Frankly My Deer

I've finally gotten around to updating the gallery with Frankly My Deer (A3), plus my A5 trio Blue Mermaid, Butterfly Thoughts and Parrot Girl. (Well, I say trio but they're three independent little paintings that just happened to be made after one another during a short period of time.) Below is a picture of all three framed. I have atleast one painting that I need to finish so I might do that, although a new project is veeeery tempting (as always). I really like the unfinished painting however and I know I should finish it before I start something new. Plus, acrylics is always fun. I've worked a lot in watercolour and gouache lately and I'm not bored with it whatsoever but it's always nice to mix it up a bit.

Inspiring day

I've had a very intense and inspiring day today. Lots of new impressions and ideas to process. My mind has been on full speed since this morning to keep up. I find that very stimulating and it tends to let loose a flow of new ideas. The picture below is a painting I did not too long ago for a competition. Sadly I didn't make it to the final voting but I'm actually quite pleased with how it turned out considering how little time I spent on it. Speed painting is pretty fun when the result doesn't look like a train wreck. :P

On another note: It's vital to have faith in who you are and what you can accomplish. Surrounding yourself with positive energy is SO incredibly important. Constantly pointing out what could go wrong, refusing to see the possibilities instead of the opportunities and putting other people down because they don't do things your way is not being pragmatic. That's being an asshole.

Idun, acrylic on cardboard, A4.

I won! Absolutely made up! :D

Ecstatic after winning Artistbutiken's painting competition "My July"! Out of 60 entries my little painting made it all the way to the final and won! I can't believe all the love and support I've been showered with these past few weeks. Thank you guys, you're truly amazing and I couldn't have done it without you! <3

The gallery is updated with three new paintings: "July" (my entry for the competition, see below), the commissioned work "Clock Girl" and "Jiraiya". Naruto is one of my favourite animes and I'm definitely a Jiraiya fan girl, big time! <3

Tattooed Fairy

Went through my camera and found this pic of a painting I did for my youngest brother's birthday a few months back.

My poor neglected blog! I'm so sorry that I haven't had time with you, I promise I'll do better when I've finished this course.

The England trip is coming up. Matthew is over there already to get some extra quality time with friends and family. I'm going over on the 21st and we'll spend Christmas and new Years over there with Matthew's side of the family. Looking forward to it alot, but I must admit I'm a bit worried about school. Even though I've been working my butt off it seems my Bachelor's Thesis is moving at a snail's pace >< Let's hope everything is done or atleast close to when I'm going to England so that I don't have to bring a million books with me!

Time to stop worrying! It's Christmas soon after all. :D So to everyone out there:

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! <3

Pencils, crayons and a bit of spare time

Matthew, pencil and crayon on paper, 27x35 cm.

Paintings on the wall

Paintings on the wall

Detail of one of mum's absolute favourites when it comes to my art. Gaia, 81x100 cm, acrylics. Still a work in progress that I seem to never get around to finishing :P

Updated Gallery!

I've been busy the last few days and haven't had time to write but today I put the school books aside for a bit to update my little blog <3

Check out the Gallery! New pictures up:

* Still life with peacock feathers
* The Touch of Illusions
* Cotton Candy
* Portrait of a Woman
* Me, Myself and Mumrik
* The Shape of Things
* Pearl

The Harvest Festival was lovely as always and all the nice comments about my paintings really warmed my heart, thank you everyone! Positive feedback like that is what keeps me going when things are tough and the inspiration has disappeared. You never know if people will like what you do and it's always such a nice feeling when someone comes up and tells you how much they like your creations.

I would love to just spend the rest of the night sketching but I have assignments that need doing. But who knows, if I get a lot done I'll probably bring the pens out, it's hard not to when you have images stuck in your head that needs to be put on paper :D

Close-up of Cotton Candy

Playing with ProMarkers is always fun

I find it very relaxing to draw with ProMarkers most of the time. An unfinished water nymph-thingy, Air Spirit and Detachment.

Old Drawings

Some of my old drawings: #42, Apocalypse and Odin. All done in pen and ink.

Phail Scan

The first one turned out a little bollox but oh well, the close-ups are a bit closer in colour. Apparently my scanner has something against ProMarkers..

Doodles

Some doodles from my Inspiration Book.

Pencil

Old picture of Dobby and Kreacher (Original: 27x35 cm), pencil.

Quick doodle from the other day: The Almighty and Powerfull Rat Chief! (Original: A5), pencil, from my Diary/Sketch/Inspiration Book.

DreamEye Ragdoll

DreamEye Ragdoll (original: A4), gouache.

Renegade Bubblegum

I will try to post a fair bit of my work here, photos, scanned pictures and so on. Every journey starts with one step and here's mine ;)

Renegade Bubblegum (original: A4), gouache.