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To me, my art is the connection with myself. If I’m not able to work out my artistic needs, I can’t feel my deeper self. It helps me get by in a lot of situations. Here, you can read my insights and the stories behind the paintings. You can also find stories about my sight and how I deal with low vision, connected to my artwork.
My business intentions for 2019
MEETING INSPIRING PEOPLE Building up my social network, meeting wonderful people whether they are art colleagues, inspiring people or customers. All to keep the business inspiring, but of course running! To me it's important to have everything balanced. Not too much social media, but a few moments...
The top 5 most remarkable art related adventures in 2018
#5. having a great time with the group of local artist that set up a project to save the trees last summer This summer I worked on a project with a couple of local artists because there were some trees to be chopped. I love the estate of Marquette, it's one of my favourite places to go with...
The online painting workshop ‘Landscapes in Lines’ and why it’s taking us so long
when will the online class 'landscapes in lines' be there? When I'm doing a project I love I can't shut my mouth... I want to shout it out to the rest of the world and keep on talking about it. So, that was what happened when our plan rose to create an online painting class and we recorded our...
The power of getting lost
we take the same road often We use to take the same roads again and again, literally and also in our painting process. We take the paint, the colors and the surface that we're familiar with and everything's going well. But, sometimes it's better to do something completely new. Or, do it in a way...
Giving yourself permission to paint
For the second time this year I had a group of wonderful students in my painting class. All of them were starters. Two of them already did a lot with drawing and other techniques, but never with acrylic paint. The other one was totally blank. My goal with the course is to make people paint from...
Newspaper Dagblad Kennemerland December 7, 2018
Text: Gwendolyn Luijck Photo: Anthony VerolmeHeemskerk * As if the colors of nature are calling her. That's how Marloes Bloedjes - artist, painting teacher and writer - describes a moment of inspiration. She managed to develop her talent, despite of a congenital eye disorder (glaucoma). Her...
Too much on my mind to make art (Is it true?)
October ends, November starts... Basically not my favorite time of the year. I just feel a bit overwhelmed by everything I've been doing lately. My work is not only about creating art, I have around 20 art students that take lessons, individually or in a group. Next to that, there was an...
painting
When a painting starts seeing YOU and tells you her story, you're on the right path
All you need is to enter this world
After an afternoon of being all by myself painting is a big relief. I feel gratitude and I feel so good to be with myself again. If this is the world inside of me, I need to enter this every single day of my life! That’s my need! And I need to share it with everyone who wants to be in it. All...
The first layer of a painting
The background of a painting is very important to me. It’s the birth of a new painting, the start of a new journey. While working on it, most insights about what the painting is about, come popping up. Also the colors I use in that very first stage will be my guide for what’s up next. And even in...
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