What is the best watercolor paper? Here we are in the middle of a busy and very enjoyable week here in the south of France. Weather is perfect, well almost, a little cool in the mornings and evenings. There is a TV team from “France Arte” to make a documentary about Henri Matisse living in Nice… Read More
Art supplies for sketching on travels and holidays. This is my travel kit for artwork abroad – all of this goes in the suitcase luggage and on the plane! At the moment I’m in Vence in France and am holding a course in the Villa Le Reve and it is going really well. Everyone is… Read More
Art challenge Salut Salut! Here are some photos of my work for the “Drawing Faces” art challenge I did in my sketchbook in March #portraitchallenge_2019 , organised by artist August Wren AKA Jennifer Orkin Lewis and ohn_mar_win. I loved this challenge. The challenge has been inspiring I will keep on drawing famous people that I like. I painted the… Read More
How to stay creative Today I am happy to introduce you to the artist Bonnie-Britt Görcsös . I recently found her amazing art blog and I just love her work. And guess what – She has just been to my favorite region the Côte d’Azur, France and painted some lovely paintings. See her sketchbook under. Tell… Read More
This blog post contains affiliate links, so if you click on the link and buy something I will get a small percentage to help pay the blogging bills and keep my site ad free. But don’t worry, it’s absolutely no extra cost to you. Thanks! Hello, spring and my friends! Ooolala! I am so excited to… Read More
Draw, sketch, paint and fill your day with color. I got some new watercolor pencils from Moleskine: Urban Nomad Watercolor Pencils The pencils come in a slim matte black tin with paper wrappers. The color range is of 12 interesting color pencils, the color in the box I picked up, are really different from others I have… Read More
How to stay creative Today I am happy to introduce you to Carolina Russo, who that I found on WordPress back in 2015 when I first started my blog, Since then I have following her artistic journey. Caroline is very creative in lots of different ways which make her special and interesting to follow.… Read More
How to draw in the city if you are shy Sketchbooking is a practice in observation and like a drawing gym. So give yourself space to fail and just have fun being an artist. However, some people are shy about sketching in public. When I was about 20 I didn’t care so much if people… Read More
Katarina Grønmyr on how to be creative. Today I am presenting my dear, creative and artistic friend Katarina Grønmyr. I got to know her when we both went to ESMOD fashion school in 1992. After she graduated she has been working in Paris, Brussels and Oslo. She was lucky to get to work for… Read More
Happy Valentine’s Day! Here are the Watercolors I use for this painting: Daniel Smith Watercolors // Casase green Moonglow //Quinarred coral // Rose of Ultramarine // Sennelier // Brith yellow-green873 // Yellow 587 // Turquoise green 843 // Chinese Orange 645 Handmade watercolor paper KHADI WHITE 320G ROUGH
Upside down watercolor paintings were shown in my last exhibition in Sandnes Kunstforening, Norway. In September and October last year I was busy with my last exhibition. Today I want to share it with you. One year ago I was working every day in my Watercolor sketchbook from Moleskin. I challenged myself to make at least one upsidedown drawing every… Read More
I really like doing different things and using all sides of my skills. I love the things that I can do. I don’t have the same day over and over. (I never have 2 days the same) Being an artist is like having 10 different jobs and no fixed pay. As a profession, it is… Read More
To kick off the beautiful New year, this post has a FREE Calendar. Now we are already zooming into 2019 and you can use it to plan all your art projects and other special dates like birthdays and anniversaries. Happy New Year!! You know how great it feels when you realize a dream that you… Read More
Drawing and painting in my sketchbook I went to Dublin in October, What a fantastic place to be a tourist. They are friendly, open and very hospitable people with a great sense of humor. And what a great architecture to draw. I am walking around the squares and the Georgian style exteriors of the townhouses, the block… Read More
4 Steps to a successful morning routine Rise and Shine Everyone! Create an easy morning routine to boost your creativity for the whole day! A good healthy breakfast, Yoga, write some “morning pages” or spend 5 minutes in your Sketchbook. I am not exactly a morning person because when the alarm goes off I will just stretch a little and… Read More
Today’s tutorial Make your own cool little watercolor paintbox for traveling. You can make your own cool little delightful travel paintbox using any small empty tin. This is pure upcycling, which I love. This little tin box takes up no space in my bag. I love having my painting materials with me so that when… Read More
(FYI, this blog is reposted but I have added some new information.) Peerless Transparent Watercolors My living room and bedroom are a bit of a mess, but today art gets the priority. I will catch up on the chores tomorrow. I am testing some new watercolors from “Nicholson´s Peerless Transparent Water Colours” They are made by… Read More
Yeahh. Hello Girls and Guys, I am so excited because I can now tell you about my completely new Creative Learning Space AND my very first “Beautiful Faces” online course. Of all the courses I that I give, drawing and painting faces is the most popular and I have searched and searched for… Read More
This is Bente working in one of the studios in Matisse`s “Villa le Reve” in Vence France during my art retreat last spring. Talking creativity with Bente Helstrøm This time I am delighted to talk to fashion designer Bente Helstrøm. I first heard about Bente when I went to art college in Oslo. Bente arranged… Read More
Make a proper sketchbook for holiday sketching in just 5 minutes HI there! It is finally summer holidays here in Norway, and I am looking for new inspiring projects to do. I am thinking of something not too difficult, just something nice, to get me in to the summer mood. In today’s post, I would… Read More