About Sofie
Sofie van Schadewijk is an illustrator and printmaker, living in Waalre (a small village near Eindhoven, the Netherlands).
Sofie has been drawing...
... since she was a little girl, and was always sure she would be doing a creative job of some sort in the future.
She ended up studying Graphic Design at the ArtEZ Academy of Arts in Arnhem. After a few years she realised she really missed drawing, creating things with her hands. So she decided to just start creating again and got busy; drawing, painting, learning how to screen print on different materials, and so on.
Printmaking
In 2016 Sofie fell in love with block printing and immediately felt this was for her. She decided to focus on improving her skills, invested in some very nice tools, paper and ink, and got her fingers dirty.
Characteristics
Subjects that often make an appearance in Sofie's work are nature, human figures, landscapes, sun & moon, and hair… lots of hair. You could describe her work as being full of details and textures.
Drawings
Her relief prints are mainly black and white with a very small dash of colour here and there, while with her drawings and paintings, she plays with colours and explore its possibilities.
