ART | ILLUSTRATION by Marjolein Caljouw: August 2011

Sunday, August 28, 2011

I joined Shop Around

Recently I joined Shop Around. It's an Agency for Illustrators, graphic designers, animators. They work on all kind of cool projects, so I'm glad I joined this agency. Here you can see my profile with images the artdirector chose. I think it's interesting to see how an artdirector looks at all your work and makes a selection.
http://www.shop-around.nl/print/illustration/project/marjolein-caljouw#top

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Sanding & Sketching

Sketches in my sketchbook.

Pencil and colored pencil on paper. Close-up.

Pencil and orange pencil on paper.

Pencil and collage on paper.

Pencil and collage on paper. Close-up.

Pencil on wood.

I bought a sanding machine for my big woodpanels that I have left from my last project. I painted on wood before but I didn't sand it down, so now the surface is really smooth and that's much better. I used to paint on canvas a lot and although it's a light material it also bounces back and forth if you paint. Wood is stabile and much smoother which will speed up the process.

The bad thing is that it's quite heavy.

Pencil on wood.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

New painting: "Birdcages"

Birdcages from Marjolein Caljouw on Vimeo.

Here's a little video about my new painting: "Birdcages".
If I'm looking at a painting I always want to see close-ups, to view all the details, so that's why I made this video. Also, to show a little process of my painting.

Acrylics and oilpaint on canvas.
100 x 120 cm / 47,2 " x 39,4 "

I painted the skelletonkings a long time ago (I think 2 years ago) I didn't know what to do with the background, but one time it hit me. They are walking through a forrest and release some little birds from birdcages. I wanted to make the birdcages to look a little bit unnatural/spooky.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Ludwig Zwei Wallpainting Amsterdam -Final Pictures-

Photo by: Roland Pupupin

Me in Ludwig Zwei.

Photo by: Roland Pupupin

Here is a part of the wallpainting in the back of the room. On the left side there's a smoking room and on the right there's a little wall that seperates the 2 walls. The couch is made of dark green suede leather wich match wonderful with the wall.
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Photo by: Roland Pupupin

Here's the right side of the wall, this is also in the back of the cafe/lounge club. The bathtop has little golden parts in the wallpainting. I like the designer chairs because it's inspired by a vintage nightclub from Paris.

Photo by: Roland Pupupin

Here you can see how the 2 walls in the back look like.

Photo by: Roland Pupupin

This is the longest part of the wallpainting. On the right there's a DJ booth. Look at the lamp, isn't that cool?

Photo by: Roland Pupupin

Here's a little close-up of the wall. The little twinowls are also the logo of Ludwig Zwei now. As you can see in my last post.

Photo by: Roland Pupupin

I think this is my favorite part, because I like the deers. On the right are the snails where the moths come from.
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Photo by Roland Pupupin.

The lights give everything a nice sphere. I coated the whole wall with Polyvine varnish. It's very mat and it's very transparent, so you don't see that it's varnished.

Photo by: Roland Pupupin

The lights change by color if you put them on. They are all handmade by Els de Jong. I think she did an amazing job. Her site www.apart-ontwerp.nl

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Opening Ludwig II, Amsterdam

As you can see in my last posts I was very busy with painting wallpapers. It was for a wall in Ludwig Zwei, a new gaybar in Amsterdam. It took me one month to paint 9 pieces of paper so it was very intense but I'm glad I finished it before the opening.

Photo on the left: The sticks are holding metal plates to the sealing. Photo on the right: I painted the different pieces of paper together, because it didn't fit exactly.

I will post photos of the total wall later, because I have to varnish everything, but here are the pictures of the opening:

Photo by: www.mrperezident.com

Popping champagne! On Tuesday, July 21, Ludwig Zwei opened it's doors to the public. The mayor of Amsterdam re-opened also two other gaybars: Eve and Havana.