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Category: Theme Art challenge

stones and clouds

Hi everyone! Already the end of…August! I’ve been drawing and painting clouds 🙂 Here’s a start of the cloud painting when I suddenly noticed holes like eyes. I tapped them a little bit and now it looks like a ‘sad cloud’ This is more happier…I guess. I tried it to look as natural as possible…

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flowers, stones and tip of the day

Hi everyone! How are you? I’ve been trying to learn how to paint clouds and waves. It’s hard! Looks so easy but when I try to blend the colours…oh, but I’ll try and try, one day I can do them, clouds and waves! Acrylic flowers are easy 🙂 Paint Party Friday   This is for 

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small drawings

because I haven’t had time to do bigger ones 🙂 But this week has been good! Still organizing things. I found my old diaries…when I was 13, 15…I really don’t miss those days! Have you saved your old diaries? How do you feel when reading them? I did these small b/w drawings one day when

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summer is not over…

but hubby will be back to work on Monday. We’ve been diligent couple getting everything done in and out 🙂 Still have to mow the lawn and do some small things… This week I haven’t had time to paint but I drew this ‘dance, dance…’ with colored pencils and some ink Paint Party Friday  

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in the summertime

when the weather is HOT! This weekend it’s hot but only a couple of days and then we’ll be back to our ‘normal’ temperatures… I’ve been listening audiobooks, mainly Swedish (read in Finnish) crime stories. I didn’t know how violent stories people can write – women and men. Do they get ideas from police archives

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birch seeds…

are everywhere! They fly like birds. Did you know  that 1 kg contains 5-8 MILLION seeds! Our terrace is covered with them and they fly inside without asking 🙂 Right now – and next week! – we have perfect summer weather. Early morning, sun and a cup of coffee – oh, yes! via GIPHY This

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sketching and dyeing

Hi everyone! I’ve been dyeing for years but next week I’ll try something new – stitching, different folding styles…Stitching and pole wrapping are new to me. Here’s a video how many folding styles there are, SHIBORI folding tutorial   Here you can see stitching   I’ve done some stitching, rubber band and other foldings, more

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weekend abstracts

Hi everyone! How are you? Painting/gardening/shopping/relaxing…or what? 🙂 This week I’ve been painting a few abstracts and started a big canvas with acrylics, (not finished yet) First a quick warm-up sketch wiuh, wiuh – done! Gouache and ink and just ink and water Paint Party Friday For ThemeArt May 2019 challenge ‘music with symbols and

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Lars Kepler – I’m hooked

Hi everyone! During a break I listened three books, fourth started. It’s a great way to listen books when sunbathing. Lars Kepler‘s ‘The Hypnotist’ was creepy, violent but mesmerizing, well written crime story. I’ve always liked crime stories – but too violent crime movies or series are not for me – listening is different. I

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spring break

Hi everyone! I’ll have a short blogging break, till mid May. This week I’ve been trying to draw, paint, sketch a little every day. These croquis drawings I did to warm-up the other day. These are one minute sketches. Paint Party Friday   This is for ThemeArt May 2019 challenge ‘music with symbols and signs’

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