I didn't plan on it. But in this painting it almost looks like the top of the mountain returns at the bottom. It was supposed to just be an island or something, lying near the shore. But the top and bottom-look is much more interesting. So I decided to go with that. Let's just pretend…
Continue reading ➞ Top and Bottom
I'm really happy with how this painting turned out. The style is loose, the way I like it, but still tight enough to hold it firmly together. The boat also has a kind of human, industrial look about it. Like the kind of guy that would hang around the harbour, I imagine. The painting is…
Continue reading ➞ Loose the Way I Like it
When I've been away from watercolour for a while, I do tend to get a reminder of how difficult I actually find it. This time it came through my first speed painting in months. I wanted to just get the feel of it all again. So I cut out a small piece of paper and…
Continue reading ➞ Cityscape – A Rough Reunion
So, after painting this watercolour postcard I felt that very recognizable feeling. The feeling that this was the last one. That I need to get on to something new. Maybe it's because I subconsciously know that I've spent up all my creative spark for this series. The feeling that I keep making the same painting…
Continue reading ➞ Finishing up the series
I keep painting warm days. Even though I do enjoy winter. Maybe it's a contrast thing. I don't know. As I'm sitting here, looking out the window, there's a tractor shoveling huge masses of snow. Everything is white and bright. So I should be painting snow and winterscapes. Because it looks absolutely wonderful!
It is still winter here in Norway, with huge amounts of snow slowly soaring down from the skies. The temperature has been locked steady below -10 degrees celsius, but now it is starting to get warmer. Also, the daylight is staying longer and longer through our afternoons, which is a source of new energy in…
Continue reading ➞ A Purple Night
It was due for a christmas card, so I tried painting some snowy pines at dusk. The grains on the paper got a bit dominating on the photo, but I'm very pleased with the result: I think it ended up pretty cool with the contours of trees in the back, which I added when the…
After having a go at watercolours again, this is my second painting in my new series: This one is also painted on Winsor & Newton watercolour paper, in postcard format. It's so nice to paint on these small papers at the moment, as it gives me so much room for play and impulsiveness. The postcard…
Continue reading ➞ A Few Snowy Pines
After painting a lot of landscape scenes, it was time for a visit back to the city. Maybe not the city, come to think of it, but at least the suburbs. The painting is made using felt pens and van Gogh watercolours, and I like the end result. It just looks a bit sassy :)…
Continue reading ➞ A Sassy Street
A wave of summer sliding down the hill. No more snow and no more chill. It's just as nice every year. To feel that warm breeze in the air.
