My favourite art materials of 2025

Another year full of drawing, sketchbooks, and experiments flew by, and in between celebrations and planning for the year ahead, it's nice to look back. Especially when it's about art...

Celebrating the winter solstice

I couldn't imagine a better way to celebrate the longest night together with fellow creatives. Mor Art Group organised a lecture + drawing session for charity that explored the winter solstice...

Some recent sketches

It looks like I haven't shared much of my sketchbook recently, but I have been drawing and painting a lot. - I've had an A3 Royal Talens sketchbook for over a...

Art haul (Holbein & Pith)

Oh, I've been eyeing these art supplies for such a long time that I thought I'd never see them in real life :-) But then, my partner had to be in...

Drawing on location (more)

This spring/summer, the main thing I wanted to adjust in my art practice was sketching more. I've been joining different Patreons, and working at the studio a lot, but the one...

Experimenting with collage

Last month, on Tj's Patreon, we experimented with collage. For years I've been keeping all kinds of silly scraps for when I'd ever be into collage,  but of course, I...

Quiet quests on canvas

It's been a while since I sat at my easel. A prepped canvas had been waiting for me for months as I kept walking past it. You might not have noticed...

Artist’s dates, a helicopter, and new art materials

Do you know what an artist's date is? I had no idea. Until I watched a video by Katie Moody on Youtube. Katie is a sketchbook artist and she's reading (and doing...

Celebrating the summer solstice

With Midsommar (Midsummer's celebration in Sweden), there is no place I'd rather be than home. Surrounded by flowers, lakes, and wildlife. This year we were super lucky with beautiful blue...

From pixels to paper: meeting art friends in Portugal

After months of counting down and dreaming of sunny days, the time had finally come: the sketchbook art retreat in Portugal with TJ Marston and Katie Moody. I had never traveled...