Where is your money really going?
When I buy your art, where is my money really going? We’re glad you asked. And we’ll get straight to it. Firstly, know that if you buy an artwork, Leslie ...
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Daniel Smith Gray titanium
Gray titanium is one of those colours that I didn’t buy straight away. I was doing fairly well without it as I had several other greys. But after about a ...
Daniel Smith Lunar black
Lunar black was one of the first non-Schmincke colours I tried. Reason being, I felt that the Schmincke blacks were not very black (each of them was quite similar to ...
Investing in emerging artists.
Collectors who support emerging talent not only contribute to the artist’s trajectory but also position themselves at the forefront of artistic discovery, often securing access to rare, foundational works before ...
van den hooven art exhibition extended by one month!
Announcing the inaugural art exhibition of Emerging Artist van den hooven at Clyde Gallery, Bay Pavilions Arts + Aquatic Centre, Batemans Bay. We are thrilled to invite you to the ...
Schmincke horadam neutral tint watercolour
I keep confusing the name of this colour with Schmincke’s “neutral grey”. That grey is colder, more bluish. But this is a kind of purplelish maroon grey. The larger the ...
Announcing the inaugural art exhibition of emerging artist van den hooven at Clyde Gallery, Bay Pavilions Art+Aquatic, Batemans Bay!
Announcing the inaugural art exhibition of Emerging Artist van den hooven at Clyde Gallery, Bay Pavilions Arts + Aquatic Centre, Batemans Bay. We are thrilled to invite you to the ...
Choosing my water colour palette and brands
I thought it would be interesting to say a few words about the brands of paints and pigments that I use, so I intend to do just that. I’ve put ...
Pale erbium oxide pink pigment
Recently I decided to add a new colour to my palette and that is erbium pink (erbium oxide). I’ve been using it for several months already. I believe no one ...
What drives me to create art?
There are four main things that drive me to create art: Art has the potential to change people’s emotional state. Certainly a room or an office without any art in ...
How to spot a fake van den hooven artwork.
One of the easiest ways to tell is simply to check the colour palette. Because there are certain colours that van den hooven no longer uses. Excluded colours and pigments: ...
My story. My love story. My struggle as a starving artist.
Let me tell you something. My story. My love story. My struggle as a starving artist. I myself am about to “give up”. Honestly. Because just last night, someone I ...
Would you like to leave this humble artist a google review or other feedback? 🙏
It would be nice if I could receive some more google reviews or other feedback about my art, please click here: https://g.page/r/CY8vxklvp2eNEBM/review What do you like specifically? Do you like ...
Unveiling the Soul: the inspirations and meanings behind van den hooven’s art
I have written previously about what inspired me to paint the way I do and how my style arose. But I haven’t really talked about the meaning behind each artwork. ...
Schmincke neutral grey
I keep confusing the name of this colour with Schminke’s “neutral tint”. That grey is a warmer, purplelish maroon grey. But this is a kind of colder, much more bluish. ...
Schmincke spinel brown
Winsor and Newton calls it “magnesium brown”, but I am using the Schmincke version (which may or may not have magnesium in it). Iron zinc spinel, or PY119, as it ...
Manganese blue barium manganate sulfate pigment PB33
I recently started using genuine manganese blue colour, a pigment made from barium manganate sulfate. You can buy my first artwork using this unique and rare pigment here. I’m also ...
Daniel Smith cobalt violet PV49 pigment
One of the other colours in my palette is cobalt violet, but not Schmincke cobalt violet hue. I’m referring to Daniel Smith’s cobalt violet (PV49). It’s a single pigment colour ...
Natural vermillion historical pigment
Of all the colours I have struggled with the most, it is probably orange. The reason is that many of the oranges did not seem natural to me, they are ...
New abstract artworks for sale!
I have been busy the last few months creating many new artworks, some of which are now available for sale! One of these is available for as little as AUD$110. ...
The lungs
Another organ that I like to paint are a pair of lungs. I tend to paint these in a triangular shape. But lately I have been doing them into a ...
The heart
The hearts are often the centrepiece of my artworks. Did you know that the word for ‘heart’ in Italian is ‘cuore’? (cuore also means “core”). And so the heart really ...
The brain.
I’ve always thought brains reminded me of walnuts (or rather, walnuts reminded me of brains) and so I draw the whole corpus callosum (a) in the shape of a walnut ...
Online art shop website updates
We just wanted to provide a quick update as we’re busily working behind the scenes to improve your online art shopping experience here with us. We’ve re-enabled trackship, which means ...