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tie-dye experiments…

Hi everyone! As I told you last week I did some tie-dye this week. Here are a couple of experiments: My favorite is top left – pole tie-dye – difficult to get tight. I really like the pattern… Top one I wanted b&w but somebody changed the bottles so now it’s brown. argh! This is

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abstract acryl by BLOGitse

spring break…

  Hi everyone!   How’s your life? Busy, happy, sad? My life is good, as busy as I want/need it to be… If I have too many projects and start feeling…uneasy, I try to calm down/choose what is most important…   Important is…   We’re having a short holiday in Spain 🙂 plus I start

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trees in pink, watercolor by BLOGitse

painting, drawing, sewing…

    that’s what my week has been… This watercolor painting is for   Paint Party Friday   I got inspiration from a youtube video   ‘trees in pink’   a detail of it       For Theme Art challenge April 2018 ‘creativity’   This time I used     Teemataiteen luovuus pääsee valloilleen

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bw rose by BLOGitse

only self-made art…

    Hi everyone!   Aah, spring – I love this time of the year! Blackbirds are singing like crazy! and loud!     I don’t sing but I draw. 🙂 Like this rose   for Paint Party Friday   I draw with pencil     In May I’ll start a portrait drawing course. Can’t

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fheme art 'found faces' at least five by BLOGitse

just faces…

  Hi everyone! My world is full of faces, two art challenges and visitors this weekend!   All my 29faces Feb 2018 faces are HERE. This is #13   This is also for Paint Party Friday challenge   For Theme Art challenge February 2018 ‘found faces’ or hidden faces or faces everywhere I found from

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LUX Helsinki 2018 by BLOGitse

light and lights…

  Hi everyone! Finally we have more daylight! Yes!   The other evening we enjoyed LUX light show. Helsinki Cathedral looked like this here on my blog in 2011 in daylight       In the evening it looked like this (too many people and other ‘blocks’ to shoot better photos, sorry)      

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autumn red by BLOGitse

it’s autumn…

  Hi everyone! We can see it, we can feel it, autumn.   Soon nights will be below zero…   I walk and shoot photos at the same time…       The picture above inspired me to paint with watercolors…   hahah, not very good but it was meditative to play with colors…  

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ink and acrylic by BLOGitse

playing with acrylics…

  This summer has been weird. Some nice, sunny days and next hard wind, rain…right now we have a storm in Southern Finland!     I played with acrylics this week. These two are just quick strokes, whoosh, whoosh…     ink and acrylics   acrylics     This painting was originally just lines but

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bright night 20.6.2017 at 22 29 pm by BLOGitse

natural light nights in Finland…

It’s midsummer weekend, midnight sun, the sun remains visible… I shot this the other evening     Check how it looks in Northern Finland   Utsjoki: Tie970 − Nuorgam − Tenojoki: Play lifetime   Here’s a google map showing the web cam location Nuorgam, Lapland, Finland       On Wed 21.6.2017 at 7:24 it

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peony bud 9.6.2017 by BLOGitse

water + color…

    together is watercolor 😆   Last couple of days have been SUNNY and WARM!   I bought a pile of 300 g paper from England. Oh, and have I painted – yes, yes, yes! I really like that paper and I must, must order more of it before all 100 sheets are gone……..

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