Underpainting, My Amsterdam #1

I started with a new series titled "My Amsterdam". All the paintings in this series will be 100 x 80 cm in olieverf. The subjects are my favourite places in Amsterdam.


The first painting is the former cinema "Cineac" in the Reguliersbreestraat, 1934.
The neon-sing was taken away in the 70's and for a little while it was a Planet Hollywood restaurant. A few years they brought it back to it's former glory!


Some pictures of Cineac Reguliersbreestraat

Queensday 2010

I spent Queensday 2010 in "de Koekfabriek". This was the factory where they used to make the "Cookies from Verkade", nowadays it is a restaurant. I was invited to paint or draw and show some of my work. My "Along the River Zaan" series fitted perfectly on this location. I prepared a new drawing with airbrush and ink and took my colored pencils with me.
It was a great day with lots of positive reactions on my work, you'll never know what comes from this...