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junipers / bertie van der meij 🇪🇺🇺🇦

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I make things with paper, ink etc. @ studio JuniPers. Until recently I was a professional literary translator Swedish-Dutch -- now retired. At home in the Netherlands & […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.nl/@junipers, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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junipers / bertie van der meij 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @junipers.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 55m

Today's drawing: portrait exercises based on photos in a magazine. 30 minutes for 8 portraits, each sized ca. 4 x 5 cm. #drawing #sketchbook #sketchbookpractice #drawtober

Sketchbook spread with 8 pencil sketches of heads in various poses, with and without glasses, some with a head covering.

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junipers / bertie van der meij 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @junipers.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

#inktober day 14: "lady" Inspired by a poem by Sara Teasdale, I made this little #linoprint of a little lady. The kiss I hoped that he would love me, And he has kissed my mouth, But I am like a stricken bird That cannot reach the south. For though I know he […] [Original post on mastodon.nl]

Linocut printed in dark blue ink. The print shows the head of a dark-haired young woman wearing a dark sweater. She rests her head on one hand. She has a thoughtful expression.

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junipers / bertie van der meij 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @junipers.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

tussen de tegels schiet het onkruid gestaag op is het herfst of niet #haiku #dakterras

Laag genomen uitzicht op wat tegels, deels in zonlicht, met daartussen divers onkruid. Op de achtergrond een afscheiding van bamboestokken.

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junipers / bertie van der meij 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @junipers.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Is hij in het echt ook zo lief? Ja.

Kleine zwarte hond met harige hangoren en vacht. Hij heeft zijn kop naar rechts gedraaid. Foto is frontaal genomen, iets van bovenaf; van de hond zijn alleen kop in profiel, borst en voorpoten te zien. Hij staat op bosgrond met oud gras en wat lage berkentakjes.

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junipers / bertie van der meij 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @junipers.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Drawing of my right hand, made during realistic drawing practice session at the IAC, The Hague. #drawing #realisticdrawing

Pencil drawing of my left hand. I am holding a small pencil sharpener between my thumb and index finger.

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junipers / bertie van der meij 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @junipers.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Inktober day 6 prompt "ogre", drawn in anger: a two-headed gristian ogre who has the power to carry out and livestream executions. #inktober #inktober26 #angry

A caricature depicting a fat monster in a dark blue business suit and red tie, with two heads that somewhat resemble the heads of the President and the Secretary of Defense of the US. Their mouths and hands are dripping with blood, and the monster stands in a pool of blood.

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junipers / bertie van der meij 🇪🇺🇺🇦 @junipers.mastodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Inktober day 7: "panic" Quick sketch, with a handwritten haiku in Dutch. Translated: brilliant green flashes panic splashes through the air ring-necked parakeets #inktober #inktober2026 #birdtober #haiku

Five ring-necked parakeets, rather sloppily sketched with a fineliner and colored with colored pencil, fly up through the air from right to left. In the lower left, the haiku in Dutch, handwritten.

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