November sketchbook pages, Patreon zoom sketching, European Belgian illustrator, www.Fenne.be

November Sketchbook

Sometimes November can feel like a very long and dark month, but not this time! December arrived so fast and now that I'm collecting all the sketches, I realize that...

Folktale week sketches 2023, moleskine sketchbook, www.Fenne.be

Folktale week 2023, the sketches

Some pages from the rough sketchbook where I doodle thumbnails and let lines search for the story that I used for Folketale week. These small boxes with lines that don't...

Art haul: luminance pencils, Derwent drawing pencils, caran d'ache neocolors, Talens gouache paint, www.fenne.be

New paint, pencils and neocolors

Finally, after almost a year, I could revisit some art stores! Up north, we have some hobby shops and home interior/building stores that sell a few things like paint or basic...

Folktale week 2023, De Zielen Der Verdronkenen, Oostende, Belgian folk tale, mixed media collage illustration, www.Fenne.be

Folktale week 2023

My first-ever folktale week is a fact! It's been hectic, fun, and somewhat stressful. Folk what? Folktale Week is a week-long art challenge in which a story comes to life, guided by 7...

3D illustrated mushrooms photograph with contrast colors, www.Fenne.be

More fungi fun

After a sketchbook session that was all about mushrooms, these fascinating fungi kept haunting me at night- but in the best way possible. While almost falling asleep, I suddenly had...

Sketchbook October, daily sketchbook practice, European sketchbook artist, mixed media art, illustration artist, drawing practice, www.Fenne.be

October sketches

Another month flew by. Blink once and it's autumn, blink twice and we've arrived in winter wonderland. October has been a busy month that started with tons of energy, but as the...

Gouache paint in pans, mixing gouache paint, gouache sketchbook illustration, www.Fenne.be

Gouache in pans? An experiment

In last month's sketchbook overview, I mentioned my renewed interest in gouache paint, which I had not used since high school. My first choice has always been acrylic paint with...

Fenne Kustermans, Illustration artist, Sweden, Sketchbook September 2023, www.Fenne.be

September sketchbook(s)

The seasons are changing, and the earth gets ready to hibernate, but September was bursting with colorful sketchbook explorations, challenges, and new connections. I'm uploading the images, and I don't know...

Fenne Kustermans, Illustration artist, Sweden, Sketchbook September 2023, www.Fenne.be

Endangered! Sketchbook challenge week 3

it's the 3rd week of the Endangered Sketchbook challenge and we traveled to the Tibetan Plateau. Tibetan Rosefinch: Birds are hard! Yamdrok lake: Przewalski’s Horse: I think my last horse drawing was when I...

Endangered! Sketchbook challenge week 2, Patreon sketchbook challenge, mixed media sketchbook artist, acrylic nature painting, www.Fenne.be

Endangered! Sketchbook challenge week 2

It's week 2 of the #septembersketchendangered (you can check the hashtag on Insta to see more participants) with TJ Marston and this week we visited the most Northern and Southern...

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