This is a special watercolor website of artist Joke Klootwijk, from Middelburg - Zeeland, the Netherlands.

At regular intervals I add new watercolor paintings, news about watercoloring and information about watercolor workshops (specialized wet-on-wet technique) and my painting commissions. You are most welcome to contact me with further questions or suggestions.
Please enjoy your visit!

Latest News

New watercolors added from Students

New watercolors from students are added in the gallery Students. Take a look at the page Students 5. and taake a closer look how beautiful they are.

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Monet Journey

A new innovative website features the work of Claude Monet by letting you interact with his paintings. It starts by letting you topple over an inkwell. The splash turns into a series of encounters with his paintings. You will be invite to use the mouse to turn winter into spring and ripple the water. It [...]

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New DVD in production of Alvaro Castagnet

Alvaro Castagnet‘s followers will be pleased to hear that a fourth film is already in production. They have recently been filming with Alvaro in the north of England – in Manchester and Liverpool. The DVD is due for release next summer. For more information and watch trailers online click here.

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Harbor of Nieuwland, Zeeland, the Netherlands

Painting Plein air

Plein Air watercolor harbor of Nieuwland size 26 x 38 cm (without frame and mat) © Joke Klootwijk 2011 Today was the first day of the Plein air painters of Middelburg, Zeeland the Netherlands, organized by Cees Takkenberg. The first location was in the Port of Nieuwland, indeed boats. But I have painted a boat [...]

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Challenge Virtual Paintout

Participation March Challenge, Virtual tours and painting using Google Street View as a resource for travel around the world to interesting places and subjects to find this to paint. An American Bill Guffey has a blog set up to make a painting using Google Street View, when he published his picture on his blog, there [...]

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The art of watercolours

Sheila Hancock Brushes Up: The Art of Watercolours. An upcoming programme on the BBC 1 channel, Sunday February 20, 2011, Dutch time 18.00 hours. Watercolours have always been the poor relation of oil painting. And yet the immediacy and freedom of painting in watercolours have made them the art of adventure and action – even [...]

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