I started painting watercolors in 1997 and since then art has been a part of my life. I find great joy in looking at interior design, fashion design and landscape photography. When I was eighteen I started taking drawing lessons at the Westvest Academy and painting lessons from a local artist, both in Delft (The Netherlands). I attended a short course in photography as well, in Amsterdam, just for the fun of it! Much later I also took lessons in pottery, again at the Westvest Academy. The lessons in drawing and painting especially helped me in getting...more