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...

March sketches

We're already rolling into a new month, and I haven't photographed all my sketches from the past month yet- so I might quickly add them before this post goes live,...

February’s sketches

Where did February go? Is it gone already? Recently, I saw a video on Instagram where a person was talking about sketchbooks and how artists shouldn't call books with 'finished' artwork...

An art supplies delivery

I would say that I feel like a child who just got his lördagsgodis (Saturday's candy) but this is definitely way better for my teeth :) + I get to...

January’s sketches

The end of the month arrived faster than expected, and until I collected all the photos, I felt like I didn't sketch as much as usual. Back in December, I decided...

December’s sketches

The plan was to take it easy this month as December is such a dark month that I wanted to unwind, reflect, and make plans for 2025. It turns out that...