Zorn palette

Anders Zorn was a Swedish painter who was known for his limited colour palette. There is a softness in his paintings. He was known to use often only black, white, ochre and cadmium red. So I used these colours for a little portrait painting of a man. It is interesting to practise this. I missed a blue colour and have not yet found how to make it. But that is okay, for another time... 

In Mora, Sweden, there is a museum on the paintings and life of Anders Zorn. I have been there and it was the best to see his paintings up close.

Hello paper play

Some colours that spoke to me in a magazine, I made them into snippets and then happily started glueing them in my sketchbook. Not overthinking it but in the same time there is a sort of landscape composition. What would the red do? How to make layers? I just had fun :). 

New destination

 SOLD!

The making of this painting took some time. I first prepared the paper, then started on something, which I did not like, too busy. Then weeks later I looked at it again, and started painting intuitively, putting the colours down and seeing what it needed. I instantly liked it much more, I took another critical look, added some highlights and then it was finished. And now it is sold, to someone who instantly liked it. That is just the best way...

Most paintings I sell through studio visits, but in my Etsy-shop you can also find paintings. It is for me an easy way to place pictures and get it out there to be seen. This way I sold a set of paintings to Alaska some years ago... I mean I still cannot believe it...

ART needs to be seen and enjoyed.

Loose landscape

Artwork on my desk last week, an acrylic base and then painted and drew, using Caran d'Ache Neocolour II. Really enjoyed the loose touch:

 Hope to be doing this more often :).

OPEN Studio

 This week May 8 and 9, I open up my studio for visitors. I have new cards to show, some small art pieces and also this new landscape painting:

My workspace consists of my studio, a large teachingroom and a garden. I always make it into a sort of little shop and gallery so I can show what I have been up to.

My studio is open from 11-16 hours, contact me for more info. Wishing you a good week!

More Sketchbook Revival

 A lesson I really liked in the Sketchbook Revival Challenge was the one by Debbie Mackinnon. She illustrated how to sketch outside and take the tree shapes as a base for a composition. I like the loose style. So first I prepared the pages with some watercolour base, then sketched the trees into a composition and then concentrated on lights and darks. Here you see the beginning and the end result.

It reminds me of a Spanish landscape with hills in the distance.

I also made some notes and a quick sketch as a reminder to practice this more often:

Some results

 This week is also Sketchbook Revival week, and I'd like to share some results:

I did not have much spare time, but when I did start one of the assignments I really enjoyed it. Being taken into a creative prompt really focuses your eyes on the paper in front of you. And looking back on the pages, they are inspiring prompts. Now onto the next ones!