This is for all my blogs about sketching and sketchbooks
Tips on sketching houses in watercolor I had a day in Amsterdam with my partner some weeks ago. We did one touristy thing that I must admit, we were a little skeptical to do, but we did it. We jumped into a one-hour canal boat trip with cheese and “drink as much wine as you… Read More
These products contain affiliate links, so if you click on the photo 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! #Drawingclub Some time ago, I started meeting up with some friends and some… Read More
My best holiday souvenirs are things we find in nature. I love traveling and nowadays I think about it a lot, I make sure I do by placing souvenirs around in my home. When I travel far I most often bring back something I pick up from the ground. I will find a beautiful flower or I… Read More
I have drawn a little old house in Juan Les Pins, Cote dÀzur, France as they tock it down My best sketchbook trip tips At the moment I’m in the middle of sorting out stuff on my hard drive and found this video of my sketchbook, that I haven´t shown to anybody. Watching it again,… Read More
I use gouache and watercolor in this painting. Hello! Here is a video I made painting a young woman from a photo found in the Sktchy app, using gouache and watercolor together. The cool thing with the gouache is that you can work more intuitively and freely than watercolor. You can paint over and over until you… Read More
Choose Your Paint Brushes I am sketching upstairs in this lovely cafe in Mae Hong Son. (January 2020) We went on a small airplane from Chang Mai to Mae Hong Son which has a tiny airport with just two flights per day. (In Thailand) Of course I brought my watercolors brushes and paints and there were… Read More
Sketching in a bar with a view over the Nam Ou River (“rice bowl river”) in Laos Last spring I went to Laos, now one year later I feel extremely lucky to have made the trip to Asia just like we planed it to go. My favorite part of the 14 weeks must be the river trips in… Read More
Wat Phan Tao Sometimes you are just lucky and we were lucky to get to Chiang Mai before Corona hit Europa. Thailand is full of surprises every day has something new to offer, Chiang Mai is a lovely city up in the north of Thailand. Our visit to Wat Phan Tao coincided with a Buddhist ceremony… Read More
My first 20 days in Thailand has been great What an amazing day tour of the area around Mai Hong Son where we visited hill tribe villages with coffee and tea plantations, teak forest, a bamboo bridge to a temple, a waterfall, a fish cave a short visit to Myanmar and more. Many of the… Read More
These 3 were our first Halloween visitors this evening. Good evening and Happy Halloween! Halloween started as an ancient Celtic harvest festival, Samhain when the nights became longer than the days. Winter is coming. This is how I remember it from growing up in Northern Ireland. All the cubs and cutties (boys and girls less… Read More
LoveIs Is Art A marvelous friendly place for excellent coffee and music in Ireland. ??? We were taking a shortcut down a back street and stumbled upon the cutest little coffee shop hidden away just on the edge of Dublin’s busy shopping area. It is at: 3 Great Strand Street ( Dublin 1) It’s one of… 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
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
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
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
It’s summertime and if you’re like most creative people, you love to be creative and relax on a beautiful, peaceful beach. What I really enjoy when I’m staying at home in my summer holidays is to go with a friend to the beach. And what is better then that your friend loves art and loves… Read More
I found a new app that I just love In two days I have discovered amazing artists from around the world and connect with them on other social networks. ohh WW. I am so happy to share this with all of you! I downloaded the app Sktchy about 2 days ago. I am always looking… Read More