The thorn

Comments

Love these Mia, so simple yet so very effective! - thank goodness you didn't post these before Roberts 13 posts [at the last count!!!] or else I might not have seen this one.

Posted by Debs Jones on Sun 26 Feb 22:18:06

Beautifully delicate and very classy work, Mia.

Posted by Thea Cable on Sun 26 Feb 22:30:10

I recognise your work immediately now Mia, very distinctive - delicate and intricate. I finally found your albums and came across one of coloured illustrations - wow - completely different but so beautiful - the little flower people on the swings of twigs were exquisite. What a beautiful story book cover that would make. What a talent you have.

Posted by ali . on Sun 26 Feb 22:48:31

A real piece to be proud of but then so are all your postings - keep them coming Mia

Posted by Michael Edwards on Mon 27 Feb 06:36:09

Lovely painting Mia, so delicate

Posted by Glennis Weston on Mon 27 Feb 07:38:27

Simply beautiful Mia

Posted by Petra Palmeri on Mon 27 Feb 08:45:05

Another nice delicate piece Mia, very effective the combination of watercolour and calligraphy, like it.

Posted by graham turpie on Mon 27 Feb 10:16:17

I love it Mia! Would be a lovely cover page for a book!

Posted by Satu Vartiainen on Mon 27 Feb 10:34:26

Elegantly stylish and as beautiful as ever Mia.

Posted by Val Kenyon on Mon 27 Feb 11:16:23

Beautiful Mia, and fantastic calligraphy.

Posted by Denise Butler on Mon 27 Feb 11:31:45

A great combination of techniques - you two work well together!

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Mon 27 Feb 11:39:16

How lovely this is. You have a great partnership going there :)

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Mon 27 Feb 12:18:06

A beautiful combination of artistic skills. Delightful.

Posted by Avril Soldani on Mon 27 Feb 16:56:16

Thank you ALL so very, very much for your many lovely comments. Yes, I am really happy to be able to work together with this great artist. We have the same ideas about positive and negative shapes on the paper. When making my painting, I always have to consider where he can put his text and I am always very surprised and happy about the final result. Since we "work" together, he went to some workshops only to improve the curly lines in and around my painting-parts!

Posted by Mia Ketels on Mon 27 Feb 22:17:50

A beautiful combination, elegant and poignant.

Posted by Lesley Dabson on Wed 29 Feb 09:18:04

Love this, Mia! So stunningly elegant and well drawn!

Posted by Seok Yam Chew on Wed 29 Feb 10:40:40

Sorry about my late answer but: Better late than never: thank you very much for your positive comments, Lesley and Seok. :) Mia.

Posted by Mia Ketels on Sun 04 Mar 20:46:59

Mia! I'm missing your postings! Hope that you are well and looking forward to more of your excellant work :) Take care :)

Posted by Sarah Bottjer on Sat 09 Feb 10:21:41

Hang on Studio Wall

31/03/2015

0 likes

1.295k views

Our latest combination of my watercolour with calligraphy (by Harrie Voet). Free translation: "The thorn receives water because of the rose". I used Conte pencil -Pierre Noire for the drawing and diluted Winsor &Newton Calligraphic Ink for the wash. More info on Harrie's website "www.kalosgrafein.be"- galerie VI - kalligrafie in aquarellen and in my Blog "Mia - april 2010". Thank you for your comments.

About the Artist

Mia Ketels

I live in Blankenberge on the Belgian Coast, about 15km from Bruges. After being trained as an art teacher in the 60ties, I started teaching for a few years. Then I had my carreer in a school administration. After retirement, I started drawing and painting again. I bought a lot of English books…

View full profile

More by Mia Ketels