Tag Archives: watercolor
Sketchbook ideas, the best holiday souvenirs are things we find in nature.
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
Painting with Watercolor and Gouache, finding a subject.
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
Every Bunny, Happy Easter
Happy Easter! Easter here in Norway is the world’s longest Easter holiday. It´s a time to go skiing in the mountain and stay all day long outdoor in the fresh air, or to relax with family and friends in a cabin just talking, reading crime novels, and playing Yahtzee. Today I am posting some photos and DIY from earlier blog posts. And if you don’t have much… Read More
What watercolor brushes to bring on the go
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 or camera? Drawings from Bali
Sketching or camera? A journey is special. A few days in a special place, that you want to remember for as long as possible. Sketching is a great alternative to the camera. It is much easier to take a photo, but it is so much more rewarding to make a sketch or painting. Pointing a… Read More
Monks, temples and blue coffee in Chiang Mai.
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
The hill tribes of north western Thailand.
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
What to look for in a good Watercolor brush and why
What to look for in a watercolor brush and why Hello, hello! Have you noticed this? That the nice thing about watercolors is that you don’t really have to spend much money to get started. You can choose from a good selection of good quality supplies. Luckily in watercolors, it is not difficult to find cheap… Read More
Boo! It`s Halloween! ?
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
Art Course In France
Hello, everybody! Here we are in the Matisse Villa in Vence again. Today most people have gone on the tour to see the Picasso “War and Peace” Chapel and pottery museum beside it. This week all the students are Norwegian, so we are doing the classes in Norsk instead of English. If you like… Read More
What hobbies do artists have? My hobby is playing SECOND LIFE
What is your hobby? What hobbies do artists have? Me, I am in Second Life. It is Summer and I am so happy to be in Dublin now. If you follow me you know I love sketchbooks, the painting above is a painting of my favorite places in Temple bar. This pub means a lot to me… Read More
How watercolor artists can avoid the invisible trap.
Achieving the perfect setup for watercolor painting. Today I am reposting my most popular post ever, about how to make your painting experience as comfortable and natural as possible. I love teaching and blogging and I truly believe that art is for everybody. I am all about the importance of practicing creativity as a healthy lifestyle. So today… Read More
Go ‘lightweight’ 10 tools to bring sketching when traveling and holidays
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
Drawing challenge CREATIVITY TAKES COURAGE #portraitchallenge_2019
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
Bonnie-Britt Görcsös´S Best Tips For Creative People.
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
Preparing for France- Supplies to bring when sketching on location
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
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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
Watercolor paintings of doors of Dublin
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
How To Make A little Watercolor paintbox for traveling
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