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I decided to make time to take part in the Virtual Paintout again. This is a fun project by Bill Guffey where he chooses a destination and then we use google maps to find views to paint. This month it’s Amsterdam.
“It’s Amsterdam, only bonkers” by Cate van Alphen
It was quite near the end of the month when I started, so I decided to focus on something fun rather than strictly accurate. I’ve done some messy gesso in the background on a piece of blue paper. I used paint pens and only slightly exaggerated the tilt of the buildings.
I wanted something a little bonkers to reflect the feeling of Amsterdam which is full of fun surprises. For example a museum of Fluorescent Art or tiny houses in a crack between two buildings.
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Great post 😁
Beautiful tourism destination.
I remember in Amsterdam, the building very like those in your picture, that we stayed in rocked! Very unsettling feeling…so I think your painting us perfect. It ‘rocks’!
Correction – Is perfect not us perfect – sorry.
I love the painting, it’s one of the funkiest I’ve seen of Amsterdam and the colorful houses have been an inspiration to many 🙂
Thanks 🙂