Expression sketches

Frogs

I am collaborating with Colin Levy on his project. These are the first explorations of what may be the main character of a story he is working on.

The hunter

That's it! I'm out of here!

Warmup sketch

Plein air

Plein air sketch of the koninginnebrug, Rotterdam. I don't think I have ever painted this fast to capture the quickly changing sunlight. I love this time of the day to paint, but time is very limited...
Gouache on paper.

The Bliss bakery part 2

Detail of a new bookcover for the dutch sequel of 'the Bliss Bakery'. If you like funny magical adventurebooks, be sure to check these out! (Kathryn Littlewood, the Bliss Bakery)

Plein air sketch

I had a great time painting plein air with Arne yesterday.
The sun was setting fast, so we had only about an hour to do a little sketch. In this hour, the sunlight changed dramatically, so we had to make descisions really fast. Having limited time is always good to stay extra focused, and also I find the light and colors of a sunset very beautiful.

This is me and my primitive setup...

And this is Arne, who works a bit more sophisticated...

And his painting... 

Skater

Character designs

I'm working on a childrens book at the moment. I made this clay sketch of the main character,yhat I'll use as reference in the process.

relaxin...

France

I had a great time in france the last two weeks. Lovely weather for plein air sketches....

New Website

Hi everybody, I recently launched my new website. It has a new porfolio section, with a lot of new work. Check it out: http://www.woutertulp.com

FNV Bondgenoten

FNV Bondgenoten demonstrates agains the expence cuts that were negotiated in the Kunduz agreement. 
They kicked off their campaign with the animation : the social desert.
I had only four days to creat all the artwork for the animation. I had to study the style of Morris' Lucky Luke, to give the design a western touch. This was really a tough deadline, but given the circumstances, I think the clip turned out allright.
Animation was done by Hans Buying.

Waiter

Warmup sketches.