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I’ve been hiking a lot this winter, and seen a lot of this kind of view: heather fields with overcast skies. It’s typical dutch nature during this time of year. Here are some quick studies, in which I played around with textured brushes to get the clouds right. There’s also some close-ups and the original ref photos!

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Saracer

Wow! They’re amazing!😍

Rhythm

The muddy clouds and the blurry sun are so well done here. I wanna copy those brush strokes.

Sabrina Schmeing

They are so beautiful! German Münsterland looks very much like that, which isn‘t much of a surprise given the short geographical distance. Love it! I miss going over to the Netherlands. My parents in law live so close, that on hikes we‘re like „we could walk there“ and they‘re answering „no, we can‘t, that‘s netherlands, we‘re not allowed now“... 😩

Loish

yeah it's a rough time. hopefully we can return to normal life soon. I miss going to germany too, we've been to some areas near the border and were sad that we couldn't hike in germany :( thank you for your kind words by the way!

Aadishri Soni

They look so so good. Omg I wanna draw this as welll

Radka Kopecka (radu.k.art)

They look so goood!!! I admire how you can do such great paintings and capture the athmosphere of simple photos! I love the colors and the lighting, amazing! Will you please please share the process video? :) xoxo

Alicia

Oooh, I love these. Very atmospheric!

Anni Niunae

I love how you indicated the trees with a few branches and a transparent leaf shape <3 simple and readable! I'm learning so much from these

Goomy Design

how is that not a photo! 😲

Noah Lim

AAHHH SO PRETTY

Bamzziy

I could've sworn these where real life photos until I zoomed in! Holy moly, that's some beautiful rendering!

Greg Schultz

I'm so happy to see you branch into other subjects. The beautiful portraits you do must surely make a living for you, but pushing into other topics has to broaden your skill and your impact. Keep it up!

Loish

thanks so much greg! really appreciate all your support here on patreon.

Cluisdotorg

That diffused lighting tho! :D so pretty :D

Engel Bakker

B E A U T I F U L!!!! Love, LOOOOVE them!!!

Mildred

Hard to tell what is the ref and what is painted. Beautiful work.

Loish

thanks! my boyfriend also thought it was a photo haha

Jess Diggins

I love how much vibrancy you’ve put into an image that most would just make grey and colourless! Beautiful 💕

Vespora (edited)

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2026-09-13 21:00 I think what makes these especially charming is the incredibly accurate lighting paired with the expressive shapes and strokes you use to create the work. It's such a pleasure to look at. Thank you for sharing!
2021-03-17 15:07

Lauri Panopoulos

So pretty, Lois! I really feel the warmth of the sun on left and the gentle softness of the trees on the right.

Loish

thanks for your kind words!

Niquey

The sky of that first one is so amazing!

Tina Kavčič

I love your landscape pieces. And I really appreciate you included the reference photos, its really cool to see how you interpret them for final illustrations.

Sall

What I am curious the most is how you analyse and interpret reality and put them in to shape. You paint great landscapes.