The Art Blog

Step by Step Intuitive Abstract Painting Tutorial for Beginners

Step by Step Intuitive Abstract Painting Tutori...

Simple step-by-step intuitive abstract painting tutorial for beginners to relax, reduce stress, and spark creativity. No experience needed, just paper, colour and curiosity.

Step by Step Intuitive Abstract Painting Tutori...

Simple step-by-step intuitive abstract painting tutorial for beginners to relax, reduce stress, and spark creativity. No experience needed, just paper, colour and curiosity.

Staying Present While Life Falls Apart: Art, Grief and Learning to Let Go

Staying Present While Life Falls Apart: Art, Gr...

Note: This post contains personal reflections on illness and grief. Please read gently. Let’s start this blogpost by emphasizing how I am not an expert when it comes to a...

Staying Present While Life Falls Apart: Art, Gr...

Note: This post contains personal reflections on illness and grief. Please read gently. Let’s start this blogpost by emphasizing how I am not an expert when it comes to a...

The Soundtrack to My art - How Music Shapes My Creative Process

The Soundtrack to My art - How Music Shapes My ...

Music has always been the soundtrack to my life: sometimes just in the background but often the main character. Growing up, there was always something playing in the house: from...

The Soundtrack to My art - How Music Shapes My ...

Music has always been the soundtrack to my life: sometimes just in the background but often the main character. Growing up, there was always something playing in the house: from...

What higher education doesn't teach you. How my Philosophy studies and my Art Practice are now the perfect balance for an overthinking mind. Sketchbook, watercolours, red and acrylic markers.

My Philosophy Studies and My Art Practice

Choosing My Path: Art or Philosophy? Back in 2012, I had to decide what to do after graduating from high school. The choice was entirely mine, my parents just told...

My Philosophy Studies and My Art Practice

Choosing My Path: Art or Philosophy? Back in 2012, I had to decide what to do after graduating from high school. The choice was entirely mine, my parents just told...

Lena Schots in her studio in Rotterdam, The Netherlands - abstract experimental mixed media artist, still life artist, oils, acrylics, workshops, newsletter, commissioned paintings, commissions open Rotterdam

How to Commission Me as an Artist in 2025 and H...

Learn more about commission custom still life and abstract paintings tailored to your home and personality. Unique artwork designed exclusively for you!

How to Commission Me as an Artist in 2025 and H...

Learn more about commission custom still life and abstract paintings tailored to your home and personality. Unique artwork designed exclusively for you!

How I started painting - my first acrylic painting class

How I Found My Passion - My First Acrylic Paint...

The Search for Creativity Back in 2018 I was working fulltime as a coordinator and studyadvisor at Erasmus University Rotterdam and I was desperately looking for something to do outside of...

How I Found My Passion - My First Acrylic Paint...

The Search for Creativity Back in 2018 I was working fulltime as a coordinator and studyadvisor at Erasmus University Rotterdam and I was desperately looking for something to do outside of...