Theme of September: Fruit

Welcome back to The Difference of 25! I hope you all enjoyed the summer vacation!
After my vacation I've been quite busy in the garden.
As we have different kind of fruit trees and current bushes we had to harvest a lot.
We picked apples, plums, blueberries, raspberries, gooseberries and strawberries, more then we could eat. So we decide to make jam out of it! We made all kind of combinations and I think we can eat jam all winter!

I love the sight of handfuls of fruit in a basket. The picture on the left is one I made in the garden.

This month theme is fruit! Enjoy eating fruit while you are making artwork for the best results! You can send in your artwork until the 23th of September. On the 25th of September you can enjoy the gallery of Fruits! See you soon!

Theme 39: Trees

Welcome to the gallery of trees. In Utrecht the city where I live, a lot of trees are decorated at the moment. The tree trunks are wrapped with yellow, or white-red dotted cloth. It looks very nice. This is all part of the festivities of The Tour de France.
Coming weekend is The Grand depart, and this year the start is from Utrecht.
In our gallery we have a lot of different trees and blossom.

Thank you all for sending in your artwork. You can scroll down to see all artwork seperately. Enjoy the show! The Difference of 25 takes a short break, but I hope to see you back on the first of September for the new theme! Have a great holiday!

Trees: Daan, Bussum, NL

Trees: Susan Hol, Chaugey, France

Trees: Gerda Simmer-Elzenaar, Eindhoven, NL

Trees: Eveline, Bilthoven, NL

Trees: Anne-lize, Amsterdam, NL

Trees: Roos, Utrecht, NL

Theme of June: Trees

Hi there, sorry to keep you waiting. In my garden we are also waiting, not for a new theme, but for the lovely fruits to grow in our trees! This month theme is: Trees.
What is growing in your tree?

Of course there is no need to make a fruit tree. You can also make other trees. My father used to say there was no money growing on trees, but in this blog everything is possible!
You can send in your artwork until the 24th of June.
Hope to see you back in our orchard!

Theme 38: The cuttings of Matisse

Welcome to the gallery of The Difference of 25! I am proud to present you the new gallery with wonderful colourful cuttings inspired by Matisse. I especially like the combinations of the big artworks and the small allover artworks. I was wondering if anyone used a scissors as big as Matisse...

But of course not all the artworks are made of paper cuttings, some are digital made or made with stamps. Thank you all for sending your artwork!

For now, enjoy the gallery and don't forget to scroll down to have a closer look at the artworks.

I hope to see you back on the first of June for the new theme. Have a great week!

Matisse: BeColorAnd

Matisse: Eveline, Bilthoven, NL

Matisse: Gerda Simmer-Elzenaar, Eindhoven, NL

Matisse: mariette jongen, Utrecht NL

Matisse: Anne-lize, Amsterdam, NL

Matisse: Susan Hol, Chaugey, France

Matisse: Roos, Utrecht, NL

Theme of May: The cuttings of Matisse

Welcome back to The Difference of 25. Sorry to keep you waiting for the new theme but I've been very busy with my work. At the end of April I saw the exhibition "The oasis of Matisse" in het Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. I saw it together with Anne-Lize, who is also one of the loyal participants of the blog. It was beautiful. The cuttings are overwhelming by size and colour.

When you look closely you can still see the pin holes as he used to pin the cuttings on the wall.
But the most remarkable thing was the enormous scissors he used!
The cuttings of Matisse is this month theme. Of course you can make paper cuttings, but you can also paint, make pictures or use other techniques. Be inspired by Matisse!
You can send in your artwork until the 24th of May.
The exbibition lasts until the 16th of August: http://www.stedelijk.nl/en/exhibitions/the-oasis-of-matisse

Theme 37: Clouds

Welcome to the gallery of The Difference of 25. This month theme is "Clouds". It is the 37th theme of the blog! Some people join every month, some when they have time. This month we have a new participant: Mariëlle from De Koekenbakkers. Mariëlle makes very nice cookies and sells Cookie Cutters in all kind of shapes.

Please enjoy the diversity of our clouds. We have clear clouds, stormy clouds, rainy clouds and even a thundercloud! You can scroll down to see all the artworks seperate.

I hope tomorrow it will be a clear blue sky! Have a nice sunday everybody and don't forget to come back on the first of May for the new theme!

Clouds: Susan Hol, Chaugey, France

www.susanhol.nl

Clouds: Anne-lize, Amsterdam, NL

Clouds: BeColorAnd

http://becolorand.nl/

Clouds: mariette jongen, Utrecht NL

www.mariettejongen.nl

Clouds: Mariëlle, De Koekenbakkers, NL

This Cloud Cookie Cutter you can buy at Etsy:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/193110372/cloud-cookie-cutter

And her lovely cookies you can find here: www.dekoekenbakkers.com

Clouds: Eveline, Bilthoven, NL

More work of Eveline you can find on her blog:

http://ebbel.webs.com/

Clouds: Roos, Utrecht, NL

www.rosesarered.nl

In memoria Sultana

A few weeks ago I received an e-mail of the mother of Sultana with the sad news that her daughter Sultana passed away.

Sultana was a very enthousiastic participant of the blog. Therefore I made a special gallery with a selection of the work she made for The difference of 25.
In this way we will remember her and her love to create beautiful drawings.

Theme of april: Clouds

Welcome to The difference of 25! This is a drawing blog. Every month you will find a new theme on the blog. You can draw, paint sculpture, make pictures, whatever you like as long as it is related to the theme. Everybody can join and send in artwork.
This month I asked Susan Hol as guestblogger. She choose the theme of this month: Clouds!

Susan: April is the month of savage clouds, at least, when the wind becomes stormy. Thick fat white, but also dark and nearly black clouds fly over our heads. But in April you can also see those sheep clouds, or wafer-thin clouds, in short: clouds in all kinds of shapes. Maybe most beautiful are those clouds with silver lining, when the sun shines bright behind a big white fluffy cloud. I love those April clouds! Here’s one thick fat one above a cornfield, a photo I took in Chaugey, where I live. And a nicely shaped cloud above the chimney of the house of our French neighbours. (These two photo’s you can also find in my e-book Tijd voor...)

Thank you very much Susan for this nice theme! I really look forward to see all the new artwork and this time I will be glad to see a lot of clouds! You can send in your artwork until the 23th of April. 

roos25blog@gmail.com Wishing you a lot of inspiration!

Theme 36: Eggs

Welcome to the gallery of eggs!
First of all, thank you all for joining or/and reading the blog. We have a fantastic gallery of eggs and a new participant: BeColorAnd. You can read more of her work on the blog BeColorAnd This time she writes about the creation of her egg artwork.

I know I wrote about Spring time...but today in Holland it's raining cats and dogs. So better stay warm at home and enjoy the gallery of the Difference of 25! 

Hope to see you back on the first of April for the new theme. In the meantime... don't eat to many eggs with Easter.

Eggs: mariette jongen, Utrecht NL