Update: I have been very very busy. I have stacks of drawings that I have not scanned yet. These are sketches from our summer vacation last year in Hong Kong and Bali and also sketches from our christmas vacation in Paris. Scanning is just taking way too much time. In fact, scanning my recent sketches took already more time than I thought….sigh…
I have recently (sort of) adopted a Welsh pony as part of my extracurricular activity to learn more about pony and horses. The pony actually belongs to the faculty and is also used for embryonal research. I train and take care of her twice a week. Her name is Anky. Oh, and I am also learning horseriding (dressage) now. It’s very cool.
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Recently I also learned how to culture bacteria. Well, I had the chance to culture bacteria from Wasabi’s faeces (my cat). I am proud that her E. coli is bile salt resistant….
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We got to know the occupant of the underside of our shoes. The swab is taken from the shoe of a fellow student. Meet the Baccilus…
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Maarten
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The bacteria guru
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Rob, the physiology guru
We were in Amsterdam yesterday and of course, we went to eat at our favorite restaurant New King on the Zeedijk. While Norbert asked for a table for two, I noticed a sketch on an A4 above the cashier desk on the 1st floor (top floor). I stared at it for a while, because I thought I recognized that sketch. And it was this exact sketch (above), which I posted on 04.03.2006. New King: I am honored that you hang my sketch in your restaurant!! Yesterday’s dinner was delicious, as always! Bedankt!
A little update on me and my study: Veterinary Medicine is a very intensive study. I have an exam around every 5 weeks. Within these weeks, I also have a team project that requires some attention too. Despite the energy that I have to put on the study, it is very exciting and interesting. It was unthinkable that I would exchange sketch paper and blue prints for milking cows, dissecting chicken, and stem cells research. However, I did not regret my decision at all. And those who thinks that I completely ditched architecture is wrong. I am still busy with architecture, only at another level. Previously, it was architecture in (centi)meters. Now, it is in micro and nanometers as in liverarchitecture or cytoarchitecture 
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The cats need some training again …
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Singel, Amsterdam.
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Artis, bedankt voor de inspiratie.
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Wasabi is a lot better and has also gained some weight. Though, she cannot go back to ‘normal’. Her CREA value is back to normal (a surprise!), but her UREA value is slightly higher than the previous test. We’re hoping that her UREA would go back to the normal range as well. But I guess that is too much to ask. One normal value is better than none.
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Oudegracht. Utrecht.
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Tulipa ‘Spring Green’
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I had to laugh when I was sketching this person’s foot. I know that people sometimes get intimidated when somebody stares at their face (and draw). But this time, the person felt intimidated because I was drawing his shoe/foot. He sat one row in front of where I sat, across the aisle. He looked back twice, but not at me. And I didn’t look up either, pretending I was not really looking at his shoe. I guess he could feel that someone was studying his body part. So he moved further down, on my side of the aisle, facing me…
(see the teeth marks on left bottom corner?)
Ok, so I forgot to put away (or just did not) this card last night. And before I get a chance to send this to Jan M at SP, my cat already took a bite of the card. I assume he or she disagree with my idea to send it to the Socialisctische Partij. And I assume it is one cat out of six who did this and I think Salami or Bacardi did it….Hmmm… may be I should compare the marks with their teeth?
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A (note) card with graphite and color pencils. Such a difficult paper to work with. May be I should send this card to Jan M. at SP. After all their logo is a (flying) tomato.
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Chinese to go for tonight…
It’s nice to be able to join Sketchcrawl again! Sketchcrawl 12.5 ‘Draw in your home’ is supposed to be tomorrow, 28-01, but since I have other plans for tomorrow I decided to do it today instead. These are sketches of the interior of our flat.
1. View from the study room/Nor’s office
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2. Nor’s desk in the study room/office
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3. Study room/office, showing bookcases and cabinets
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4. The bar/coffee corner/kitchen. We love our Kitchenaid espresso machine. Nor is a fantastic barista and makes delicious cappuccino.
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5. The other corner of the kitchen; also showing part of the bar and living room.
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6. The living room
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The view from the main library’s study room (2nd floor).
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…unfortunately the ink from the next entry slightly shows through this page…can’t be avoided as I used the small thin papered moleskine cahier.
It was a good day, except for one thing. The figure drawing workshop I want to do is canceled. One of students bailed out so suddenly, and now the teacher can’t get enough people for the class.  how disappointing!!
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Hmmm….what am I getting for my 4th birthday???
I am suddenly very interested in mice, guinea pigs, hamster, rabbits, etc… My homework that I did last night was about the ‘woelmuis’ (don’t know the name in English…it’s a mouse). I think they are cute. I am just not sure if they can get along with the cats. Can rabbits (especialy the super size giant type) can get along with cats? Are they big enough to take care of themselves?
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EDM Challenge #98: Free choice. Draw anything you like…… well a portrait then.
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Everyday Matters Challenge #100: Draw/paint a landscape. Typical dutch countryside.
My G-Star captain jacket …
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The clutter in my ’studio’ (actually, I do not have a real studio…). Stacks of books (art books, graphic periodicals, biology textbook, etc.), candles, tealights, manequin, etc. etc…
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