Weekly review

This weeks review is of the watercolor painting "Cactus Hideout".
I saw the motif on a holiday in Turkey, those small, soft kittens hiding among large cactuses. I loved how the sun hit all the interesting shapes of the plant, all the green hues and the contrast of the kittens and cactuses.

The original is27,5 x 54,5 cm.

The image is sold as a print from Imagekind.

Cozy cats - sunnygrey cat

An update on my catpainting.
The background are painted in watercolors and colored pencil. So far the cat is in watercolors.

Weekly review

This week I follow directly my last review. This is the 2.nd of my "World of Dogs" artworks: "Good company" - Pugs.
The dogs are placed inside a living-room. As the title also shows - a breed that offers good companionship for its owners.
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My idea with this serie is to make cute, colorful images in a stylized expression.

The original is 25,5 x 38 cm. It is possible to buy prints at Imagekind.

Prismacolor cp's in Europe

If you are a colored pencil artist living in Europe, you can buy your Prismacolors from Farbstifte.net

Great service is my experience.

The Prismacolor cp's is an US brand and the most used among artists in USA. It is a pencil with a smooth, good coverage and nice to blend.

The shop also sells Derwent Colorsofts, another great brand, even their Derwent Artist' range is my favorite.

Beside colored pencils, the shop has some great supports not easy to find elsewhere in Europe, like Ampersand pastelboard and Clairfontaine pastelmat. These supports are great for pastels and colored pencils.

Weekly review

My webfriend Bev Lewis introduced this idea on her blog as "Image of the week".
I like the good idea. With the title "Weekly review", I will show artwork from my own archives, to keep posting at least once a week.

My coloredpencil drawing "The Ball-game is over", showing 4 english bulldogpups having a great time playing, and is now sooo very tired.

I made this the first to be in a series called "World of Dogs". The series are now of just 2 paintings, but more to follow.
My idea is to make cute, colorful images in a stylized expression.

The original is 20 x 50 cm. It is possible to buy prints at Imagekind.

Cozy cats - sunnygrey cat

I have come to the stage of colored pencilwork, working from back to front.
 I'm using 5-6 different cp's for the wicker-work.

My space

Here you see the space, where I create art. I have several things going on now (to excuse the mess:)).

My drawingtable at right can be angled and has a very nice size not demanding too much space. At this table I will draw and paint in watercolors. The lamps above are with daylight neontubes.

The easel can be used for painting and drawing. The small high table behind it will hold watercups, print, brushes and mixing pallets.

Most of my stuff not in use, are in another room. So is my computer.

The board in front of my drawingtable, shows some recent designs, plans, ideas etc.
The bookshelves behind the curtain holds maps, photos and other paperstuff.
I have the window at my right side, looking into my garden. And on the left side is my kitchen.

I wish in time, I will have some more space, as I would like to have all my stuff in the same room, and be able
to have the space look a bit more neat. It all looks more messy when so compressed. But when I work, it works anyway :)