About me

 

 

My name is Daisy van der Zijden, I am an artist and I live in Dordrecht, The Netherlands. I specialize in drawing and illustrating realistic portraits of many different subjects. I have also been taking orders for animal portraits since 2019 and have already made many owners happy to capture their faithful four-legged friend in a drawing.

I also love drawing wildlife animals and cozy landscapes with nice houses. 

 

In 2022, I received a beautiful award in New York, for my work 'Magical power'. In 2023, I also received a great award in Florence, Italy, for my work 'Dangerous water'!

 

Each drawing and painting is made with love and takes many hours of work. My drawing usually takes 35 to 50 hours of work. When you buy or order a drawing/painting, it doesn't just mean buying a piece of paper. You buy the many hours of work, my experience over the years, you buy a piece of fun, a piece of my heart. Which makes us both very happy!

 

 

 

Jaafar lion drawing. Artist Daisy van der Zijden

Materials

I always use professional drawing/painting materials, so that the drawingor painting can last indefinitely, without the colors fading. The pencils I use are lightfast and therefore intended against discoloration.

Graphite Pencils & Charcoal

Faber Castell Matt Graphite pencils

Pierre Noire charcoal Conte a Paris Carbon

Tombow mono zero eraser

Derwent electric eraser

Uni Posca white

Colored Pencils

 

Caran D'ache Luminance

 

Prismacolor Premier

Faber Castell Polychromos

 

Derwent Lightfast (My personal favorite Colored Pencils)

 

Paper

 

Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper 300 series

 

Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper 400 series

 

Acrylic Paint

 

 

Amsterdam Expert

golden heavy body acrylic paint

Canvas

Panel