One way to organize your palette is going from light to dark. In the end, my palette always looks like a mess, but this is a good starting point! In the picture I'm working with white, yellow, ochre, different reds, brown and blue (no black!). The post comes from the archives.
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So much fun to see how creative people have been while designing their Christmas cards. The hanging is really fun too, like clothes drying in the wind. This gallery is so cosy, with all the wood and a view towards the river. I got told it was an old fishing hut back in the days.
My town has arranged a Christmas card exhibition and I turned in my contribution weeks ago. I got reminded of it on Instagram today since a friend of mine had seen my card at the vernissage. It is closed today, but I'll try to pass by tomorrow to take a look at what everyone has created. You can vote on your favorite and the winning card will be printed and distributed next year. You'll find the gallery by the river right between the big square and Mastis.
Sending you some Monday love! I must tell you how much money that was raised in Postales desde el Limbo; 18 801 euros!! In total 10 000 people came to visit the three day long exhibition. The idea for uniting established as well as upcoming illustrators, artists, architects etc to design post cards for charity comes from New York. Maybe it is time to take the concept here too!
I painted this one in summer time and now I've framed it - black frame and a black passepartout. It is an oil on paper. I've only applied one layer of color with rather rough brush strokes and I have barely smoothened it out. It has had lots of time to dry which is important in oil painting.
The inspiration came from a session of photos I took some years ago of when the children in my family were jumping on a mat. In the painting, I didn't paint the jumping mat, I changed the color of the dress and I made up the background from my own head. The reason why I chose the photo as a reference was because I love the body composition and I think it looks like she is hovering. I gave this one away to the parents of the child as they've had their birthdays recently. Normally I don't like to give away art but this time I felt it was appropriate. We have this family tradition to see the Lord of the Rings movies together and now the last one in the Hobbit series is coming to town. We have ticket reservations on Wednesday. I've always loved the fantasy genre and I think it is fueling my own imagination. Some Friday music now that I haven't had time to paint. Love this Solomun mix. Enjoy! My interpretation of this week's theme is by illustrating the letters in this sentence: "Let them free and they will come back to you". Reposting two of my best photos from the butterfly exhibition in London in May: The host this week is @emilia0502 on instagram.
Last year I went to a place in Stockholm which offers open croquis sessions (nude model drawing). To read about the experience, click here! How alike can you draw when you only get 15 min? or only 2 min? It's such a good exercise to learn to focus on the big picture and see beyond the details.
Celebrating the 125th anniversary, this National Geographic exhibition is on display at Värmland Museum in Karlstad at the moment. Animals, landscapes, different cultures and epic moments in human history have been captured on film and here you can see a selection of the best shots. Not every day you get the chance to see world class photography in the deep Swedish forests! One of the most fascinating shots for me: Florida 1996. (George Grall) An alligator snapping turtle eating a fish. The predator lures its prey into its mouth with the help of his tongue which looks like a worm. Etna 2001. (Carsten Peter) Walking on the active volcano while magma is flying all around. Snack time in the Canadian forests, 2011. (Paul Nicklen) Amazing animal pictures everywhere! One of the most famous shots in the world, Afganisthan, 1984. (Steve McCurry) No words are needed, her look describes it all. It's me in the foreground so you get a sense of how big the photos are.
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