August 2025 – Paula Kuitenbrouwer
1 post published by Paula Kuitenbrouwer during August 2025| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
1 post published by Paula Kuitenbrouwer during August 2025| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
This article discusses the necessity of Swedish Death Cleaning. The loss of a parent is not preventable, but what is preventable is pain of having to dealwith closets full of belongings. This often…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
An artist has been prepping for some time. It has brought her some insights which like to shares with fellow artists. Self-Reliance in Emergencies. The fun side of prepping.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
An Inspiring Personal Art Website| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Research shows arts makes us happier and helps us to restore our (abstract) thinking skills. Why?| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
This short essays deals with the importance of position. Paula Kuitenbrouwer also wrote on the importance of composition.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
How to draw? How to design a composition? Paula Kuitenbrouwer and Sybille Kramer on the importance of preliminary art studies, a well evaluating and designing a composition, and use of intuition wh…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
What are the traditional or classical colours that allow endless variation in mixing? what were the colours on the palette of Rembrandt and Maria van Oosterwijck? Which colours form the basis of yo…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
4 posts published by Paula Kuitenbrouwer during May 2025| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Have a look at the drawings by Italian artist Sybille Tezzele Kramer and Dutch artist Paula Kuitenbrouwer as they take on the Shepherd Hut Art Challenge. Through their artworks, Sybille and Paula t…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Book review The Other Side – a Journey into women Art and the Spirit World- by Jennifer Higgie.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
10 posts published by Paula Kuitenbrouwer during January 2025| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
A short art-lesson on Cross Hatching, a technique used for drawing, sketching and etching.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
This is a story about an heirloom; it tells a tale with a tear, but it ends with a smile. All thanks to a sensitive and creative goldsmith named Liliia Tereshkiv, currently based in the Netherlands…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
R.I.P. Overleden. In Memoriam L.F.P. (Bert) Kuitenbrouwer by his daughter Paula Kuitenbrouwer| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
A Poetry Analysis of ‘Heredity’ by Thomas Hardy. Dedicated to the Memory of my Grandfather. Written by Maryse Kluck.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
A short article about mark-making. Mark-making is a powerful and versatile tool next to adding lines. It allows for endless creativity and experimentation. Make your mark creatively, intentionally,…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Art lesson on Monochromatic and Full Colour Art. Monochromatic is black-white, right? Wrong. Is monochromatic always black-white? No. Full colour is all colours of the rainbow? Often that is wrong …| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Studying (copying) with graphite Joachim von Sandrart’s ‘Baths of Diocletian’ yield interesting insights. Learn how to draw by copying the masters.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
A short article on the usefulness and benefits of applying the Fibonacci Sequence in setting up a large painting.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Finding Comfort in Art During Difficult Times. How visiting an art exhibition helps you to ease stress and renew your energy.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
A personal essay over the deep comfort of engaging with art studies as a way to distract oneself from stress and grief.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Paula Kuitenbrouwer shows how to see colour in seemingly white objects. Her article concluded that white absorbs the colours of its environment. White spaces often work as negative spaces. In minim…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Make sure to cultivate your art friendships, spend time around artists, or join a collective. Invite artists’ feedback. It will increase your inspiration.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
A short story on an old man reaching 123 years of age. All goes brilliantly well, except a bit different than we expect. A creative story by Paula Kuitenbrouwer.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Artist Paula Kuitenbrouwer captures the essence of hope and resilience in her work. Her compositions resonate deeply, articulating the hope we need and the resistance we must cultivate. Witness her…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Artist Paula Kuitenbrouwer shows her drawing-in-progress of a butterfly composition done with Derwent graphite pencils. She intertwines the essence of Nagomi-inspired simplicity with the rhythm of …| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Paula Kuitenbrouwer, an old-school artist living in modern times, draws butterflies that symbolize hope. Butterflies embody hope because they are beautiful and delicate beings that undergo remarkab…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
What are these three tiers stacked -Feng Shui- generational tortoises or turtles? What do they mean? What is their symbolism? Paula Kuitenbrouwer explains and shows her artwork.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Why should a painter use real life models or objects? What makes using real life objects better than photographic or digital references? Paula Kuitenbrouwer explains why she favours real objects st…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
How to reignite your lost passion for drawing or painting? How to regain drawing or painting after an interlude (of several years or decades)? Paula Kuitenbrouwer gives advice.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Art shop by Paula Kuitenbrouwer Copying and using my artworks and texts is expressly prohibited. This includes all futures.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
How to declutter your artist studio? It is a cliche to assume that all artist’s studios are messy. There are artists who are allergic to mess; they prefer to work in a neat space. Here are a …| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
In her quest to live a more minimalist lifestyle, Paula Kuitenbrouwer reads books about Swedish Death Cleaning (Swedish de-cluttering) and Japanese Minimalism. What we call our possessions often po…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Welcome! I am Paula Kuitenbrouwer and I work as a commission artist. Art is often seen as a luxury but when it comes to memorable events we are in need of art. I was taught drawing and painting by …| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
How Should you Write a Spiritual Resume (Curriculum Vitae)? Paula Kuitenbrouwer offers some Inter-religious, Multi Religious, Non-denominational Recommendations.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
A short essay and art study of the Celtic Bronze Age Desborough Mirror by Paula Kuitenbrouwer.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
An essay on the Crossed Bison of Lascaux. Paula Kuitenbrouwer draws them and finds interesting details that she puts into perspective.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
An ODCE 500 word essay on the travels and burial of Lady Vix by Paula Kuitenbrouwer| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
An essay about Nuliajuk, an environmental Inuit goddess. Who is she? Paula Kuitenbrouwer narrates and draws her timeless story.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
How Interpretations of the Ritual Nature of Stonehenge Have Changed over Time; a study illustrated with 5 artworks. An essay by Paula Kuitenbrouwer.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
What is Ma, a Japanese aesthetic principle? Ma is described as ‘an interval in time and/or space’, thus referring to empty spaces, vagueness or abstraction. Three illustratieve artworks…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Why do we love Koi? why do we get mesmerized observing slow moving Koi? Artist Paula Kuitenbrouwer tells her story.| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Italian artist Sybille Tezzele Kramer and Dutch artist Paula Kuitenbrouwer take a closer look at the popular quote ‘Dream Big & Enjoy the Simple Pleasures of Artmaking’. They also a…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
Soon I will have art-lessons available on my website. They will combine art-making, art-history, and art-appreciation. Individual lessons & collective lessons, for homeschool art students, and…| Paula Kuitenbrouwer
