Day 15 of #marchmeetthemaker. To see so many happy faces holding a drawing or painting of my making is of course an excellent motivation. 😊 This year my goa...

Day 14 of #marchmeetthemaker. I learnt, and am still learning, a lot just by looking at others demonstrating their skills. Last year I participated in a numb...

Day 13 of #marchmeetthemaker. As a watercolor artist and illustrator, I work both from life and from photographs. Last year I was approached by fashion brand...

Day 12 of #marchmeetthemaker. Below is a video of my hands - and eyes! - at work while drawing on location in South Africa back in 2017. It's like they’re lo...

Day 11 of #marchmeetthemaker. I always use brown paper and flax twine to wrap up my artwork. I love its crafty yet elegant appearance, also it doesn’t take aw...

Day 10 of #marchmeetthemaker. Hi everybody! I’m Emma Bijloos (pronounced: 'By-lohs'), watercolor artist, urban sketcher and all-round drawing nerd! This is m...

Day 9 of #marchmeetthemaker. There isn’t really a story to tell, as my business name is simply my name. I usually sign my work in the bottom-right corner, bu...

Day 8 of #marchmeetthemaker. I had the pleasure to make this portrait drawing of my elegant aunt Nen, as a surprise gift for her 70th birthday. Happy birthda...

Day 8 of #marchmeetthemaker. Next to on location drawings I also make paintings and drawings based on photos. Like these drawings of my two favorite women: m...

Day 7 of #marchmeetthemaker. The less glam side of being a (self employed) maker is that it can be a real juggling act. As #marchmeetthemaker-initiator Joann...

Day 6 of #marchmeetthemaker. As a professional artist I divide my time between working on commission and working on personal projects. Not only does this hel...

Day 5 of #marchmeetthemaker. As a painter, having an eye for detail is a valuable quality. I often find that while painting or drawing, something ordinairy o...

Day 3/4 of #marchmeetthemaker. These are the tools and materials I may use when drawing/painting on location. During last year’s #urbansketchers symposium in...

Day 2 of #marchmeetthemaker. I've been drawing my whole life, ever since I could hold a pencil. Here's a drawing I made at the age of ten, of my cat all curl...

Day 1 of #marchmeetthemaker. As a painter and #urbansketcher I love to work on location, or ‘en plein-air (in the open air) as the French term puts it. There...

This March I'll be participating again in #MarchMeetTheMaker, a 31 day Instagram Challenge aimed at designer/makers to tell their small business story, share...