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In maart (2018) zal de laatste teken/illustratie cursus in Rotterdam plaatsvinden.

Want na de zomer vertrek ik weer naar Australie.

De cursus biedt een gevarieerd programma dat alle kanten en facetten van tekenen

vooral, maar ook illustreren, belicht en in praktijk brengt.

De lokatie is direkt aan de Maas. Als je even niet tekent, kan je zo vanuit je stoel naar

de voorbijvarende schepen op het water en de mensen op de kade kijken.

Links zie je de groene torentjes van hotel New York en rechts de SS Rotterdam.

Deze teken/illustratie cursus is geschikt voor beginners en gevorderden.

Meer info op de website www.hooywerk.com

Het begin van de cursus tekenen en illustreren in Rotterdam is verplaatst van 6 naar 13 maart 2017. Voor informatie zie de het vorige blog of kijk op de website www.hooywerk.com. Bellen kan op 06 434 127 44

Op maandagmiddag, 6 maart 2017 begint in Maaskoe, een voormalig kapitein´s huis aan de Maas, een teken- en illustratie cursus.

De cursus is al gehouden in Australie en in Duitsland. Nu gaat hij van start in Rotterdam.

Je leert de technieken en vaardigheden van het tekenen én illustreren. Bij tekenen alleen denken we vooral aan het natuurgetrouw overbrengen wat je voor je ziet. Bij illustreren komt ook de bijdrage aan een verhaal in afbeeldingen er nog bij. Dat kan natuurlijk ook natuurgetrouw zijn maar hoeft niet. Illustraties hebben veel te doen met hoe je een verhaal of situatie over wil brengen en waar je nadruk op wil leggen.

Deze curcus gaat over de combinatie van tekenen en illustreren. Als je al graag tekent zul je de cursus aanvullend en verrijkend vinden en een nieuwe kijk op tekenen erbij krijgen. En heb je nog nauwelijks getekend dan zul je, op een andere manier dan de al gevorderde tekenaar, een nieuwe wereld voor je open zien gaan.

De teken- en illustratie cursus is vriendelijk in gebruik en opzet, voor materialen wordt tijdens de les gezorgd. Maar vergis je niet, het blijft een intensieve cursus waarin elk belangrijk aspect grondig wordt doorgenomen en goefend.Tijdens de les is concentratie nodig en houden we de aandacht bij het tekenen, voor en naderhand is er altijd gelegenheid voor andere gesprekjes.  Er is plaats voor maximaal 10 mensen. Voor koffie, thee en lekkers wordt tussendoor gezorgd. Mocht je graag nog meer informatie willen horen of je willen opgeven dan kan je Veronica bellen op nummer 06 434 127 44 of een emailtje sturen naar [email protected] of [email protected]

                           (Over concentratie gesproken..)

In about a month the schools have started again, and so will the Drawing and Illustrating Courses in Berlin. 

I offer on Mondays a course for children in the afternoon and one for adults in the evening (both in German). You can also do a course Online when that suits you better.

Online is more flexible, of course, as you are not committed to the Mondays.

And if you live in nowhere or somewhere far away from Berlin than an Online Drawing and Illustrating Course might be just the thing for you. 

The difference between Drawing and Illustrating, in my opinion, is that Drawing is what you see with your eyes and then draw on paper.

Illustrating also has to do with creating an illusion or depicting a little story or thought. An illustration does not have to look realistic but it should come over as believable.

In this Drawing and Illustrating Course we combine the two aspects, which gives you in the end the option to go either way or stay somewhere in the middle.

The courses in Stadtteilzentrum Pankow (in Berlin) go for 12 weeks, starting on the 8. September 2014. The Online Course you can start when suits you and you can take up to 12 months to complete. 

More info you will find on my website,  hooywerk.com 

If you have questions, please contact me under

 [email protected] or [email protected]

My many years of experience with drawing and illustrating as well as with teaching Drawing I have collected in a book. I can not tell you when I started this lesson book as that is really a long time ago, but I finished it end of last year (2013). 

It is printed on a good quality paper, in full colour and ringbinded so you can leave the book open on your table. It contains 100 pages full of illustrations, instructions, ideas and inspiration.

I always thought that lesson books are meant to be complicated and difficult to understand so that one gets the feeling of learning something worth while.

For me it mostly meant that I sooner or later had to drop out of whatever skill I tried to learn.

Many books about drawing and illustrating are filling my cupboard and I find most also difficult to understand and the tasks not easy to follow.

So I have really tried to write an easy going book.

But don´t think it is therefore childish. It might look at first sight like a fun book,

and it is, but it is also a serious lesson book and if you follow the instructions and take note of what is written and explained, you will quaranteed benefit from this book and your drawing skill and imagination (very important when you draw) will improve greatly.

But most of all, I think, looking in this book will make you feel like drawing!

The book is available for my students but anyone who is interested in drawing can order a copy  (ISBN 978-3-00-043028-2) over the website, www.hooywerk.com.

You can illustrate a letter, a story, or a whole book.

You can illustrate a powerpoint presentation for work, or a handbook with instructions. You can illustrate a boring study book in such a way, that students will find it easier and nicer to study and take more in.

You can illustrate a children´s book so that a child will remember it fifty years down the track. And of course, you can illustrate a card and send it away.

You can also illustrate a point you want to make or a joke. You can illustrate a little message or a task that needs to be done. You can also illustrate an upcoming event, like another drawing course..

A little while ago I broke my foot. The foot is now in plaster and I walk with one leg and two crutches around. There is quite a bit I can not do for a while.

I can´t ride my bike, can not drive        (I don´t have a car anyway), can hardly walk, can´t shower, can´t play a sport, etc. etc.

But I can still draw which I do more as usual now.

In my classes I have sometimes people with a handicap. They might not be able to use their legs or have maybe only one arm.

But you only need one hand and good eyesight (or good glasses) to be able to draw. I had a girl come to my drawing classes who could not speak. But she drew beautiful and often helped the other kids.

I would like to see more people with a handicap draw.

When I draw I feel free as a bird. I can draw whatever I like. We all can.

There is really nothing that could not be drawn. Nothing at all.

My nieces finished their school exams (and passed) !

To make them recognizable I surrounded them with `props.`

Merel on the right has longer hair and she likes to wear high heels and dress a bit classic. Veerle has shorter hair and likes to wear sneakers and look more sporty.

Merel in Dutch is also the name of a bird, so I let the bird fly around her.

Veerle in Dutch sounds a lot like Veer and that means a feather. So feathers are flying around her. They also have a black cat who does not understand the excitement.

And last but not least, they trample the studybooks and let all the papers fly away so it is clear that we talk about the end of the schoolexams.

It is really not so easy to make faces recognisable without looking froozen.

 I would not try too hard and mostly only draw the obvious like a round or a long face, the hair, maybe earrings or jewelry that the person likes to wear.

Furthermore you can easily draw a tall person extra tall and a thin person extra thin, long legs extra long, etc.

 Clothes are of course instantly recognisable. Does the person normally wear lots of colours?  Prefers pants or dresses?  Does he or she has a favourite hat or scarf or shoes?

Does the person have a favourite bag? 

 Does he or she have pets, children, a friend, a car of bike that she always travels with? Does he or she play an instrument or play a sport? A football or a guitar can be great props too.

You will see that once you start, you thinks of more and more of these props.

It is a fun way to make a drawing and the person who it is meant for mostly really likes it, while it is very, very personal!