Here’s something different: After working again as substitute teacher today, I wanted to free myself from all rules and regulations and do something fun! This is in watercolor, pen & ink. The photo is not good at all, but I’ll see what I can do about it once the sun shows up again. It’s been [...]
Archive for the ‘Watercolor’ Category
Hanging Lights
September 13, 2011
Commission work and some new toys
November 10, 2010
Sumi- e is something I have been wanting to try out for a long time. It’s ink painting on rice paper, and if I’ve understood correctly it originated from China. I recently finished my first ever commission work, so I treated myself to some sumi-e supplies: The book I got last spring, it’s titled “The simple art [...]
The dissident
October 29, 2010
I finished the grey crow today. My husband was surprised to learn that our crows prefer to sit on the wooden pole instead of tree branches. I’m calling them “our crows” but they don’t really belong to us. We just have many crows and magpies around, sometimes we feed them too, I’m not sure what our neighbours [...]
Current works in progress
October 24, 2010
I had such a busy time the past few weeks. My eldest sister got married last weekend, I made myself a new dress for the occasion and also painted a present for the happy couple. Sadly I totally forgot to photograph the painting, I was in a hurry to get it in the frames. I have [...]
Falcon- pen & ink with watercolor
September 26, 2010
I finally got around to making some pen & ink work, with added watercolor wash. I tried some different techniques with this one, I used some salt and scraping on the background. I thought I’d post some WIP pictures here: This is the ink drawing. I’m not so very brave with the ink so I [...]
