks a little bit cheap in my opinion, so I always use mat versions.
And after the final phase, I use an app to put the painting in a nice environment. In this way a potential buyer can get the right view of the possible atmosphere in his or her building.