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Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750)
A flower bouquet by Rachel Ruysch. I have seen Ruysch’ paintings in different museums and studied how she, and other Golden Age flower painters, made these paintings. Ruysch’ flower bouquets’ do not...
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Dark or Light Backgrounds?
I have been exploring the ‘Colored Pencil Painting Bible: Techniques for Achieving Luminous Color and Ultrarealistic Effects’ by Alyona Nickelsen with much interest. As a consequence I’ve done some...
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Maria van Oosterwijk (Oosterwijck, Oosterwyck)
Maria van Oosterwijk, floral still life. I’ve devoted a few posts to the Dutch Baroque female painter Rachel Ruysch (1664-1750). Maria van Oosterwijk (1630-1693), too, was a Dutch Golden Age painter...
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Botanical Garden Hoofddijk Utrecht
Photo impression of Fort Hoofddijk’s Botanical Garden, Utrecht. Click to enlarge Utrecht’s Botanical Garden (Fort Hoofddijk) is such a wonderful place to visit on a fine sunny day. It is amazing how...
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Portrait of a Triplet 1660 (in Dutch, Portret van een Drieling 1660)
I came across these triplets in our local museum and took some time to study them. Three healthy children stand on a black and white tiled floor, and all three look at the painter. The three toddlers...
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Brown
Wooden candle holder with wooden pencils; Raphael’s sketch; Portrait Rachel Ruysch; Eugene Verboeckhoven’s Donkey and Sheep; my darling woodcocks. You can’t possibly not love brown; it is the colour...
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