Eyes of the Wildernes I - Wolf

As I've changed the banner to this wolf drawing I better show you a small wip.
The drawing has an underpainting with inktense pencils. They are to be used as watersoluble colored pencils, and are very saturated in colors. But they are ink and therefor permanent.
Here you can first see my underpainting with inktense and then the finished drawing with colored pencils added. The paper is Artspectrum Colorfix, original a pastel paper with a lot of tooth, but I liked it for colored pencils as well.
Story behind the picture:
This wolf with his glowing eyes and diverse fur (due to shedding) really caught my attention and it is my intention to show the viewer a look of the wild beast within this magnificent animal.

A bit silent

I haven't been updating my blog lately - I know it. But the reason is I've put my Cadillac drawing on hold - it began to get a bit on my nerves. I do intend to return to it later on, but for now I need a break from it ! And at the same time a new idea demanded to be tested. Well, I tested - and it just didn't work out as I imagined. That just happens sometimes. I am not the kind of person who can work on more drawings/paintings at the same time. It just makes me less concentrated. So - I've started out a new drawing - so far an outline. It has taken me quite a while - gathering photoreferences, setting up a composition in thumbnail (the easy part), making it look fine also in scaled size -, but the lines are on the good paper now. I really hope this will work out: I feel I have used quite a lot of time not getting anywhere, especially due to the failed idea before this one.
I'll put something on the blog later, when I get the feeling this one is gonna work out.

Artblog Award

I am proud to have recieved this award from Teresa. Take a look at her beautiful artblog.

I am asked to name 7 things I love and pass it on to 7 other bloggers:


1. My family: humans as well as animals ;)

2. My own arttime

3. Looking at other artists artwork

4. Artbooks

5. Walks in nature

6. Travelling to see other countries

7. Italian icecream


I will send the art award to these wonderful artblogs:

Pencilwizards blog
Laura Hardies blog
Heather Page studio blog
Sally Lancasters blog
Sheona Hamilton-Grants blog
Mike Sibleys blog
Tracy Halls blog

American Dream - Cadillac - WIP

I've been working a while on this Cadillac coupe de Ville - a new drawing in my American Dream serie (so far only one other car: Black Chevy).

This one I have been painting with watercolors and a little inktense pens. I'll soon switch to colored pencils and work tighter.

It is 29x39 cm on Fabriano Academia coldpressed.

Sketchcrawl

I just discovered this site: http://www.sketchcrawl.com/

copy from the site:

"...having people from different corners of the world join in a day of sketching and journaling and then, thanks to the Internet, having everyone share the results on an online forum" .

So the great idea is on specific dates, people from all around the globe gather in smaller or larger groups and sketch, sketch, sketch. Then later share on sketchcrawl.com. So the idea reminds of Drawing Day (see previous thread) only this site urge it to be a live-group event. But you can participat as single too. The event has been going on since 2004.

I find it a brilliant idea. I didn't find any danes around there, so if you are danish; how about trying this out?

Next date of sketchcrawl are on saturday april 11.

Go for danish translation and more info on http://www.farveblyanten.blogspot.com/

Drawing Day 2009

I missed this event last year - intend to participate this year - what about you ?
It seems they have not upgraded their banner - but it is happening on june 9. 2009 !

Editors choise at Starving Artists by Mike Sibley

I am so very excited and proud, that my Great Dane drawing was chosen as Editors choise by Mike Sibley at Starving Artists this month. It is a honour as Mike is the graphite artists I admire the most !
http://www.starving-artists.net/

Grand danios - finished

I finished my Grand danios portrait today.

Grand Danios - update 31.12.08

Here are my last update for 2008 - I didn't have time to finish it, so I know what to start with in 2009 ;)
Finally a pic taken in daylight...
A Happy New Year to my readers !

Grand Danios - update

An update of my Grand Danios portrait. I am not sure I'll finish the drawing this year ! Still need a lot of fur down the neck.. As you can see on the yellowish photo, I am still working at night.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

I would like to wish my readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
At this time of year you can jump into a new year without any thoughts about looking back at the old one. Or you can evaluate if you had some goals, and what happened to those goals...
Artistically I had goals, and I achieved it. But then, is was not that "high" goals. I thought about doing more art and enter some competitions, and of cause to improve. Well, as I see it, my goals are reached. BUT at the end of this year, 2008, I am going to write (!) down more and have more specific goals. That way at the end of 2009 I have a much better scale to look at. Hopefully my list of goals will keep me more concentrated, more striving and in the end of the year give me an even more rewarding feeling.
Hope you all have a fruitfull and happy year...

Grand Danios - update

an update on my Grand Danios drawing. Sorry about the yellow tinge ... this time of year when I only have time to draw at evening/night it is not easy to get a shot with good lightening...
This will proberbly my last 2008 drawing...

Grand danios portrait

I've just begun drawing a Grand Danios Portrait. A beautiful Harlekin coated dog.