Dog art book

I am thrilled that my drawing Black cocker spaniel has been selected for the Dog Art project.

A book about livning artists using dogs in their art.

I am sure there has been plenty of drawings and painting to choose from , so it is really an honour to be chosen.

I don't have a release date, but will be updating here of cause.

The book will be published on a print-on-demand from Amazon.com. The editor is Jan Erinrac.

Colorful pattern I - zebra

This is the first artwork in a new series I've started. Colorful pattern; a title that should certainly have many motifs in the animalworld.

Mostly watersoluble colorpencils (derwent, caran d'ache supra and FC A. Dührer) but also ordinary cp. Size 8.6 x 11.2 inches.I had the referencephoto from a zoo, and zoomed in as you can see....

new banner motif

I've made the new blog-banner from the artwork "Eyes of the wilderness III - Arctic wolf". Hope you like it.

Prints of the month - may

The prints of the month are the series "Chameleons". 2 prints from original watercolorpaintings. The prints are avaliable in 2 sizes. Save 15 % in may. Prints and info.

Eyes of the wilderness III - arctic wolf

I keep myself busy these days, so I've already finished the 3. "eyes of the wilderness" painting. This is another wolf, but this time an arctic wolf. Again art spectrum as support, but only colored pencils this time.

See the serie together Eyes of the Wilderness

Eyes of the wilderness II - brown bear

This is my second painting in the Eyes of the wilderness serie.

It is painted with inktense pens in some areas. Then colored pencils are added in many layers and brused with solvents.

The paper is Art Spectrum colorfix. Size 12x37,5 cm.

You can see more about this in my gallery. I am going to add more paintings to this serie.

Calender

May image - well, 2-in-1 that is ;). "Performance of Power" and "Eyes of the Wilderness I - Wolf"

Chameleon II - watercolours

Enjoying the splash of watercolours I've continued the Chameleon-series.

These small creatures really facinates me. If they didn't eat such awfull insects, I would like to keep a couple myself.

The process when painting these; I have reference photos from which I draw a freehand (eye+hand+pencil only tools) in a loose style. The plants are imaginative or loose interpretations. I then choose a colorscheme, first the 3 primary colors; red-yellow-blue. I start with these colors, mostly layered on the paper but some mixed before put on paper. I then add additional colors, like greens or a charcoal grey to emphasize a dark spot.

I love the look of sharp edgdes in watercolours and painting in this loose, imaginative style, nothing prevent me from keeping them - as a painting in realistic style could require.

Here is the A4 size painting and a close-up to show the relation of graphite strokes and watercolors.

Greeting cards

You can now buy greeting cards with my motifs. Wonderful flowers, delicious berries (will come), sweet animals, black&white abstractive inks, cards for all tastes. In 4 different sizes. Link.

Example of motifs:

Chameleon - watercolors

I am really practicing with my watercolors these days. Again a painting emphazising the colors more than anything. I just love the way watercolors can be layered with a transparency not possible with any other media I have tried.

I also find that graphite and watercolors are a beautiful mix. Delicate pencilstrokes showing through is what I try to achieve, together with a rather loose, but still shaped application of colors.

I attach the finished painting, size A4 and a closeup for a better view of the play of graphite and watercolors.

Print gallery open

My printgallery has opened. Go see if you wanna purchase a giclee artprint..In this occasion I annonce a competition, where you can winn a A4 print of my colored pencil painting"World of dogs II - Good company" - pug.Participate by sending me an email. Answer the following answer:
"Which horsebreed are the horses on "All tied up for the show"?Of cause you can find the answer on my site :)

write in subject: print-competition. Write the answer in the mail. Remember name and adress.The winner will be found those with correct answer.The competition will runn untill 30. juni 2009

Three chaps - WIP

"Three chaps" - the wonderful small corgies have lots of personality, and I wanted to paint them in a loose watercolorpainting emphazing colors and values before textures and details.

Actually, painting in a loose style is quite a challenge to me, as I am more used to drawing and painting in a tighter manner. But besides challening I find it liberating and very fast - I also like the idea of switching between the 2.
The final painting is 297 x 420 mm on Canson Montval Not.

First I found my ref-photos, all taken at dogshows and I made my thumbnailcomposition. I also made a small valuesketch in graphite.
Having the 3 pictures in front of me, I draw the dogs freehand on a A4 size paper. Here I think of freehand as with no aids except eyes and pencil.


I made a new very loose sketch on watercolor board, size like a postcard. This drawing was made into a valuestudy, but this time in watercolor. Below the study you can see the final painting converted to greyscale for comparison.

I took my A4 handdrawn paper, scanned it and resized it in Photoshop. I scaled up to 1:1 for my watercolorpaper. I then used my lightbox to redraw on watercolorpaper.

Then colors was applied. Here are 3 closeups too:

Tinkytot

Well, so inspired from my Cocio-drawing (last post) I made a small 3-image series of ArtCards (ACEO - 64x89 mm) in the very same style. They are titled Tinkytot I-II-II. The name is as abstract as the images themselves. The 3 originals are for sale on my ArtCardWanted page.

I really like the concept of ACEO cards and collectors all over the world does too... there are also a lot activity in trading cards between artists.

So far I have had ACEO-cards as prints only - because I haven't found it comfortable to draw and paint in my usual style in this small format. I might continue producing the originals in different styles. It is a wonderful way to sell, buy and collect uniqe pieces of art.