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

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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

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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

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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

Caroleans

I've been working on a fairly small painting lately (17x28 cm / 6.7x11 in). It will later serve as a reference for a larger painting on the same subject.

Three Caroleans meet a Lady in White during late 17th century Sweden. 

Watercolor / Digital

The Caroleans (Swedish: Karoliner) were the soldiers of the Swedish kings Charles XI and Charles XII. 

Workshops and Cookie Monsters

Last weekend i attended the second Northern Light Workshop with Jesper Ejsing and Eva Widermann as instructors. The focus was on character design, so I took the opportunity to polish my ideas of a cookie monster for a children's tale I'm working on together with Therese Järvheden.

Trying to get the pose right before I do a larger sketch...

After making a larger sketch of the pose I want, I refine the image on a new piece of paper and start coloring. This day I wanted to try painting directly on a toned piece of paper.

Cookie Monster

Watercolor and Acryla Gouache on toned paper

Digital finish

I learned a ton during the process of this image and I had a lot of fun making it. I will have more to show you from the children's tale as it progresses!

Pictures courtesy of Dave Brasgalla (Thanks Dave!) If you want to see more from the workshop I recommend checking out the photostream over at Flickr.

Webshop

I am happy to announce that my webshop over at Etsy is now open!

I am starting up with a small stock of sketchbooks, but I will keep you updated whenever I put up something new. Next will be some prints from my project on Scandinavian Folklore. 

etsy.com/shop/DannieBorg