Kennicles – Visual thinkers – Charlotte Paulina van Hout

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The impossible will cost ya

Not much, though.

Analogue party

Happy Atelierroute 2023!

Warm welcome

“Be our guest! Be our guest! Our command is your request!”

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Ja denk daar maar eens over na ja.

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Experimental research in progress.

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(not a spelling mistake)

About 'Kennicles'

“KENNICLE”: a visual thinker (nl: visuele doordenker). A [creative] pointer to something indescribable. “Not this, not this, but something like this.”

A variation on the existing word ‘kenning‘ [see below]. Coined by yours truly, to describe the creations on this site (images, text) that don’t really want to be described. Feel free to pick your own interpretation.

“KENNING”: a figure of speech; concise compound or figurative phrase replacing a common noun, especially in Old Germanic, Old Norse, and Old English poetry.

Examples of kennings:

Blood = “battle-sweat”
Death = “sleep of the sword”
Sea = “whale-road”
Sun = “heaven-candle”.

Isn’t that fun.

Also, come say hi at Het Huis van Betekenis in Utrecht.

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Day-to-day sketches and other frivolities.

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Did you recognize it? It’s my version of Goya’

Did you recognize it? It’s my version of Goya’s “The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters” (“El sueño de la razón produce monstruos”), part of a series of aquatints called ‘Los Caprichos’ (1797-98). Prepare yourself cause I’m going full-history-nerd in this caption.
I read that there’s very different interpretations of the meaning of this work. Apparently, Goya himself described the series as depicting “the innumerable foibles and follies to be found in any civilized society, and from the common prejudices and deceitful practices which custom, ignorance or self-interest have made usual”.
So it’s a kind of satire, social criticism. This interpretation is consistent with the image of Goya as a champion of the Enlightenment, trying to get rid of ancient superstition.
But I heard this in a talk by the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston: the word ‘sueños’ in the title can have different meanings.
“‘Sueño’ can be translated two ways.
‘Sueño’ can be ‘sleep’, sleep of reason. Meaning that when we’re not vigilant, dark forces will overtake us.
‘Sueño’ can also be translated as ‘dream’. When an artist dreams, the true inner imagination will be released.
So this can either have a very negative, or a very positive meaning.”
That’s something else!
And only then, I came across this description of the work (Norton Simon Museum):
“When abandoned by Reason, Imagination produces impossible monsters: united with her, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of their wonders.”
That’s a whole different translation all together… but this does confirm the suspicion that this work does not have one single meaning.
And a little encore: the School of Life has a short video about Goya and chooses a very psychological (and subjective 🤨) approach to this work. My phrasing:
“Goya was manic depressive since adolescence.
Night is when things become unbearable if our minds are fragile… Every monster in this work represents a (nighttime, haunting) thought.”
And now, I need a nap like there’s no tomorrow 🫠🤤😵‍💫
#goya #franciscogoya #thesleepofreason #pencildrawing #procreate #artinterpretation #interpretation #loscaprichos

Hate to burst your bubble 🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃

Hate to burst your bubble 🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃
#quote #relationships #situationships #blackandwhite #pencildrawing

Begonnen met papieren knipsels, en digitaal bewerk

Begonnen met papieren knipsels, en digitaal bewerkt. Gebaseerd op een middeleeuws volksverhaal uit de regio Utrecht, genaamd ‘De nieuwsgierige knecht’. En de figuren zijn gebaseerd op een houtsnede van met heksen en duivels uit de 18e eeuw. Hieronder (en in de tekening zelf) een fragment uit de 16e-eeuwse tekst.
“Er leefde in het vlek Oostbroek, niet ver van Utrecht, een weduwe bij wie een knecht inwoonde die allerlei werkzaamheden deed zoals de omstandigheden dat meebrachten. Daar hij reeds meermalen (nieuwsgierig, zoals dienstboden dat plegen te zijn) door het tralievenster had opgemerkt dat zijn meesteres in het holst van de
nacht, zodra het dienstpersoneel ter ruste was gegaan, geregeld naar een bepaalde plaats toe ging en met uitgestrekte handen een balk van de aan de stal grenzende hooizolder vastgreep, besloot
hij, benieuwd wat dit toch wel betekenen kon, ook zelf, buiten medeweten van zijn meesteres, hetzelfde eens te doen en de kans te wagen…”
En vervolgens komen ze terecht in een spelonk in Wijk bij Duurstede (?!). En dat zie je hierboven. Spot de knecht…
Formally, one day late for the @folktaleweek challenge for day 5: ‘Underground’. But hey. I love the theme of folktales, myths, fairytales so much, I wanted to finish this one even though I don’t really have the time 😬 🧚‍♂️
@folktaleweek #folktaleweek #folktaleweek23 #folktaleweekunderground #day5 #witch #witches #folktales #sprookjes #utrecht #oostbroek #middeleeuwen #wijkbijduurstede

OH NO HE’S BEEN SHOT who would have thought. T

OH NO HE’S BEEN SHOT who would have thought.
This might be another self portrait. But I got the inspiration for the look from a miniature by Enguerrand de Monstrelet (15th century). So it kinda looks like an actual medieval messenger. Even googled ‘what did medieval arrows look like’. #canyouspellnerdddd 🥰
#messenger #dontshootthemessenger #themessenger #medievalmessenger #portrait #digitaldrawing #procreate

“Sorry, wat? Zei je iets? Wie ben jij ook alw

“Sorry, wat?
Zei je iets?
Wie ben jij ook alweer?”
#quote #buitengesloten #verbannen #iedereenenik #kalimero #selffulfillingprophecy #textart

‘The world is wobbling’. Werkt ook in het Nede

‘The world is wobbling’.
Werkt ook in het Nederlands: ‘De wereld wiebelt’.
Het is de alliteratie, ja toch.
I love love looovee luvluvluv so-called ‘outsider art’, like the work from sister Gertrude Morgan, Howard Finster and Bill Taylor. I discovered a lot of these artists thanks to @folkartoutsiderart 🤩
In this drawing, I used elements from the painters mentioned above. Plus some (earth) images from science.org and mydarksky.org.
#outsiderart #folkart #wobblingworld #change #changes #drawing #digitaldrawing

You have to… - ‘do’ stuff. - be ‘somebod

You have to…
- ‘do’ stuff.
- be ‘somebody’.
- ‘improve’ (change) that somebody.
What else? 🥸
#personaldevelopment #improvement #selfimprovement #underpressure #tududududududumdum #textart

“Sorry I didn’t hear you I was thinking about

“Sorry I didn’t hear you
I was thinking about my feet.”
Because I went and done my some mindfulness coursezzz!
🧘 🧘‍♂️ 🧘‍♀️
I copied this drawing from a photo. Feet are fascinating and weird and very difficult to draw. Especially seen from the back! But let’s just say, I got some practice in today. ✍️
#pencildrawing #feet #blackandwhite #quickie #mindfulness #mindfulliving #mindfullife #mindfulmoments #meditation #grounding #meditationquotes #bodyscan

En jij ook niet! (?) Gebaseerd op Picasso’s ‘

En jij ook niet!
(?)
Gebaseerd op Picasso’s ‘Buste de femme (femme à la résille)’, geschilderd in Parijs, in 1938.
Verkocht voor 67,4 miljoen dollar, volgens Christie’s.
Ik maakte een schets voor dit concept in juli, toen ik een expositie van Picasso’s etsen zag in in het Cobra museum in Amstelveen. Ik genoot enorm van de etsen met ‘erotische circus-, theater- en naaktscènes, waarin mythologische figuren zijn opgenomen’ (quote van Cobra). Zie de volgende slides. >>>
Zo vrij en creatief en vrolijk. Heerlijk hoe hij die lichamen zo vlot neerzet. Picasso maakte ze om zijn schrijfsels kracht bij te zetten (ik wist dus niet dat hij ook gedichten had gemaakt 👀) (of ik wist het wel en ben het acuut weer vergeten).
Maar ik bedacht me ook: als ik zelf iets dergelijks had getekend, had ik het dus mooi niet mooi gevonden.
Wat dan de vraag oproept: vind ik het interessant omdat het een ‘Picasso’ is, of omdat ik het werk zelf echt interessant vind?
Ik vermoed dat het van allebei een beetje is.
#tekening #digitaletekening #picasso #inspiratie #etsen #zwartwit #creatiefproces #gewetensvraag #cobramuseum

Recent quote (from someone following my account 💛):
“When I look at your work, I think
Oh… my day isn’t that bad.”
😆😆😆
So I’m switching it up! ☀️
(No, not really, I eat sarcasm for breakfast 😈🥸)
#today #todaymood #todaytrending #love #lovestory #textart

Look up 👀 I did it again. I try to make ‘te

Look up 👀
I did it again. I try to make ‘text art’ but then a drawing creeps in. And it takes me twice as much time to finish it. But hey.
I used the color palette and a graph of the crypto.com app as an example. I’m guessing the crypto bro’s will feel understood.
(but please don’t @ me crypto bro’s, I don’t understand what you’re saying anyway)
#crypto #cryptocurrency #cryptotrading #cryptonews #wonder #mystery #focus #digitaldrawing #textart #textartwork

She was playing with gouache paint, acrylic marker

She was playing with gouache paint, acrylic markers, palette knife and scissors again. And then, of course, it was photographed and digitally edited.
It started out with a quote about being an adult, but turns out it’s about the need to stay inside the comfort of your home (for happy reasons, or less-than-happy reasons).
Feels extra relevant today, with the storm in NL. 💨
#collage #gouache #acrylic #procreate #read #book #bookstagram #home #storm #ciaran #outside #fart

A quickie for #inktober: ‘rush’. I often feel

A quickie for #inktober: ‘rush’.
I often feel relieved when I notice someone not participating in the rat race. Kind of an old-fashioned (?), stubborn, calm attitude.
Or am I missing something.
#inktoberrush #inktober2023rush
#inktober2023 #inktoberchallenge #inktober52 @inktober

My spirit BEAST. 🪰 I thought of this concept d

My spirit BEAST. 🪰
I thought of this concept during a trip in 2021. It was extremely funny to me then. I wasn’t laughing when these creatures were in my kitchen last summer, though.
Started out with paper, scissors and fineliner again. I’m spotting a theme 🕷️ 👀 I used a paper bag I got from Swaak art supplies in Utrecht - hence the text.
#inktober2023 #inktoberchallenge #inktober52 @inktober #beast #inktoberbeast #inktober2023beast #collage #inkdrawing #pencilart #fruitfly @hethuisvanbetekenis

I know, I know, everybody has their own love langu

I know, I know, everybody has their own love language. But g0ddamn. 🖤
#love #memories #blackandwhite

Plump / human. Inspired by a (distorted) photo of

Plump / human.
Inspired by a (distorted) photo of Charles Mingus.
And yes, technically, there is some actual ink in this drawing 👉 #inktober2023 😬😎
#inktoberplump #inktober2023plump
#inktoberchallenge #inktober52 @inktober

“I am a poor devil And my name is Titivillus.”

“I am a poor devil
And my name is Titivillus.”
A fun mix of #inktober and #factober, by @theqielves 🤓
Story goes that in the Middle Ages, Titivillus was a demon that caused writers and scribes to make mistakes in their work. So as a scribe, if you made a mistake, you could just go ‘it wasn’t me, it was…’
Later on, Titivillus got even more responsibilities. He collected not just written words, but also “idle chat that occurs during church service, and mispronounced, mumbled or skipped words of the service.” (Wiki)
All those horrible (?) mistakes would be taken to hell in a bag. And when the offenders died, they would have to answer for their mistakes.
In a 15th-century script called “Myroure of Oure Ladye” the demon introduced himself: “I am a poure dyuel, and my name ys Tytyvyllus ... I muste eche day ... brynge my master a thousande pokes full of faylynges, and of neglygences in syllables and wordes."
The last image is a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, that I used as an example for ‘my’ demon.
#inktoberdemon #inktober2023demon
#inktober2023 #inktoberchallenge #inktober52 @inktober
#medievalart #pieterbruegel #banderolle

Based on a quote from “The artist's way”. I wa

Based on a quote from “The artist's way”. I was thinking that this description might apply to my entire ⭐️oeuvre⭐️ 😬
#unpleasantpiecesofclarity #unpleasant #clarity #theartistsway #juliacameron #quote #pandaniink

Het Domplein. Waarschijnlijk wel mijn favoriete pl

Het Domplein. Waarschijnlijk wel mijn favoriete plek in Utrecht. Al is het moeilijk kiezen.
Met herinneringen aan van alles. Bijvoorbeeld mijn diploma-uitreiking in het Academiegebouw. Toen ik na de ceremonie aan mijn [Brabantse] oma aan het uitleggen was dat Utrecht écht niet zo crimineel was. En er precies op dat moment een junkie op ons af stapte om te vragen of we een fiets wilde kopen voor vijf euro.
Helaas vergeet ik steeds weer wie Jan van Nassau (= standbeeld) is. Dus hier nog maar een keertje: Jan van Nassau was de jongere broer van Willem van Oranje (16e eeuw). Jan kan worden gezien als de stamvader van het nu in Nederland regerende vorstenhuis. En hij deed iets belangrijks* bij de Unie van Utrecht (‘de voorloper van de latere grondwet’). Dankjewel Wikipedia en kijken of ik het nu wél onthou.
* ‘iets belangrijks’ is een vakterm die vaak wordt gebezigd door historici.
#utrecht #utrechtcity #utrechtcentrum #utrechtmijnstad #domplein #academiegebouw #janvannassau #ceecee #domkerk #sintmaarten

I’m such an inspiring person, you have no idea.

I’m such an inspiring person, you have no idea.
The first quote is mine. Second and third… not so much 😬
This reminds me…
…of the following quote…
“People don’t seem to realize
That their opinion of the world
Is also a confession of character.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
OMG I did it!
I quoted someone for real!!!
With capital letters and everything!
There’s no escaping it!
😵‍💫😵😱🤯
#quote #inspirationalquotes #inspiration #motivation #motivational #emerson #ralphwaldoemerson

‘Deconstructed spider’. Sounds as if it’s a

‘Deconstructed spider’.
Sounds as if it’s a dish on a restaurant menu.
Bon appétit! 🕷️
This was fun. It started out with paper, scissors, cardboard, acrylic markers and fineliners. Then I took some photo’s of the new cardboard creature and edited them on my phone. And started drawing on them with ‘ink’ in Procreate. Process video’s in my story 😎
#spider #inktoberspiders #inktober2023spiders
#inktober2023 #inktoberchallenge #inktober52 @inktober

A dream I recently had. When I woke up, I sprinted

A dream I recently had. When I woke up, I sprinted (well, stumbled) to get my sketchbook and wrote it down.
This lady's appearance is based on a black and white photo of a woman in a wicker chair. Initially, she had a different face 👀 but I thought that one was too cartoony. You can view it in my story. (Hashtag show your mistakes 🥸)
I think I like it now, especially the hands. This lady’s hands remind me of my late grandmother’s hands. The hands of a hard worker, with quite thick and slightly crooked fingers.
#blackandwhiteart #pencil #ink #inktober2023dream #inktoberdream #inktober2023 #inktoberchallenge #inktober52 @inktober

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