Friday, April 25, 2014
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Interview Susan Hol
During coming months we will have more information about the participants. Some of them are joining the blog from the beginning! Time to read more about their dreams, favorite artworks and hobby's.
2. What is your favorite material? Or way to work?
3. What other hobbies do you have?
Today Susan Hol will tell you more about herself, by answering some questions.
1. When did you join the blog and why?
On twitter
I saw a post, a retweet from a friend, with the theme of April 2012: You could
rent an apartment in an apartment building with 25 windows. I rented apartment
no. 2 and made a window scene. It was fun! At that moment I didn’t fully understand
the concept of The Difference of 25, but now I do. I join as much as possible.
Sometimes Roos makes it really difficult for me with themes that doesn’t make
me instantly enthusiastic, but I always try and learn a lot from it. What I
really love is the combination of the 25 artworks in one post. All these lovely
artworks! Beautiful!
I always
work with my photo’s. I’m a Dutch fine art photographer and I live in the very
small village Chaugey, France.
I make
photo’s of all kinds of objects from nature and culture, most notably the
seaside, countryside and all kinds of cities, to create unique, outdoor
inspired images. The basis of my photography is meeting: while walking between
trees, buildings, flowers, plants, people and animals, on cultivated land and
squares, in streets and lanes, over mountains, along seas, ravines and under the
sky with big white clouds, I meet my pictures. They wait patiently for me to be
ready to see them. After making pictures I store them for a long time, a sort
of ripe process, like wine. After that I pick en choose the best and often work
on it for a long time to make the image I want.
Some work I
made for The Difference of 25:
I made an e-book. You can find it on my website www.susanholfotografie.nl and download it for free if you fill in your name and e-mail address. It
is in Dutch, so I’m sorry for the ones who cannot understand that! But the main
thing is of course that you can see the images, and maybe you can use (the
often terrible but a bit helpful) translation in Google to understand a bit of
the text. I sell pictures on http://susanhol.werkaandemuur.nl/. You can also like my Facebookpage.
3. What other hobbies do you have?
I love to
chop wood, run, hike, read and write.
4. What inspires you?
Art! Nature!
Old stuff in cities (doors, handles, steps, iron things). Everything I meet in
a day. The experiences I have had in my life. And last but not least my work as
a philosopher in the analytic aesthetics.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Interview Anne-Lize
During coming months we will have more information about the participants. Some of them are joining the blog from the beginning! Time to read more about their dreams, favorite artworks and hobby's.
1. When did you join the blog and why?
Today Anne-Lize will tell you more about herself, by answering some questions.
1. When did you join the blog and why?
I joined the blog from the very first day, just for fun.
2. What is your favorite material? Or way to work?
My favorite materials are paper, water & paint, pen and Indian ink.
I love water-colour painting and chinese painting.
3. What other hobbies do you have?
I love water-colour painting and chinese painting.
3. What other hobbies do you have?
My hobbies are reading, classical music (just listening), flowers and plants, visiting musea (marvelling at all those wonderful pictures).
I follow a Chinese painting course.
I follow a Chinese painting course.
4. What inspires you?
Inspiration comes from a lot of things, from anything and nothing.
Extra note from the Difference of 25:
Anne-Lize is a dedicated participant, she never skipped one theme!
Extra note from the Difference of 25:
Anne-Lize is a dedicated participant, she never skipped one theme!
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Theme of April: Butterflies
This week the weather is great in Holland. In the morning you can hear the birds singing and in our garden a lot of butterflies are visiting the first flowers.
I love watching the butterflies dance around. I love the way they move and the way they look, their beautiful wings in bright colours almost if they were painted.
No wonder this month theme is butterflies! On internet you can find a lot of inspiration, but...you can also go outside and search for a real life model!
You can send in your artwork untill the 23th of april. Hope to see you back.
I love watching the butterflies dance around. I love the way they move and the way they look, their beautiful wings in bright colours almost if they were painted.
You can send in your artwork untill the 23th of april. Hope to see you back.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Theme 27 Sunflowers
Welcome to the galery of sunflowers.
I hope you enjoy our show. We have a nice variety of sunflowers.
We have a picture of sunflowers, a mixed media sunflower, a foodart sunflower, a smiling sunflower, painted sunflowers, a crochet sunflower and even wooden sunflowers.
Don't this look sunny to you? Thank you all for sending your artwork.
Don't forget to come back the first of April for the new theme!
I hope you enjoy our show. We have a nice variety of sunflowers.
We have a picture of sunflowers, a mixed media sunflower, a foodart sunflower, a smiling sunflower, painted sunflowers, a crochet sunflower and even wooden sunflowers.
Don't forget to come back the first of April for the new theme!
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Saturday, March 15, 2014
Interview Gerda Simmer-Elzenaar
During coming months we will have more information about the participants. Some of them are joining the blog from the beginning! Time to read more about their dreams, favorite artworks and hobby's.
1. When did you join the blog and why?
2. What is your favorite material? Or way to work?
3. What other hobbies do you have?
4. What inspires you?
Gerda wrote this a few days ago and I am very glad to tell you the wonderful news that today Gerda gave birth to a beautiful babygirl!
Today Gerda will tell you more about herself, by answering some questions.
Hi I’m Gerda Simmer-Elzenaar and I’m joining the blog since the start.
1. When did you join the blog and why?
Immediately I was enthusiastic about it, because now I can create every month a new artwork. Otherwise I don’t take the time (or I think I don’t have the time) to create something new!
2. What is your favorite material? Or way to work?
My favourite material are black pencils and acryl painting. I’m a freelance designer,illustrator, inspired by things from everyday life: flowers, nature, picture, child's drawing, magazines and shopping. Loving fresh, bright colors! My website: www.stijlmetsimmer.nl
3. What other hobbies do you have?
Hobbies: having a lot DIY stuff like making stamps. Love to paint, reading a book
or a magazine. Trying to raise my 2 almost 3 lovely children. Having dinner with friends & family!
4. What inspires you?
My work is characterized by fresh, bright colors and lots of my inspiration comes from nature, especially flowers.
Gerda wrote this a few days ago and I am very glad to tell you the wonderful news that today Gerda gave birth to a beautiful babygirl!
Both Gerda and Leah are doing fine. Congratulations from all of us of The Difference of 25.
Saturday, March 8, 2014
Interview Renate Daniels
During coming months we will have more information about the participants. Some of them are joiningthe blog from the beginning! Time to read more about their dreams, favorite artworks and hobby's.
2. What is your favorite material? Or way to work? For example: photographs, drawing with pencil or charcoal, knitting, or painting
Today Renate will tell you more about herself, by answering some questions.
1. When did you join the blog and why?
I joined in June 2012 after hearing about the blog from a friend. It's a great opportunity to show my work and to link to my website www.renatedaniels.nl. The monthly theme's are often an incentive to make a new illustration that I might normally not have made, or to adapt existing designs. I quite often go on to develop them into greeting cards. You can find them via a link on the news page of my site http://www.renatedaniels.
My favorite materials are textiles, from fabric to yarn, weaving, sewing, embroidery, knitting and crochet, but for illustrations I like to use pen and Indian Ink, or make cutouts with a scalpel.
3. What other hobbies do you have?
For me, illustration is not just a hobby, but part of my profession, in addition to surface design and styling. My hobbies are crafts, sewing, reading, rowing and speed skating.
4. What inspires you?
Inspiration comes from everyday life, nature, art and textiles. There are patterns, structures, great colours and illustrations everywhere!
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Theme of March: Sunflowers
Sunflowers!!! Don't you love the sight of the fields full of yellow sunflowers! A lot of artists were inspired by these big flowers. Van Gogh made several paintings with sunflowers. He made a study of it. First he painted the flowers lying on the ground, later he painted bouquets of sunflowers in a vase. These paintings were made to decorate the guestroom in the house of van Gogh in Arles where Gaugain was supposed to stay. Van Gogh made 4 different paintings but he was only satisfied by 2 to hang on the bedroom wall. Later he painted 3 copies of these paintings. One of them is hanging in The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
You don't have to make a study of the sunflowers as van Gogh did. Only one artwork is enough! Together we will create our own Gallery of Sunflowers! You can even hang it on your bedroom wall. It's up to you!
You can send in your atwork untill the 23th of March.
You don't have to make a study of the sunflowers as van Gogh did. Only one artwork is enough! Together we will create our own Gallery of Sunflowers! You can even hang it on your bedroom wall. It's up to you!
You can send in your atwork untill the 23th of March.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Theme 26: Houses
Welcome to the gallery of houses.
We made a nice new street! We have all kind of houses, Canal houses, dream houses, embroidered houses, a where I grew up house, a modern house with a garden and... a palace!
Thank you for sending in your artwork.
Scroll down to see all the artworks seperately and enjoy walking down our street!
Don't forget to come back the first of March for the new theme. In March we will also have more information about the participants. Some of them are joining the blog from the beginning! Time to read more about their dreams, favorite artworks and hobby's.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Theme of Februari: Houses
This month theme is houses. You can use the house where you live in for inspiration, or build your own dream house. It can be big or small, high tech or historical, you are the architect! All together we will have a new street "The difference of 25 street".
You can use photo's, make a drawing, a sculpture or a painting, whatever you like. You can send in your house untill the 23th of Februari. Hope to see you in the street!
You can use photo's, make a drawing, a sculpture or a painting, whatever you like. You can send in your house untill the 23th of Februari. Hope to see you in the street!
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Theme 25: Horses
Wecome to the gallery of horses. Please take a look at our fantastic collection of horses.
Thank you all for sending in your artwork!
The year of the horse begins on January 31th.
The horse is one of the favorite animals in China. Formerly horses were used for transportation and during battles. Therefor the horse is a symbol of traveling, competition and victory! That's why the horse is connected with speedy success in China.
This year it is time to act fast; buy a house, launch a bussiness, travel the world, change your job. Just follow your instincts. The horse year is also about freedom, returning to nature, and enjoying life and life's adventures.
Enjoy the year of the horse!
You can scroll down to see all artwork seperately.
Hope to see you back for the new theme.
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