See My Story
I made a new portrait last night and I must say I'm really pleased with her! Most of all I love the expression of her eyes, they somehow really seem to draw you into the painting, telling some kind of…
Dark and light
I have been experimenting with dark and light again. It's a subject that I keep wanting to explore and there's still a lot to learn. But I love the strong effect that darks and lights can create... Acrylic paint, oil…
Who Are You?
I made a new mixed media portrait in my art journal! Creating this portrait was a bit of an adventure. I wasn't really sure how I would do it and which supplies I wanted to use, other than that I…
Playing in my art journal
This weekend I was feeling a little sick. All I could do and wanted to do, was just play a little in my art journal. And I'm actually really pleased with this portrait. I just took my pastel pencil and…
Ooh these colors!!
Recently I indulged myself and bought this wonderful soft pastel set! Yayy! Look at those colors! It's the portrait set by Unison, containing 36 crayons. My favorite brands for soft pastels are Schmincke and Unison. I just love how soft…
New Art Journal Portrait
I have been working on a new art journal portrait today. I started off with gluing in some patterned paper. I don't believe I have used any collage paper before in my portraits, so I was curious what it would…
New portrait
I have been working on a new portrait in my art journal. I used a combination of acrylic paints in lots of layers, and then worked on top of it with pastel pencil and charcoal pencil. This way of using…
Out of the Blue
I set out to make a really *colorful* portrait today... Ah well... blue is also a color, isn't it? ;-) ...sometimes it seems a portrait just wants to show up, no matter what.
Art Journaling
Experimenting with color in my art journal. Trying to keep it loose and unpolished. I have been adding lots of layers of soft pastel until I was forced to stop, because the paper wouldn't hold any more layers of pastel...…
What Do You See
A new portrait! I have been working primarily with acrylics this time, in a quite monochromatic color scheme. I used a rather new technique, building up layer after layer. At the end I accentuated some of the details with pastel…