REVolution

drawing for Sanne, little girl with a bunny on her head :)

as i'm drawing a lot lately, i feel like i'm getting more and more the results i love. so yes, your drawing muscle does exist! i always thought i couldn't draw. when i saw other girls draw, i was convinced they just HAD it and i was kinda a loser. but since i've followed multiple classes from Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts, i feel so confident & happy with my own work. yes i can totally say that i'm happy with my own work. if you can't handle that, than pulease move on to another blog & save me your emails :)

i start out with sketching the sweet little face. i've practiced A LOT on all different sizes and sorts of eyes. i'm happy with how they turn out now. kinda happy/sad combination.

 

than Sanne asked if i could draw her a girl. OH YES BABY. and of course her bunnies, or at least one of them, had to be in there! why not on her head. that's the fun part of creating: EVERYTHING and ANYTHING goes. NO FREAKING RULES. i don't do well with rules. i like to make up stuff and go where that takes me. so bunny on her head it is. carrot 'dress'.

 

do you follow me on Revlie on Instagram yet? i'm updating my stories as much as i can, so you can see my process, and some fun video's there too. and sometimes, sometimes i just realize my kids are not from here.... it was crazy hot (as it is now, serious, a heatwave in the half of september? DUDE), and this little crazy one decided to dress up like darth vader. freaking me out in my cute little tiny studio. nasty little bastard. but he better prepare, but i will get payback. for every joke he pulled on me. ohhhh the revanche :)

 

 

using acrylic paint (Americana/Decoart, Amsterdam), watercolors (Winsor & Newton), Gelato's (Faber Castell) and just pencil.

 

creating the fur look on the little bunny was kinda hard and tricky. i was not too happy about the small piece of hair on the left. when Sanne saw it she told me it had to go. haha. okay dear, you ask, i deliver :)

 

 

added some grey to the paw first, than slowly making some cute little strikes with white paint. yes. the whole bunny had to be painted like this. it relaxes me to know i can be creating this painting for a long time, taking my sweet time. there's no rush, it's all about the process, not about the finished painting. although that also gives a feeling of satisfaction, big time!

 

same slow process for her hair. stroke by stroke, piece by piece the hair is looking more and more like hair. be it green :)

 

it's hard to see on a photo that the fur really looks like real fur. 

 

maybe this will do. and his droopy eyes. oh my cuteness.

 

and i use lots of different colors and mediums to create the eyes. just play with it and see where it takes you.

 

not to happy about the carrot dress. but it is what it is. i'll manage. don't be to hard on yourself, judging yourself. it's all a process. you learn with every paint or pencil stroke you take. give yourself that time to evolve.

 

i love the combination of the thick acrylic paint and the soft and translucent watercolors so so so much. don't be afraid to mix things up sweeties, just try and see what happens. yes, you can always always always coverup and there's always new paper!

 

 

i add shadow with my pencil. love the 'rough'  look of it. not too dark, not too soft either. just imagine where the sun is, and how the shadow will be. and seriously, i don't give a bit if my shadows are off or not humanly possible. i just create them where i think they should be.

it still has to be fun remember! i'm inspired by other artists who share drawings of when they were younger / when they started out and how they draw now! i go look for some of those drawing for you and show you the difference. you can see what practice and persistence can bring you. just keep marching sweetheart, just keep going in the forwarding motion :)

life is good. i need to find a rock to sleep under, because it's bloody hot in the Netherlands right about now. crazy stuff.
rev

 

 

 

 

 

 

and she thinks she's made of candy {art journal page}

{made in a Dylusion A4 art journal, with neocolor II from Caran d'Ache, watercolors from Winsor & Newton and gelato's from Faber Castell :)

hello my sweet birdies. i've been drawing up a storm. creating my little hands up. and dealing with pain. lots and lots of pain. and i know there are so many tips & advices given to me, that that overwhelmes me. i have 2 illnesses, fibromyalgia (as in muscle pain and fatigue most of the freaking day) and diabetes Type 1 Lada, which can also have muscle / joint pains. which doubles the fun actually.

most people of course mean well by trying to help me with product X, Y or Z that has helped them dearly. i totally understand you want to help somebody else who's going to maybe similar issues. but the people i never interact with on social media (they only send out friend request, and after i agree, they immediately ask me to go like page X), and send me private messages about some products or services they seem to work for, i get extremely irritated. yes me. i can get extremely irritated. go ask Arjan. or the kids. ha!

so most of the days of the week i'm doing fine. some days are not so fine and some are down right rotten. art helps. drawing helps. being creative helps. it eases my mind, i wonder of in my happy place and kinda 'forget' my pain for that moment. which is kinda impossible because it is always there, but sometimes it seems like less 'up front' if you know what i mean.

had fun creating this art journal page, although it took me about over a year. yes, that happens sometimes. you start something, not happy with it, move in. only to come back later and finish it anyway! so there's a little lesson in here too! don't be saddened if things don't work out right away. sometimes it has to simmer a bit before you can continue with it. if you have made an art journal page, or something creative, and you are not quit happy about it, don't punish yourself for being Uncreative! just lay it apart, put it away and start something else. in a while, and sometimes yes, that can take up to a year (!) you find it, see it, seek for it, and you manage to make it work again. OR NOT. and that's totally fine too. 

life is good. let it simmer sometimes.
rev

Indian Summer Sale!!

hello sweethearts!! 

just a little heads up that the Art Journal Summer School 2016 is now on sale for only 66,50 euro's! you can sign in via my link here, and you'll receive a lovely free stamp from me *IF you sign in via my link, please & thank you!!

you can easily catch up and have fun with all the wonderful lessons all those talented art teachers are teaching you!

this is my lesson: Quotes in watercolor (be aware, very addictive!)

happy watercolor quoting sweet birdies! i'm continuing painting and painting and painting my little ass of. yes, i'm inspired as crazy and will soon show you what i'm working on!

life is good. painting makes it even better.
rev

 

wow. a Fairytale ecourse! i NEED that!

Tamara Laporte is hosting another fabulous class, and this time it's a lovely Fairytime adventure! seriously! Ever After, i NEED this course and i think you need it too! click HERE to register. my very very sweet & talented friend Andrea Gomoll from Creative Creations is one of the guest teachers. she. rocks. your. socks. off. i promise!

 

 

so, what are you waiting for? join me and so many others creating FAIRY TALES. hello!!

life is good. create your own fairy tale.
rev

WIN this huge price package for Art Journal Summer School 2016 :)

hello birdies,

my last post was HUGE. i know. sorrynotsorry. i just had much to tell ya! so as you know Art Journal Summer School 2016 is here again, and it's bigger and better!

i guess you want to play along with my big fat huge give-away huh?! well, you can win this!!

what you have to do? share my blogpost & my sign up link as crazy on all your social media stuffs, and let me know in the comments WHAT you would like to learn from me :).

remember: you have to be subscribed to my zine to win (top hand corner of my blog!)

and if you sign up for Art Journal Summer School via my link, i will send you one free stamp!

 

and to have some pre-fun, here's a little video of all the stuff you will be learning on Art Journal Summer School 2016: 

okay sweet birdies, enjoy your Sunday & see you soon at Art Journal Summer School 2016!

life is good. choose art.
rev

have you forgotten how good it feels to PLAY? {my 7 tips to get into your creative flow}

oh, how many times i hear "i would love to create that, but i don't know how", or "i wish i could make something like you create, but i am not as good as you", or "i don't have time...."

and it breaks my heart. seriously. we ALL are creatieve. very creative. but i strongly believe that some of us, has lost the childish freedom of just go and create whatever you want to create. the freedom a child has, when it is given a box of pencils and a blanc sheet of paper. the child doesn't overthink. doesn't compare (not yet!), doesn't feel fear for the blanc space. the child simply enthusiastically grabs a pencil and STARTS. then and there. not one second the thought "i can't draw" runs through his or her mind. not one second it feels not creative. the child simply starts & enjoys his own creation!

i want you to feel that way too again, i know you can be free & feel like a child again. i know, because i can feel that way when i create. and if i can, YOU can my sweetheart.

i've a few tips for you i would love to share that MIGHT help you get into your creative flow and create the most fun, gorgeous & happy things you want to create. if that is a mixed media canvas, an art journal, a scrapbook page or a huge painting.

first you want to do is START right where you are. yeah. sounds pretty crazy huh?! but think a little about WHAT the heck is stopping you and WHY. i've got this strong drive to create because i just simply need to make stuff to feel good. and that's my WHY. i want to feel good. i'm not thinking about anything else, just "i want to feel good". that's my huge motivator

 

REMOVE any distractions. no not your children! let them tap in! i mean Facebook, twitter, pinterest, instagram, your computer, the entire internet actually. it really isn't helpful if you are creating and you are gonna look every 5 minutes on your phone for new messages, on your laptop for new Facebook posts from OTHER PEOPLE CREATING. yup. get my point?!

 

STOP comparing yourself to anybody else but you! yes! do not ever ever ever compare your beginnings with somebody else middle. it simply takes time to reach the image you had in your head you wanted to create, to starting to love the image you did create! usually it is totally different! we can imagine the most fun & gorgeous creations, and when we start, it's like: naahhhhhhh THAT was not in my head! holy guacomoly i'm fooling myself! 'she' or 'he' has the most gorgeous creations, and i'm like here, starting and not liking what i just made. STOP THAT THOUGHT. see it as progress & practise. you couldn't walk the first time you stood up, now could you? it took practice! and did you give up? don't think so! were you thinking "oh, she walks better than me?". nope, don't think so. you just pushed your crazy little self to stand on those chubby legs (yes, i'm speaking on my own behalf :), and you never ever gave up. keep that in mind. PRACTICE. it's just practice. and practice makes perfect. oh, we change that: practice makes HAPPINESS. so the only one you can compare yourself too, is your earlier creations. and you will see progression. wiieeehoooo!

 

put on some MUSIC. my favorite music, preferably out loud, makes me want to create so badly. i love listening to my favorite songs. it makes me feel good, creating makes me feel even better and i can totally loose track of time. it really brings me into this happy flow.

 

give yourself PERMISSION to play. yes. CREATE your own time. busy?! YES ME TOO. but i still can find time to create. it's simply a matter of priorities. it's something i want so badly i CREATE my own time to do so. i have 2 children (now 12 & 8, but they were once babies too!) and i run 2 companies. and i still have time to create (and sleep too!). so take a real good look at your days. where in your day, do you have some 'lost minutes'. i do not type 'hours' because, who has those huh?! i've noticed that i had lost minutes, for instance, after dinner & before bedtime of the children. there was time i was usually cleaning up, or browsing Facebook (YES THE WORST), and tick-tock the clock would suddenly say "bedtime kids" and after 9 pm i was all tired, bored and there was no energy left! so i figured, what if i started creating in that small window of time after dinner & before the kids went to bed? and YES i managed that even when the kids were smaller. especially when yours still take naps (OH HEAVEN), USE that time. GIVE yourself that time. if you feel you need to clean the house before they wake up: believe me, you can clean your house with them being awake. Sanne & Ruben loved to 'ride' my vacuum cleaner and i just made a small party out of it. if my house was squeaky clean? not really, but we sure had fun AND I HAD MY CREATIVE PLAY TIME.

 

SPOIL yourself sometimes with new art supplies. nothing makes me want to start and play, as receiving new art supplies. and don't get me wrong, i totally get it when there's little to no money, been there (!), but you can buy the most cheap art supplies you can find & still feel so freaking happy with it. 

 

WATCH others create. this is a 'dangerous' one, if it doesn't give you the feeling you want to create, if it brings you down in any kind of way. but for me, it's a huge motivator to get started myself. i love to buy courses, ebooks, books, read blogs from other artists i admire. i don't feel like "i can't do that". i simply feel their creative spirit, their power, their enthusiasm, and they make me feel like i want to get started. 

 

so are you ready to play? to get into the groove?

 

i would love for you to join my in my course Magic Mixed Media! i will guide you step by step how to create these fun & lovely mixed media canvasses, and you will learn how to play again, how freaking awesome is that?!

here's a little intro video of what we are gonna make, AND the early bird price is NOW, so if you want a sweet deal, go grab the course NOW and HERE.

 

remember. life is good. PLAY MORE.
rev

my creative planner, 12

{my creative planner, week 12}

this was actually the FIRST week i wrote in my planner. i didn't figure it was to be my creative planner just yet :). and i just received my watercolors. so HAPPY CAMPER and i started playing around. testing the colors of my watercolor. writing down some quotes. have the start of my "magic poop day" aka, extreme diarrhea. yeah, let's just tell it as it is. it lasted about 3 (!) weeks. i figured it had something to do with the medication i had to take for my diabetes. so not the insuline, but the pills i also had to take twice a day. 

i played with it. (sorry doctor!). to find out what was happening. stopping with the pills for 2 days, and it was GONE. normal poop. you can be so happy with that peeps! it was so extreme i couldn't get out of the house. i seriously couldn't hold it, it was that FAST. so after two days of stopping with those pills, it was turned normal again. so i started the pills again. those nasty buggers! within 1 day i was back on my FAST track.... so i contacted the doctors office & my doctor at the hospital. they wanted me to test some more so i did. they agreed. i was kinda allergic to the stuff so i was allowed to stop it. happy me! seriously. 3 weeks of pure 'shit' is NO FUN. ha. it is a hilarious story though, especially when Ruben tells total strangers in the grocery store i shitted my pants in the kitchen....

so a simple page for just testing out my brand new planner, and fun watercolors of course!

are you working with a creative planner? are you a scrapbooker? are you a project-life'er? are you a 'normal' planner? do you use a digital agenda (whaaaa!), are you a mixed media artist, are you an art journaler? i'm curious, what is it you do to be creative & nurture your soul? i always feel the need to write it out. i'm curious, how about you?!

life is good. your words can heal.
rev

my online course how to create Magic Mixed Media canvasses is ALMOST here!!

Magic Mixed Media Ecourse by Revlie Schuit from Revlie Schuit on Vimeo.

whaaaaa!! my 4 weeks online course how to create Magic Mixed Media canvasses is ALMOST here. Sign in starts March 31, Ecourse starts April 21. A little video what you can expect. If you care to share with your artsy friends, that would be very nice.

4 weeks, 15 video's, over 6 hours of pure fun! 

you are about to learn how to PLAY. how to give yourself permission to play and create some wonderful lovely mixed media canvasses. it really is not as hard as you might think. i will guide you every step of this fun way, and the most important lesson is: GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO PLAY. i mean really. don’t overthink. don’t compare. get yourself in your cocoon and start creating FREELY.

life is good. don't overthink. just do.
rev

 

 

note to self. let that shit go.

{let that shit go}

oh man. we all need to let shit go. we all have stuff that ways us down. for me, it's about unjust. if someone has wronged me, i can keep going on and on and on. with the conversation. even if that hasn't even take place. do you do that also? have complete conversations with the particular person. that haven't even take place. but it is taking place in my head. over and over and over again.

what i wish i had said. what i should have said. what i feel is totally stupid i did say. and how they reacted. and how stupid and wrong that was. and on and on and on and on.

and since i'm being guided by Nicole Offenberg, my business coach, i'm learning tools and techniques to let that shit go. to think about WHY i'm thinking about it. what triggers me. why is it so important. why i let stuff happen, or why i act the way i act. and it is so extremely helpful. to have somebody independent thinking with me. no judging. just asking the right questions at the right time and makes me figure it out by myself with her gentle and wise guidance.

and letting shit go FEELS so freaking good! i've so many plans to work on for my creative business, but since i was so busy with other peoples opinions, i was seriously going nowhere. and now i'm working on that, i'm really making steps. big steps. it feels so good to walk towards your goals and not letting your sweet self be so distracted by all the stuff that happens in your life. because you know, life happens.

so. what is holding you down. or back. what shit do you need to let go? make an art journal page about it. you can hide your journaling if you don't want anybody to read or see it. but create something around it and LET THAT SHIT GO.

life is good. it happens.
rev

my creative planner, 11

{my creative journal week 14 September 2015}

listen. i will poke my insuline needle in the next person who says to me "oh you have diabetes?, well be happy you don't have cancer".... Seriously! i AM of course grateful that i don't have cancer, but that doesn't mean that diabetes is a ride in the park... although i'm pretty positive mostly, i still am only human. i do have the right to be angry, upset, disappointed in my own body. diabetes simply sucks. BIG TIME. and yes i'll manage. i'll deal with it. but don't compare apples with pears. that might or might not be real English :)

i was creating a beautiful page for one of my friends who was unfortunately very sick from breast cancer. it felt so good to be able to create something special for someone special.

not very special stuff going on in this week in my planner, despite being irritated by ignorant people. adding color on shitty days. 

life is good. love this quote "she has fire in her soul & grace in her heart".
rev