This is for all my blogs about sketching and sketchbooks
Here is a little peek into my moleskin sketchbook! I recently filled all the pages in my moleskin sketchbook, I have had so much fun working on the theme “Fashion Illustration”. I don’t always have a lot of time to draw and paint so I found some ways to challenge myself to do more sketches,… Read More
Make a sofa studio Hello there! I love to share my secrets about how I find time to be more creative. Today I will tell you how I prefer to arrange my art materials at home, just for the one purpose of making art every day. This is not my biggest secret anymore because my post… Read More
How perfect life is, when you just have a little bit of summer and some time off. I need to just relax and do nothing. The smell of the sea, the feel of the sand between my toes, the gentle breeze and I know that I am on the beach. It hits me that I am actually finally relaxing. I can’t… Read More
Hi everybody! I am on holidays so this is just a little postcard from the south of France. Here you can see my pictures from a visit to an Asian fast food restaurant. France has a long history in Asia and in particular in Vietnam, so now it is easy to find Asian restaurants and Asian food markets… Read More
My best holiday souvenirs are things we find in nature. When I am on holidays I most often bring back something I pick up from the ground. I will find a beautiful flower or I will pick up shells. In a metropolitan city, I will look for a stone. When I think about it I have no… Read More
Peek into my art sketchbook Hi my friends and followers. I am so excited to share some new work I would like to show you. Today you get a little peek into my art sketchbook. I keep it for testing colors, it is my “Gymnastic book for coloring”. If you want to run a Marathon or swim… Read More
Some years ago I found some old photos in a antique shop, I didn´t know what to do with them, they didn´t cost much so what the HECK I just got the old photos anyway. I felt some excitement when I decided to get them. I know when that is happening to me it always turns in to something fun and new.… Read More
I am super proud to have been featured on Doodlewas! A big thanks to Charlie O’Shields for featuring Me. You can check it out here see link. There are also many other really great artist and lots of great stuff by Charlie O’Shields like tips and his amazing art!
Spring is finally arriving in Norway. Today I went for my first walk in 2016 in the park near to where I live. It is a lovely park which rins down both sides of a little river which flows from the hills into the big fjord in my town, Sandnes. The park has lots of… Read More
Spring is finally here! Many birds fly south for winter and when we hear then singing again it is a sign that spring is here. I have been waiting for the birds to come back. I wonder where they went and the nature programs tell me that some of them went all the way to… Read More
I found a lovely book in a second hand store that I remember from when I was young. “The country diary of an Edwardian lady” by Edith Holden. I always wanted to have it and so I grabbed the opportunity. It was written in 1906 but only published in 1977. It was an enormous success and… Read More
Now I am slowly filling more pages in my sketchbook. There are many small daily experiences, that will, over time, sum up to be my visual diary of the “small things” that I did and saw in 2016. I enjoy leaving my sketchbook open and returning to it during the day to continue to fill it… Read More
A secret sneak peek Some new ideas on how to be creative! I use my sketchbooks for different reasons at different times…. I told you before that breaking some rules can lead to creativity. This time I was multitasking as I was sketching, I was in front of the TV watching “Jane the virgin” on Netflix (and… Read More
How to Draw & Paint with Ink and Watercolour. Coffee is my thing, but once in a while there’s something magical about having a cup of tea …… in a beauuuuuutiful antique tea cup. Being an artist, my home can get a little messy. Even still, I’m not afraid to bring you in to my home studio. Moments like… Read More
What to do in Oslo? Walking by the riverside is inspiring in itself and like most of us, I get a thrill from kicking through the lovely crisp dry colourful autumn leaves, so that is what I did, and I strolled around Oslo. I’m really enjoying being back again in the place I lived for 20 years. I went to the Hipster’ neighbourhood Grünerløkka which is the place to be if you like to… Read More
My new Art journal. I found a treasure in a second hand shop. I fell in love with this beautiful blue notebook that is decorated with gold leaf. I love that it is written Norwegian, French and English and that it has the most beautiful hand writing. It is written in different colours of… Read More
Here’s a couple of my sketchbook drawings from this weekend. I got some flowers and a pineapple at the supermarket. The flowers where on sale, they were going a bit sad, but I think it makes them more interesting to draw! I rarely draw studies for my paintings, but I sketch a lot, in fact, anything that is placed in front… Read More
Summer is here and I am cold and bored, it is the coldest summer in 70 years! I feel like doing nothing and now my sketchbook is rather neglected… this is all that I have done in a week. YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE TO THIS BLOG AND RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS OF NEW POSTS BY EMAIL, OR FOLLOW ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM OR TWITTER. Share the magic of… Read More
Some of my favourite things at the moment are my sketchbooks. I have lots of them, and also journals and pocket notebooks everywhere. And I use them for different things. I have one that is for doing my minimum 15 minutes artwork each day, I have one for the sketches I do when I am sitting… Read More
I am very excited to try my new Sennelier watercolors. I just bought myself watercolor travel boxes from Sennelier. I don’t have personal experience of Sennelier but I seem to remember hearing only good things about their colors. I find it fascinating that Sennelier uses honey as the binder, and top quality Kordofan Gum Arabic… Read More