Update December 18, 2010

I have been ignoring my blogging again, lots to do at Christmas time. I will also be facing a major surgery soon, so I’m kind of stressed out and worried and can’t really concentrate on my art right now. I’ve been doing my crafts instead and decorating the house. I hope to get back to [...]

Watercolor monotypes November 14, 2010

 Here’s something fun I have been doing for the last couple of days. They are mixed media monotypes. I painted the picture on a glass plate with watercolor, printed it on paper and then drew on top with pen and ink. Monotype is a one-of-a-kind print, meaning you can only print the image once. I didn’t [...]

All work and no painting… September 1, 2010

I haven’t blogged for ages! Unfortunately I don’t have any new work to show at the moment, I have been very busy since I got back to work in June. I also experienced some very unpleasant nausea and migraine attacks, caused by a new painkiller. The smart doctors decided I need to change my medication, because [...]

Pine WIP June 19, 2010

Here’s my work in progress of a pine I saw in Lulle valley. It stood high above a waterfall and some rock cliffs, a very old tree. I like pinetrees, they are very hardy and can grow almost anywhere. They often have some interesting shapes, too. This one had its branches pointing downward a bit, [...]

Lulle valley June 11, 2010

I haven’t posted here in such a long time, we have finally moved to our new house and it’s taking up a lot of my time. We have very little furniture and stuff just keeps floating around the house… I have been trying to organize things while my husband is building the terrace. We took some [...]

Hermit Crab February 27, 2010

Here’s a little drawing I finished today. It has a bit of a pastel look to it, but it was drawn entirely with Conte drawing pencils in sepia, sanguine, white, and three different hardness of Conte Pierre Noire pencils. The Pierre Noire pencils are brilliant, you can get some very dramatic dark blacks with them. I’m [...]

My Graphitint dementia February 20, 2010

I forgot I had a set of Derwent Graphitints and bought another set. How stupid is that? I obviously have too many pencils in my possession. For those who aren’t familiar with the Graphitints, they are watersoluble graphite pencils. I had bought my first set just before we moved about 5 months ago, used them [...]

Some very small snails November 25, 2009

Yesterday I did this miniature painting of a yellow snail, just beacause I had a suitable small frame for it. It’s only 6 x 6 cm in size, the frame is 14 x 14 cm. I used soft pastel on the background and the rest is colored pencil. I tested some gold and copper pencils [...]