Watercolour website of Artist Joke Klootwijk
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
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New watercolors of students
On the page Students you can find the newest watercolors of students. A lot of students have never painted before, so it is great that so many people paint so beautiful watercolors for the first time. For me, I like it that so many people start to make watercolors. A difficult but fascinating painting technique. [...]


