Merry Christmas 2015!

I made a cold and snowy postcard this year. I wanted to share it with you and wish you a Merry Christmas. This has been a busy year and it just keep getting better. Next year I'm going to add 3D illustrations to my portfolio and I'm looking forward to share it with you. 

Winter is Coming 2015

24x22cm, Watercolor, Acrylic

Happy New Year!

As a last entry for this year, I want to wish you all a happy new year. Here at home we've had a white christmas and I'm certain a few snowballs were thrown. I've learned a lot this year, and hopefully it will show in future works. It is my intent to show you more sketches and work in progress in 2015.

Snowfight

15x40 cm, Watercolor, Guache, Digital 

A Feast of Mushrooms

It's September already. The time of a rainy autumn is here and the nature around is giving us a season of... mice and mushrooms... which is just what I've picked as a subject for this month's illustration.

A Feast of Mushrooms

15x40 cm, Watercolor, Gouache, Digital 

  

High Above The Rowan

August. With only four months left of the year, I painted this Mountain Ash tree, (Sorbus Aucuparia, or "Rönn" in swedish), as a typical sign of the summer getting closer to its end.

Askunge is writing about the calendar on their blog (in swedish) this month.

High Above the Rowan

15x40 cm, Watercolor, Gouache, Digital

Old Tower

Got a little late on this months post. I'm working on a bunch of projects at the moment and keep forgetting how fast time fly when you're having fun. Here is the illustration for the calendar month of july, hope you enjoy!

Old Tower

15x40 cm, Watercolor, Gouache, Digital

 

 

 

Timemaker

So it's may already, and here is illustration 5/12. The Timemaker. I had such fun making this piece, learning a lot about creating values, depth and overlapping as it was progressing. Out of the 12, this was among the first to be finished, but it was also the one taking the longest time to paint.

Timemaker

15x40 cm, Watercolor, Gouache, Digital

The Meeting

The spring has started and those clever chickens are plotting something again... 

The (four o'clock) Meeting

15x40 cm, Watercolor, Gouache, Digital

Third Dawn

We have entered the third month of this year and it's time for another painting! I have always enjoyed foxes and the folklore around them. At times they can depict intelligence, cleverness, guardianship, faithfulness, love and friendship. 

Third Dawn

15x40 cm, Watercolor, Gouache, Digital

Have A Happy One!

A painting for today. Have a happy Valentine's Day everyone.

Have A Happy One

21x30 cm, Watercolor, Gouache, Digital

Joy

Happy new month to all of you. Here is the second illustration for the year. In Sweden we usually have a cold season in february that opens up for skiing and other winter activities. How joyful it can be when you find warmth in the cold...

Joy

15x40 cm, Watercolor, Acryl Gouache, Digital

Happy beginnings

As the project of 2013 was finished I decided to release all finished pieces one by one throughout 2014.  I hope you will enjoy them. As I wish you happy beginnings of the new year, here is the first illustration!

A clear winter's January

15x40 cm, Watercolor, Acryl Gouache, Digital

Man or a Mouse?

Another addition to the character portraits lineup.

Mouse

30x40 cm, Watercolor, Acryl Gouache, Digital

Rat Rider

I'm getting back to what I love the most. Folklore and little people. I made this for a self promotional spread in Illustratörcentrum's 2014 catalogue (yet to be printed) and will also be printed as postcards later this year. The only regret is the poor quality of the scan. In my experience a photo reproduction is a better choice than that of a scan of watercolor/gouache and I try to do that as often as I can.

This depicts a wight on a rat and I'm using it as a study for a bigger painting still in progress. Looking forward to show it to you.

Rat Rider

Watercolor, Acryl Gouache

The Sheriff

Adding another face to the collection of character portraits. 

As the last month's post was all about learning how to paint flowers, this one is all about the face. 

Let it (freely) tell you the story of "The Sheriff".

The Sheriff

30x40 cm, Watercolor and Acryla Gouache, Digital

Details

On the trail

I didn't post last month, so hoping this makes up for it.
Continuing on the trail of people portraits, at it's last moments on the drawing table, here is one I'm rather happy with:

Newly Courted

30x40 cm, Watercolor and Acryla Gouache

Details

Portraits

Last year my major focus was on mythological creatures. This year I will focus on the theme of people portraits. Much of the inspiration comes from old photographs during the 19th and early 20th century Scandinavia. 

Here is a peice I've been working on at the beginning of this year:

He was a simple man.

30x40 cm, Watercolor and Acryla Gouache

Details

Merry Christmas

Joyful tides. It's been a great year and I am looking forward to see what the next one brings. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Tomten och Rödhaken (The Tomte and European Robin), 

10x15 cm, Watercolor and Acryla Gouache

Story of a Tomte (final)

I had some time to finish the details on this, not really anything new - just finalized. I have just started on the second piece in the series, hopefully I'll have something more to show you soon.

Fraggle Rock Boober

Today Jim Henson would have been 75 years old. I grew up with the creations of The Muppets and Fraggle Rock and they bring out a lot of memories even today. Boober was the character I remember clearest from Fraggle Rock. He was the coolest of them all. To me, Henson represents creativity and innovation. I am happy that his legacy carries on to inspire new generations, and this image, though small, is my tribute. May his legacy never die.

Boober Fraggle. Watercolour and Gouache.

Portrait of a Train Driver

Working on a rather fun children's game (that I cannot for obvious reasons reveal too much about at the moment), I got to do some character portraits. This of an old Train Driver that I became rather fond of...

I hope we'll be finished with the project soon enough to show you a small movieclip of it.