Koala bear finished

I have finished the koala bear. Isn't it a cute looking animal!

I heard from a fellow artist from Australia, that the koala sleeps 20 hours out of 24, due to the low nutrition in the eucalyptus they eat.

Take a look at my facebook, to join a competition, where you can win a print of the drawing!

You can find my mailadress at top right colomn, if you want to participate.

Lenes greeting cards

I would like to introduce my new blog: Lenes Greeting cards.

I am not finished setting up for purchase, but so far, you can see some of the cards there.

Koala bear

... more koala bear. I hope to finish this sunday, so that the winner, Aina, can have her print :)

Pages on Blog

"He's my favorite" is one of the cards, that is soon avaliable at my new greetingcard blog.

Perhaps you noticed that I have added page-tabs on top of the blog. It is now more integrated with my website, some of the pages just as my website, and a couple with a link to my website (at least so far, might be placed here later).

Prints

Find your favorite animal - or a perfect gift.

Do you want your favorite animals on your walls?

By surrounding ourselves with beautiful images and things that appeal to us, we feel good. Since you are here, I assume you love animals.
Hopefully I can help you finding the animal of your choise. If you don't see it at my shop, don't hesitate to mail me, if I have an artwork of that particular animal for prints, or ask me for a commission. No obligations in asking.

I want to decorate walls with artistic, beautiful animalart.

In my Imagekind shop you can see avaliable prints.

All prints are sold worldwide in 100 copies only. That is a very limited number, but I want my customers to know, that their print is not hanging all over the place. It is a speciality.


From my Imagekind shop the artwork comes in different sizes and with or without framing or printed on canvas - a very modern looking piece of wall-decoration. From Imagekind you have a large selection of images, sizes, framing and colorprints.

Koala bear

I had time for this today, so developed further than I thought.

Koala bear

I am quite a step further than my last update. And here you can see the entire composition.

Well, still lots of work, I begin to fear, that I will not have this finished as expected!

Koala bear

the different textures of leaves, background, nails, wood and fur are all the fun stuff to apply.

Koala bear

An update on the koala. Lots of fur, that must be short and soft :)

Koala bear

I have startet to draw the winner from my competition; the koala bear. It is really such a sweet looking animal.

It's a thin line

Some comments on my work at my easter exhibition once again made me think about realistic - photorealistic and even hyperrealistic artwork.

The comments were, that people thought, seeing my artwork from a little distance, that some of it were photography. I am happy they said so, because I know what they mean. They were amazed of it.

Yet, I was pleased, that getting closer, they realized (by themselves) that it was drawings or paintings.

When I see photorealistic work - I mean, where the only way I can tell it is not a photo, is because the artist wrote or told, that it is acrylics, oils, watercolor or whatever - I am stunned, how technical superior those artists are, in handling their media. It is truly amazing.

But, I do not want to draw or paint that realistic myself. I want people to realize, when looking closer, that it is a drawing or a painting. I want a kind of artistic "doodle" that shows; this is not a photo. I want them to know, that this image is made-up and made by a human mind and hand. Even photoreference are much used (as those animals won't stand still :)), I cannot believe some people think of it as copying. My artwork are filtered through my eyes, feelings and a wish to show you: see what I see - do you relate too? It is also handdrawn, handpainted and has taken many thoughts, reflections and a bit of my soul into it ;) I am sure the photorealistic artists do too :)

It is a thin line. Because I don't either wanna disturb a drawing or painting with some out-of-place lines or marks. I'll keep trying. Drawing and painting realism to be realistic, but with my artistic fingerprint on it, beside the pure technical aspects.

I think this line-walking is also a reason why I love to do some looser work in between. But I wouldn't miss my realistic approach.

The artwork people believed to be photos - at a distance, remember you sit close to a monitor :) - was, from top: "The little One". "Great Dane". "Gentle giants".

And then take a look at what I call hyperphotorealism. It is by Dennis Peterson, and painted with gouache. You won't believe it :)

Newsletter no. 4

There is a newletter on my website.

Content:

Welcome
Pastel Guild Europe winner
The competition: Win a print of your favorite animal ended
The easterexhibition with Stiplet
The artevent against cancer

Competition Your favorite animal

The competition Win a print of Your favorite animal has ended.
The winner is: Aina Budde, who will have her favorite animal drawn: the koala.
The drawing will be done in about 14 days and then shown on my blog, website and Facebook.

Thank you everyone who participated.
If I draw another of the submitted animals in graphite, I will send you an e-mail.
You then have the opportunity to buy a print at reduced price.

I love this

I started the "I love this"-posts in january 2011, and will make a montly post with a couple of "I love this" drawings or paintings. Why not applaude something you really admire and love to look at :) Enjoy! As I cannot copy-paste other artists work, I have placed a link on the title.

"Flamingo". Watercolorpainting by Anne Abgott. I am so attracted by this wonderful, colorful painting. Without a lot of details and feather-rendering, but great use of simplicity, the bird stands out with brilliant warm colors. A feast for my eyes.

"White tiger". Oil-painting by Jason Morgan. I feel I can almost hear the silence in this painting. It has so much atmosphere, it's like the tiger silently comes nearer, just making a ripple on the waters surface. Wonderful storytelling painting and masterly painted.