APRIL 2024

 
Hello dear art enthusiast, I'm delighted to bring you up to date on recent activities and artworks. I must say, the first quarter has felt tumultuous, with new challenges and decisions.

In the newsletter, I'll visually guide you through, follow me!

Warm regards,

Frank

PORTRAIT COMMISSION - Radboud University

Here is a sneak preview of a detail of the portrait I am working on for Radboud University. It is progressing steadily although I would like more speed in painting. However, it is not in my nature to take the easy way out. I am always looking to grow and improve my skills. That doesn't happen without study.

So parallel to painting this portrait, I again studied a lot on skills of old masters and delved back into the textbooks.

Every portrait has new challenges! I love how that stimulates my growth.

Oil on canvas, 50 x 60 cm

KUNSTLEIDING

For a healthy change with our daily focus, making connections with new art interests and sharpening our skills, Leonie and I set up 'Kunstleiding' more broadly.

We now each have a group of participants whom we guide along the creative path one part day a week. Leonie a group of 8 children and I guide adults on Wednesday evenings.

Check out www.kunstleiding.nl. An online platform we set up for that purpose. There you will find information about what we offer:

- 1-to-1 guidance (started since mid 2022)

- group guidance in drawing and painting (currently running)

- portrait painting course (coming up)

- drawing lessons for children provided by Leonie (currently running)

Maybe you'd like to join yourself or know someone who might want to get in?

CHILD PORTRAIT

With great pleasure, I painted this portrait of F. on 20-by-20-centimetre panel. Experimenting with transparency, layering, use of colour and suggestion, again brought me many insights that I will use in new portraits. I also enjoyed painting on panel. Although the ground here is still quite roughly primed with gesso.

Click here to see the whole work on my website.

Interested in a portrait of this size at an attractive price? Then contact me without obligation.

NEW WEBSITE FOR MY ABSTRACT ART

In the long run, I want to offer my abstract work to galleries and not facilitate the sales myself. Anticipating this, I have given that part of my portfolio its own place on www.frankverbruggeart.com.

It's a 'different' face than how I position my figurative work, where I really enjoy being in direct contact with my clients and art enthusiasts. For the more abstract work, I prefer to outsource that in the future, resulting in a different form of communication.

I'd love to hear what you think of this setup! Leave your message via the website or through the button at the bottom of this newsletter.

new abstract piece, 8 x 8 cm, oil on paperboard

CHARCOAL

I consider drawing to be a fundamental aspect of learning to observe a subject well. In fact, it should be a daily practice: starting the day with a drawing.

Here's an example of a charcoal portrait I recently created. A beautiful affordable alternative to an oil painting.

Check out some more portraits I made recently.

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