Looking back- a few of my own favourites:)

"Gorgeous" Graphite pencils and a little bit of colour pencils

       
       

"Arabian Nights" Colour pencils,size A4

"Shopoholic!" Watercolour effect in Photoshop

"You don't deserve me" Watercolour pencils, colour pencils and photoshop 

Beauty reading book under a tree-Digital painting

                         Photoshop CC.

"ROSE"Beautiful rock girl with blue hair-own character- Digital painting

            Photoshop CC

Fantasy drawing-Girl with reindeer horns-digital painting

"Esmeralda" Digital painting

HULDRA--Digital art

                                   Watercolour digital painting, Photoshop CC.

Cupcake! -Promarkers Drawing + Watercolour drawings of Norwegian birds

                           Promarkers, size a5
                       

Watersoutable Colour Pencils,Faber Castell, size A5

Watersoutable Water Colours, Faber Castell, size A5

Watersoutable Colour Pencils, Faber Castell, size A5 

Hope you like it, have a nice weekend!

"Rose Petals" Digital painting

                           In memory of my grandmother. Digital painting, Intous tablet,
                           Photoshop CC.

"Romance" Beautiful digital painting

                        I love those gowns, and suddenly realized that I haven't really drawn
                        anything like this lately.

                       Tools used: Intous tablet and Photoshop CC.

                       The gown itself is a little bit inspired from an old Barbie dress I had,haha!;)

                     

"Jaqueline"Beautiful blonde girl, Digital painting + making Gold typo in Photoshop CC! "

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My printer gave up this week, so for now I have been working on digital painting-

I will be back with more on colour pencils and traditional art.

For this painting I also made a gold typo in Photoshop CC.

I'm quite pleased with the result, but

it was hard getting the golden watermark just like I wanted it.

My tips for making a watermark logo:

1. Make a logo /Watermark that does not disturb the painting itself.

2.Find a typo that is your kind of style, so you can use it

in all of your paintings.

3.  There is a lot of how-to make typo recipies on the internet,

but the smartest thing you really can do is to practice practice-

play in Photoshop and just find out what suits you.

Having said that;

here is the recipe I used:

1.Create your typo in a photoshop document.

2.  Use magic wand to define the typo.

3. Find the "Gradient" in the tool box.

4. Play with gradient, use all the blending options

and experiment.

Remember for a deeper golden or change the colour to the

colour you want you simply click on the Color picker box,

and play around.

Also, there are many different ways to make a gold typo-

I simply used this method becouse it suited my style.

you can also find a lot of different ways to do it forexample on

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=create+a+gold+typo+in+photoshop

"Fred the cute beagle" Traditional art, Watersoutable pencils

                         Technique: 

                       Watersoutable pencils from Faber Castell on Daler Rowney
                       and a little bit of mechanical pencil.0,5 from Mephisto.
                       Heavyweight paper, 210 x 297 mm, 135 ibs.

                      I would really recommend this book by Ann Kullberg
                       if you want  your colour pencil drawings to look really realistic.

                   

                     
                               I love these Faber Castell Watersoutable Colour pencils-they are very
                               good and easy to work with and they're available in
                              book stores such as Notabene in Oslo. They're also quite cheap
                              in my opinion, a box set cost about 379 crowns.

                           You can also get Watersoutable pencils at http://www.dickblick.com/search/?q=watercolour+pencils&x=0&y=0&sp_cs=UTF-8

                            I will not give you a review on them right now becouse I haven't tried
                            Albrecht Dürer Watercolour Pencils yet, but I found a good review here
                            for those who are curious http://www.biffybeans.com/2009/07/review-faber-castell-albrecht-durer.html

                           

You can buy this paper in Oslo from Christ Engebretsen & Søn

             in Pilestredet 27 in Oslo.

and also from http://www.cassart.co.uk/drawing/paper_3/product_type_paper/daler_rowney_heavy_weight_cartridge_pad_220gsm_25_sheets.htm

It is also a good idea to look out for Ebay and Amazon when you want to get good deals

for art materials.

Plus size summer clothes for petite women

                          Petite woman can also wear jump suits-be sure to wear something 
                          that is a bit loose around the waist and that stops above the knees.

                          A petite woman who also has a bit of broad shoulders and short
                          neck, will also look good with v-necks or boat-neck on your
                          blouse. A good tip is to use a loose blouse with boat neck
                          like the one shown in the illustration over a high-waisted skirt.

                          TIP: If you've got a bit of a chubby tummy and you want to
                          hide it, it is a a good
                          idea to also use thick dress fabric, and remember
                          bright colours enlarges, dark colour narrows.
                          There is nothing wrong with using patterns- you can
                           use a dress with a bit of patterns on them, but be aware that
                           patterns often draws attraction to the that part of the body,
                           so be sure to only use patterns on the parts of the body
                           you want to draw the attention to.



                         Example: You want to hide thick thies but you want to draw attention to
                         the cleavage and the neck-use a loose top that has patterns that goes over
                         the chest and not over your belly, and use a darker skirt or tights or jeans
                         under-and remember; vertical stripes makes you look slimmer, be careful
                         with horizontal stripes becouse that can make you seem larger than
                         you actually are.
                         

               

                      Shirt dresses are exellent for petite women!
                       
                      Some last tips:
                      *Shoes with open toe is a winner for petite women.
                       *Using sandals with a bit of wedge makes you look a little bit taller:)
                      *Feel free to use necklaces, but remember to try out different 
                        things that suits your style.
                        A delicate necklace can look good one one petite woman,
                        but may look too small on another petite who wears plus size.
                       *Using a dress in one colour seems prolonging for a petite body.

                       I'll finish this post by saying that I miss seeing fashion for petite
                       women who is not a size 32 or even 36 ( Size four in the US is a
                       norwegian size 36). The fashion world has become better, you can see
                       more variety in the models now, but I still miss role models that
                       are under 5'4 and uses a size 36, 38 or 42,

                       I hope this was useful, have a nice summer!:)

                    

"Candy apple" Colour pencils and goache+ How to get creative ideas for a drawing(Creative techniques:)

                         This is a an old drawing actually, but I  wanted to show it
                          becouse I have made a few improvements.

                        I highlighted the eyes a little bit in Photoshop CC,and also adjusted
                        the colours and highlights a little bit.

                        This is one of my own favourite pieces becouse I like the playfulness
                         and the bright colours.

                        Now, what I also would like to talk about today is that I see a lot
                        of people in the drawing group I'm in on Facebook asking
                        "What should I be drawing?"

                        Well, first and foremost, it depends on YOU. What kind of media
                         do you like to use? Digital, watercolours? Colour pencils?
                        It can sometimes also be useful to try a new medium. I, forexample,
                         was very fond of colour pencils and I was like; "I'm never going
                         to draw digitally."

                        I also know other illustrators who says that they don't like to
                        draw digitally, becouse it takes out all the fun of drawing.
                        But guess what? You can still have fun with your Promarkers,
                        graphite pencils or whatever media you like to draw with and
                        then take it into Photoshop and try new things.

                        You can use different brushes and maybe you will see that it's gonna
                         give you new ideas and you will end up with a better image than
                         you could think of before. I also often sit and go through old drawings,
                          and see if they can give me new ideas. To get what you want,
                         it can often be a good idea to see why you started in the first place.:)

                         Here is a list that can give you inspiration:

                         1. Walk through the city and look at the people there. Bring 
                              your sketchbook and try and draw what you see.
                               Sometimes I can forexample see a kid blowing bubble gum
                               and it will get my imagination running.Other times, it can
                               be a girl with really cool hair and you will go "oh, that would
                               be kinda cool to draw."
                      2. Visit a museum.
                      3.   Visit art sites like deviantart and also pinterest,tumbler
                            and instagram.
                     4.    Look at fashion magazines or other magazines, or
                             maybe you will look at Science illustrated and it will
                             give you ideas to draw something like space,
                              maybe you will look at National Geograpic and it will
                              give you the idea to draw an animal or a volcano.:)
                   5.       Go to the library and check out some books.
                              Like to draw scary things? Going to the childrens'
                               section will often give you fresh ideas.:)

                    6.     Use the "Cross method." You take a sheet,
                             write a line between and take one side with one word,
                              and one side with an object or an animal. It can also
                              be a person, forexample a real estate agent or an 
                              ballet dancer. 
                              While using this method, it is important that you don't think
                               "Naah" that's stupid, can't do that." Block out all your
                               negative thoughts and just use your imagination, write
                               down anything that comes to your mind.
                               I find it also useful to simply draw different objects in a
                                classifieds, forexample a fridge in one, a flower in the other,
                               ice cream, a chair, a cute pillow, a dog etc.
                               Then you combine one with the other.

                                I used this method when I headed a creative course with
                               my colleagues, and one of my colleagues came up with
                               an ice-cream with the taste of flowers!


                               

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                        7.   Tell a story in one drawing. I have previously talked about the
                              messy world of fan art, and you should always check
                              what applies for what you want to draw.
                              -Having said that, it can sometimes help to think
                               of something funny. Forexample, before I made my
                               drawing "Frankenstein running from the wedding"
                               I thought of  the movie with Frankenstein and his bride.
                               Then I thought of the movie with Julia Roberts,
                               "Runaway Bride". Bingo! (Of course, in my idea it was the
                                other way round-the groom running from the bride;)

                                  

                         
                         It can also of course be something simple, like
                         a girl playing with her dog, a woman sitting under the three in a
                         old-fashioned dress reading a book-which brings me to

                        8. Decide on the geographic and historical element.
                           Does it takes place in the late 1800 century? Does it take place
                            in 1995? In India or Amazonas? Kinda get's your imagination
                            running, doesn't it?;)

                         9. Try to copy another artists' style.
                              And of course, I do not mean stealing.
                              But challenging yourself by trying to draw something
                              in a style you are not used to can be a good thing-
                              and if you're pleased with the result, you can also get that
                              self-esteem feeling with "Hey, I did it!" and it will
                              also give you a boost to try more.

                           "Good artists copy, great artists steal"-Picasso

                        10. Go to a concert/ listen to music.
                             I personally often doodle while listening to Spotify, and
                             then I can suddenly get an idea,

                             Well,that's it for now, hope it was useful.
                           
                             Have a nice summer!:)

                  
                 

"Happy" -Digital drawing + is fan art legal?

                                 I am a big fan of the Orange is the new black series.
                                I have been researching wether or not it is legal to make
                                fan art of this, but I can not see that it is illegal.However, after
                               careful consideration I decided NOT to publish the Orange
                                is the new black-fanart on my blog.

                              Why? Becouse it may be illegal.
                                I have heard many discussions about fan art.
                               Some say that you can do what you want, becouse everybody
                               else does it. WRONG.

                                Somebody else owns everything that is on the internet, and
                                of course the caracthers in movies, books, etc.
                               There's nothing wrong about drawing another one's carachter
                                from a movie, a comic book etc. -as long as it is in your
                                 sketchbook only.

                              The moment you make any kind of profit from it, it may be
                               considered that you are doing something illegal.

                               However, there are some exeptions. For example, if the
                               carachter in question such as Cinderella, the carachter does not
                               belong to Disney becouse Disney didn't acutally create the
                                carachter Cinderella.Cinderella is an italian folk tale that later
                                appeared in the Grimms' Fairy Tales.

                                I would recommend that you research what kind of laws
                               that applies to the carachter, if you are thinking of drawing
                              something and do not know if it's actually okay or you
                              could be facing a lawsuit.
                 
                              In Norway, I beth many are not aware of that you could get
                             fines for breaking the copyright law and in serious cases,
                               you can actually be facing until tree months of jail.
                              I clarify that I do not know of any cases here in Norway which
                              has actually been punished so strict, but it is also important
                             to remember

                          -Who can see my fan art? Is it a big risk if someone
                             from for example the Disney company can see it?
                        -Is the image I'm making, actually violating anyone's rights?

                        -Can the image I'm making, be considered offensive?

                        I'm in  a group called Gruppa for tegneglade (The group for 
                         people who like to draw in english;) on Facebook, and I see
                        that people are breaking copyright laws ALL the time.
                         I think it's really annoying. People are very good at
                         writing something like; "I found this picture from Google
                          and I drew it.! AAAH! ;);)
                   

                         Google is a search engine.Google
                         does not own or didn't make the painting or photograph.
                         You should always research if you want to make a painting
                         after a photograph or other, and ask before you post something
                        or worse, are trying to sell it.

                          I recommend reading these articles

                         http://chrisoatley.com/fan-art/
                        https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2010/05/13/the-messy-world-of-fan-art-and-                                     copyright/


                         I admit I have made fan art before, but after reading about
                        what could happen I try so stay away from making fan art,
                         unless it's just in my living room and for no one to see exept me.
                         I have, however never sold a piece of fan art in my life
                         and I have still been able to get comissions or sold pieces from
                        my original work.
 
       
                         I'm saying this becouse I have also read the myth
                         "Making fan art may lead to work that actually gives money".
                         But if you're making fan-art, yes, the drawing is yours
                          but you do not own the caracther, therefore it is not really
                          your work.

                        I Gotta say, I belive that if you are a really good artist
                        and you have passion for what you do, you do not need
                       to make fan art to sell your art. Your art will sell itself.

                      

                           
                           
                             

"Fernando" Promarkers drawing

                  Hey guys..
                 Sorry, it has been a while ago since my last post, becouse I have been ill.

                 This week's piece is made with Promarkers and a liittle bit of colour pencils.
               
                Hope you like it!
                If you wonder where to get Promarkers, I can recommend the art shop
                Panduro, You can also get them on Clas Ohlson, to about 280 crowns.
                You can also get The Skin tone set, which I have used for this
                particular drawing.
                 
              I also recommend looking at Youtube videos for tips, there are always a
              lot of good and inspirational Promarkers-videos there.

             Working with Promarkers is really fun, but also a bit challenging becouse
             you've gotta work fast and there is no room for mistakes.
           

"Sognefjorden 2015" Digital painting, landscape

                    I returned from a trip to Sognefjorden with my job on friday, and I was
                    tiiireeed-but happy:) The nature in Sognefjorden in Norway is fantastic.
                    This painting is based on this photograph I took in Sognefjorden.

                   

"Georgina"mixed mediaI ha,photoshop CC

                          Technique:

                           Began with just the drawing of the girl with Koh-I-Noor pencils.
                          Then took it into photoshop and began playing with brushes.
                           I have little patience, so I just began using a regular round brush
                           and drew zig-zag, and ereased the part I didn't want.
                          Simple,but it can make some interesting textures and patterns,
                           I think. The feather brush is my own.

                           Hope you like it, and have a nice Pentecost!:)
                         
                     

                   

"Natalie"Digital portrait

                           Photoshop CC, own brushes

"CYBER PUNK GIRL" Digital art

                         
                        FINALLY, I'm finished.:)
                        I have wanted to make a cyber punk girl for such a long time now,
                        but I have so many ideas.so little time;)

                         However, I'm quite satisfied with the result.
 
                        Technique: Photoshop CC, Bamboo Intous tablet.

"Innocent"-Digital art

                       Even though it's not completely anatomically correct I'm
                       satisfied with this piece.It's actually an old drawing,
                       but I wanted to show it becouse I've made a few improvements.