Aquarel schildertechnieken

Afgelopen zomer heb ik een aantal lessen aquarel schilderen gevolgd bij kunstenaar Joanne DeBrass. In tegenstelling tot mijn abstracte werk van voorheen, ben ik de laatste tijd juist intensief bezig geweest met realistische voorstellingen. Studies van landschappen, mensen, bloemen, dieren, de natuur.. Deze weergaven bieden mij houvast en structuur, in tegenstelling tot het onvoorspelbare karakter van intuïtief schilderen, waarbij je vooraf niet weet wat het resultaat zal zijn. Ik heb met aquarel dus zeker één angst overwonnen.

Kunst maken en reflecteren

Ingegeven door de zomer zelf leek het me leuk om strandlandschappen te maken in aquarel. Hierdoor voelde ik de magie terugkomen van die zwoele zomeravonden op het strand. Kunst prikkelt mijn associatieve systeem en herinnert mij er aan wat ik kan zijn op mijn beste momenten. Ook geeft het mij meer zelfinzicht en toont het wat ik kan omarmen of loslaten. Zoals mijn persoonlijke transformatie een overgang is die soms moeizaam verloopt, zo is ook de trage overgang van acryl naar aquarel duidelijk zichtbaar in mijn werk. In mijn aquarellen vind ik de lagen verf nog te dik. Dat mag van mij wel iets transparanter. Ik durf het nog niet volledig los te laten en geef mezelf tijd om dit te oefenen. Door kunst te maken en erop te reflecteren ben ik niet alleen bezig met zelfexpressie, maar ook met het opdoen van meer zelfkennis. 

Iets nieuws opbouwen vanaf de basis

Vanaf nu is alles dus anders. De nieuwe Rosh gaat weer naar de schoolbanken om nieuwe dingen te leren. Met een nieuwe workshop, een nieuwe schildertechniek (aquarel) en een nieuw vak (wiskunde) ga ik weer terug naar de basis, om vanaf daar weer opnieuw op te bouwen. Doordat mijn bachelor Wiskunde toch wel het één en ander van me vraagt, zal ik een poosje minder creatieve workshops kunnen geven. Wanneer ik weer terug kom met mijn creatieve workshops hoop ik je te kunnen verrassen met iets nieuws. 

Over de vervelende gebeurtenis die is voorgevallen vertel ik je in mijn volgende blog trouwens meer.. 

ENGLISH

Back to basics

I have been away for a while, because I have been dealing with a major event that has affected me in the core. Since my experience with sexually transgressive behavior, I often have moments when I feel insecure and panicky. Sometimes I no longer recognize myself. I will have to reinvent the woman I am now. To do this, I am going back to basics, to build up again from there. Making art and reflecting on it has helped me. It is an outlet that also ensures personal development. I am currently learning a new painting technique and a new profession. Change feels refreshing. In this blog I will tell you more about that.

Out-of-the-box: New woman, new profession

To discover this new woman, I have to learn a lot again. Fortunately, I am a teacher and have some knowledge of learning processes and personal development. People who know me well know that I can think quite out-of-the-box. It is therefore no surprise to them that I started a mathematical course this school year. In my creative work, I started with a technique that is new to me, which on the one hand I have enormous admiration for, but on the other hand I have also feared enormously. I am talking about... watercolor.

Realistic and structured in watercolor

The transparency of watercolor appeals to me a lot. After years of working mainly with acrylic, I found this new technique difficult, because of the unpredictable aspects of water with pigment. The irreversibility of errors in watercolor also scared the living daylights out of me. This is completely different from acrylic!

Watercolor techniques

My first landscape study in watercolor

This past summer I took a few watercolor painting lessons with artist Joanne DeBrass. In contrast to my abstract work from before, I have recently been intensively working on realistic representations. Studies of landscapes, people, flowers, animals, nature. These representations offer me something to hold on to and structure, in contrast to the unpredictable nature of intuitive painting, where you do not know in advance what the result will be. So I have definitely overcome one fear with watercolor.

Making art and reflecting

Inspired by the summer itself, I thought it would be fun to make beach landscapes in watercolor. This made me feel the magic of those sultry summer evenings on the beach. Art stimulates my associative system and reminds me of what I can be at my best moments. It also gives me more self-insight and shows me what I can embrace or let go of. Just as my personal transformation is a transition that is sometimes difficult, the slow transition from acrylic to watercolor is also clearly visible in my work. In my watercolors, I find the layers of paint still too thick. I would like them to be a bit more transparent. I don't dare to let go completely yet and give myself time to practice this. By making art and reflecting on it, I am not only working on self-expression, but also on gaining more self-knowledge.

Beach landscapes in watercolour

It is clear that I work in thick layers, just like with acrylic. I still have to practice the transparency.

Count my blessings

My love life may be a complete disaster, but I feel incredibly grateful that I have the freedom to do what I want and that I have been given the opportunity to realize relevant creative projects. Although I am still a novice in watercolor myself, I was already allowed to give a workshop 'Beach Landscape in watercolor' during a team outing on the beach last summer.

Workshop beachlandscape in watercolors

Building something new from the ground up

From now on, everything is different. The new Rosh is going back to school to learn new things. With a new workshop, a new painting technique (watercolor) and a new subject (mathematics), I am going back to the basics, to build up again from there. Because my bachelor's degree in Mathematics requires quite a bit of me, I will be able to give fewer creative workshops for a while. When I return with my creative workshops, I hope to surprise you with something new.



By the way, I will tell you more about the unpleasant event that happened in my next blog..