Lino cut

I saw an exhibition in Helsinki, Finland about Hokusai and Hiroshige. Two Japanese artists during the 19 century. Their prints made with woodcut was amazing and very inspiring.

When I got home I had an urge to try that too. A good way is to try lino cut. This is my first lino cut. I had a black and white copy of a photo I had taken as model. I made a drawing on the linoleum and cut around it. It is time consuming if you want to make a detailed image but also quite contemplative. I am going to print in two colors so I made also a roughly cut plate for the background color. The main color will be black.

Forgotten flowers, oil pastel artwork

Illustrationfriday.com and the theme is Forgotten. There is lots of things that is easily forgotten and one of them is watering the plants and filling water in the vase with the nice bouquet of flowers. I often forget those things. Two twigs of lilac. How beautiful when fresh!

Original artwork. Oil pastel painting on paper. Size: 20 x 28 cm or 8 x 11 in. 

The artwork is available for sale on http://en.dawanda.com/shop/gamasujo

Winter garden, color pen and ink drawing

Theme on Illustrationfriday.com this week is Garden. Usually you think of lots of green and flowers. But there is also winter gardens that are just lovely! This place exist, almost. I have made changes that suits my imagination. It was a very beautiful winter day a year ago. We had two months of winter from the middle of january to the middle of mars in Stockholm. But this last winter season has never been so warm, since the start of messuring temperature 250 years ago. No snow and no cold! But I heard they had snow in Greece!

Original drawing, artwork. Water soluble color pen and ink on paper. Size: 28 x 40 cm or 11 x 16 in.
Price: 120 $

Pelargonium, Geranium, flowerpainting with pastel

I like these flowers. Easy to take care of and beautiful with many colors and features. I made this artwork two months ago from an old photo I had taken. The best is to draw or paint from real life but it is not always possible. Second best is to use a photo that you have taken yourself. Why? Because when  you see the photo you can usually remember the light and mood. You have also made the composition. It is your photo. Of course you can use other photos and pictures as inspiration and reference. But your own is the best in my opinion.

Oil Pastel original artwork on pink tinted paper. Size: 31 x 23 cm or 12 x 9 in.
Price: 110 $

Grow by the coal, graphite drawing

Submission to illustrationfriday.com The theme of the week is Grow. 
The photo that I used as inspiration for the drawing was shot two years ago. 
Someone had burnt a small tree in the woods and the stump that got charred was left.
Original graphite and color pen drawing on paper. Size 20 x 28 cm or 8 x 11 in.

Dahlia flowers, oil pastel artwork

Finished at last! Oil pastel on pink tinted paper. Size 31 x 24 cm or 12 x 9,5 in.

Price 110 $

E-mail me if you like to purchase the artwork!

Poppy flower, oil pastel

Red poppies in a field. Lovely! Oil pastel on paper. Size 23 x 31 cm or 9 x 12 in.
SOLD

Sahara desert from above, oil pastel, abstrakt artwork

The beauty of Sahara desert if you see if from the space in a satellite. The texture and coloring is interesting and challenging. Realism and abstraction. Oil pastel on pink tinted paper. Dominant colors: ochre, brown and emerald green. Size 31 x 24 cm or 12 x 9,5 in. Price: 120 $
E-mail me if you like to purchase the artwork!

Clouds, soft pastel artwork

Soft pastel on paper.
Clouds over a lake called Vättern in Sweden. 
There had been during the night a heavy rain and thunder weather.
Size 49 x 34 cm or 19 x 13,5 in. Click to buy

Landscape in sunset, soft pastel

Soft pastel on paper. Sunset in rain. You can't see the rain but the weather creates the picture. Size 47 x 30 cm or 19 x 12 in.Click to buy

Wild duck, pastel artwork

Size 33 x 26 cm or 13 x 10 in. Soft pastel on brown colored paper. Working with pastel is like painting with ordinary paint. Click to buy

Wild tulips, oil pastel

Oil pastel on paper. Size 38x49 cm or 15x19 in. Click to buy