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Hi all, I hope you are okay! I suddenly got a lot of sales from my Spoonflower shop! It’s a nice surprise but I can’t really backtrack where it suddenly came from (except for the individuals) so I just wanted to share: thank you! It makes me happy and motivates me to make more so if you have any suggestions then let me know. At the moment though I am really busy still with teaching (switching to online education is quite a hassle) but if I have bit more time now at home I could make something new.
So: Thank you dear liker and purchaser <3 !

But the changing of winds, and the way waters flow…
…What I wouldn’t give for just a moment to hold
Because, I live for this feeling, this everglow

- Everglow, Coldplay

Digital painting by me in Procreate on iPad.

What I feel when I hear this song while taking a walk during sunset.
I don’t paint because people ask me to, push me to or expect me to.
I paint and create, because then I am (connected to) my feelings
So I can keep hold of that a little longer, because there is nothing in comparison
with that, not in the rest of the world and my life. So instead of human functionality, I am the sense, a conscious moment, a feeling, an emotion. And to be honest I wish I could live ‘in’ that forever, it is more ‘me’ than anything else.

Some feelings expressed. It was…satisfying to make.

Finally some new artwork again! Prints are available too here:
• https://petravanberkum.werkaandemuur.nl/nl/shopwerk/Mist-in-de-bergen/490998/132
• https://www.redbubble.com/people/petravb/works/40412128-misty-mountains?asc=u
• https://society6.com/product/misty-mountains2231204_stretched-canvas?sku=s6-11397413p16a6v28

petravb:

‘Edge’ for illustration friday

Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us.We ask ourselves,
who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous?
Actually who are you not to be? - Marianne Williamson,
from ‘A Return To Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles

Reblogging this for relevance.
I forgot a lot of things that I made before, sadly,
sometimes it feels like a former life.
But I remembered this one though.

But the illustration is… well,
If you want to connect, then you shouldn’t dissociate yourself from the world.
But I guess this image might show a changing point.
I love images of winged beings, but maybe next time one that is lower to earth and not alone would be nice. Daring to show the wings.

Fairytale Dreamscape. Available as fabric on Spoonflower, prints and stuff via Society6 & RedBubble. Check my portfolio at Pet-pet.nl!

Sketching for new Christmas cards!
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The Sunny Forest pattern design is finished and available as fabric, wallpaper and giftwrap at Spoonflower & Motiflow.

Opening up again for illustration/art jobs! See pet-pet.nl for portfolio. Let’s make it a great Autumn!

Painting with my new iPad 😁❤️
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