Johan Derycke
Argh! Yes, our good friend the camera does not have any great perspectives ahead! It’s being dismantled as we speak and I’m documenting the process in paint. Part 2: The Start of The End With this second painting on this subject, I’ve introduced Lemon Yellow to the palette to be able to create the greens…
Woops… already Halloween, eh? Fortunately, my lack of posting does not mean lack of painting. I’ve been really busy with a personal project, which I can’t say much about yet. It concerns a gift for one of our daughters because she has posed for me this summer. It’s more of an illustration project, but in…
I’ve started a new personal journey with my recent pleinair frenzy. I’m now trying to become friends with nature. Not that I fully ignored nature before this year, but I just wasn’t that aware about the beauty that is around me everywhere. At least, that’s how it feels. Being in nature and studying it has…
I’ve decided to rework some of the pleinair studies I did. I usually just see them as studies of light, or should I say the effect of light, but I want to explore my subjects more intensely and profoundly than the few hours I spend with them when painting outdoors. For this one, I decided…
You didn’t think I already failed on day 2 of the 30 paintings in 30 days, did ya? Of course I didn’t! I painted these little houses yesterday and all the sudden I found the sun on my panel, so I stopped there and then, about 80 minutes in. I finished it this morning, spending…
Buy with PayPal Here’s one from last week I painted in Veltem-Beisem. The house is on a road that is part of some popular cycling routes. That’s also how I discovered this place. I’m grateful for the crooked lantern pole, as it looks beautiful. Yes, you are allowed to call me nuts… I think this…
Believe it or not, but I saw a crab crossing the street today, 160km out of the coast. I was in Aarschot today, where apparently they suffer from a Chinese mitten crabs plague. According to our local TV station ROB, the crabs have been accidently imported via shipped sea containers into Belgium, where they’ve spread…
Last friday, I worked my last day at the company that I’ve been serving for the last 5 years. Altough it was tough having to say goodbye to some lovely colleagues, I’m really glad I can say I have a new office now. At least for a little while, I will be painting a lot…
Here’s another one from 2015. I was drawn to the cast shadow of the tree on the greenhouse, caused by the rising sun. It was quickly changing shape and position so it was a matter of getting it right quickly and then sticking to what I had seen that struck me.