Merry Christmas

I wonder if I ever get those christmas-cards drawn and painted, that I have thought of for a couple of years.

Untill then, you will have to do with my quickdrawn e-mailcard, drawn in sketchy style with ink and with a PhotoShop border around it. The words "God jul" is Merry Christmas ;)

A merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you

He's my favorite

I've started coloring. I don't underpaint with the values, just use my valuestudy for support. I apply values, textures etc as I go.

Valuestudy 2

Related to my last post:

I have changed my valuestudy as I've started the painting, and I think the trees better be of lighter value to be seen as distant.

My working - and perhaps final - title of this is: "He's my favorite".

Valuestudy

This is a valuestudy for my next painting. The values are painted with acrylics in a 5 value-scale. I plan to paint this in oil-pastels on canson mi-tentes.

The composition is a mix from references, the wonderful Jutland horse, I saw at an agricultural-fair this summer. The small girl is my daughter.

Karelian Beardog

My Karelian beardog painting is finished. It did take another direction as far as media, as I finished it in pure acrylic and repainted some parts in acrylic too. Still a mixed media though; acrylic, watersoluble colorpencil, colorpencil and ink, but primarily acrylic paints. I use the fluid type of acrylic paint.

FMP show 2009

My colored pencil painting: "Eyes of the Wilderness III - Arctic wolf" are into the un-juried show of FMP online Magazine. Enjoy the beautiful entries. FMP Themeshow 2009

Practise with acrylics

I know I have been quiet for a period, and I don't have any updates on the Karelian bear dog yet. The reason is simply that I practice my brushes and acrylic paints. And practice work is all I produce - lots of fun but also frustration. Even I would love to continue my dog-painting, I have to accept that the practise takes my time for now.

Karelian bear dog

As I mentioned yesterday I was really not satisfied with the background. So I have altered it into a more soft and less chaotic one. I might have to apply more layers, but I like it better already.

Karelian bear dog

Worked a bit more on the dog.
I am starting to think, that I'll change the background, making it much less grassy and just in green values.

Karelian bear dog

Here is an update, you can see the square format 30x30 cm, and just how much fur I still need to paint.

Karelian bear dog

An update on the karelian beardog. I am still alternating between media. No area is definitly completed.

You can clearly see the way I work area by area. You'll see different artist' working in different manners, some working all over by each layering, others like me, find it easier to work like this - at least in this media-mix.

Karelian beardog

Right now I am working on a mixed media painting - a headportrait with background - of a karelian bear dog. The materials used are ink, colored pencil, watersoluble cp's and acrylics. Here is a shot of my drawing table in the process.

Graphite drawing; japanese

This cute little dog - a japanese - are my latest graphite drawing. His name is Fabian, and he is a very fine dog of his breed.