Theme of februari: Sheep, goat or ram

Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calender. The Chinese year 4713 begins on Feb. 19, 2015. Legend tells, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality. 

This year it is the year of the sheep, goat or ram. Those born in sheep (goat/ram) years are often artistic, charming, sensitive, and sweet. It is known as the most creative sign in the Chinese zodiac. Read more on http://www.infoplease.com 
More information about the year of the sheep (goat/ram) will follow later. As the new year starts on februari 19 I would like to ask you to send in your artwork untill the 18th of februari! In this case we can put the gallery on the blog on the 19th of februari the date the year of the sheep (goat/ram) begins.
You can make a sheep, a goat or a ram, just pick the one you like most!

Theme 34: Noodle bowls

Welcome back! I am pleased to show you The gallery of 25 noodle bowls!
This time we have 2 new participants Chia Yu and El & Fritzzz. As I new they both make very nice bowls I asked them to join! We have a stack of bowls, handpainted bowls and even disposable bowls.
If you have a good look you can even see similar bowls. These were made by Gerda and her daughter Naomi of 7.

Please enjoy all these nice bowls. Scroll down to see all bowls seperately. Here you can also find the links to the participants websites. Hope to see you back soon!

Noodle bowls: El & Fritzzz, NL

More information about El & Fritzzz and their work: http://www.elnfritzzz.nl/

Noodle bowls: Chia Yu

More information about Chia Yu and where to buy this bowl: http://www.yu-chia.nl

Noodle bowls: joyofcolour, Yael Berger, Tel Aviv, Israel

You can buy this art print on: https://www.etsy.com/TheJoyOfColour

Noodle bowls: Susan Hol, Chaugey, France

More information about Susan and her work you can find here: http://www.susanhol.nl/

Noodle bowls: Gerda Simmer-Elzenaar, Eindhoven, NL

More information about Gerda and her work you can find here: http://www.stijlmetsimmer.nl/

Noodle bowls: Naomi Simmer, Eindhoven, NL

Noodle bowls: Anne-Lize, Amsterdam, NL

Noodle bowls: Caroline, Breda, NL

Noodle bowls: Roos, Utrecht, NL

More information about Roos and her work you can find here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/rosesarerednl

Noodle bowls

Did you already have time to make a noodle bowl? This scene comes from one of my favorite movies! Guess from which movie?

Theme of January: Noodle bowls

Welcome at the blog of The Difference of 25.
First of all I wish you a happy New Year!
I hope you all enjoyed the holidays. One of the things I did was visit the China Light Festival in Utrecht. It was fantastic to see how different artist made all kind of light objects. One of my favorites was this nice China noodle bowl. This inspired me for the theme of January: Noodle bowls.

You can make a funny bowl or a traditional Chines one, but you can also make a fancy one, photoshop your picture on it or clay one yourself!
The only limit is the deadline which is the 23th of January.
Pherhaps you can start with eating some noodles before you start! Hope to see you back.

Theme 33: Candles

Welcome to the gallery of candles. The shortest day has already come! Although it is nice to light up the candles I am glad that the days are getting longer now!

I'm wishing you all a merry Christmas and a happy 2015! I hope we have a creative New Year, with lots of time to draw, peint or make portraits for the Difference of 25! See you back in 2015!!!

Candles: Susan Hol, Chaugey, France

Candles: Anne-lize, Amsterdam, NL

Candles: Gerda Simmer-Elzenaar, Eindhoven, NL

Candles: Roos, Utrecht, NL

Theme of December: Candles

Hey there! Wow, what happened to The blog of the Difference of 25?
I'm sorry but lately I have been very busy. But I'm still here and guess what? I have a new theme for the end of 2014! Of course the theme is inspired by Christmas. The new theme is....candles!

Candles are lightening the dark days before Christmas and they make our homes nice and cosy. My mother always lights a candle in times we need good luck! And candles are romantic...!
You can send your artwork until the 23th of December. I hope you join and send in your candle(s).

Theme 32: Halloween

Sorry it took so long for the Halloween gallery to be posted. I've been very busy working at my Etsy shop Roses are Red as I participate in the pop-up shop Winter Winkel in Amsterdam. This shop is organized by the Ka-Ching Collectief and Etsy. The shop opens coming wednesday. If you are in Amsterdam don't forget to visit the shop at the Oudezijds Achterburgwal 121. It looks great!
But finally here it is: The Halloween gallery!

Thank you so much for joining the blog, I know a lot of you are very busy and still are sending in beautiful artworks! From my side I try as hard as I can to keep the blog alive.This blog exist already 3 years and this is the 32th theme we made! YES!

Enjoy the show.

Halloween: Caroline, Breda, NL

Halloween: Susan Hol, Chaugey, France

Halloween: Anne-lize, Amsterdam, NL

Halloween: Jule Geleijns, Utrecht, NL

Halloween: Naomi Simmer, Eindhoven, NL

Halloween: Mara Simmer, Eindhoven, NL

Halloween: Gerda Simmer-Elzenaar, Eindhoven, NL

Halloween: Roos, Utrecht, NL

Theme of October: Halloween

This month theme is Halloween! I love the carved pumpkins with the funny, scary faces.
Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31.
The word Halloween is a shortening of All Hallow's Evening.Traditional activities include trick or treat, bonfires, costume parties and carving Jack-o-lanterns.
For more info you can visit: halloweenhistory and history-of-halloween

What can you make? Carved pumpkins, bat's, a hounted house or castle, spiders in a web, black cats, funny dressed up people, skeletons, ghosts... just use your imagination!
You can send in your artwork until the 23th of October. Hope to see you soon!
In the meantime I make some pumpkin soup.

Theme 31: Hello Cat!

Welcome to the gallery of cats. I love the variety of these artworks. I think the cats of Susan and Wilma must definetly fancy eachother!
Thank you all for sending in your artwork. I hope you are not wondering what the weight, height, hobbies or favorite colour of these cats are. Don't forget these are real cats, not girls!!!!

But maybe you want to know the names of the creators of these cats! You can find this right below. Here you can also see all the artworks seperately.
Enjoy watching and I hope to see you back on the first of October for the new theme!