Tuesday 31 January 2012

15th- 20th January: a frozen lake, a bright red lamp (and some other things in between).

Still catching up from two weeks of being scanner-less over Christmas...
15th January: skaters on the frozen lake at Hellasgården- 15 minutes on the bus from central Stockholm. What was weird about this- and unfortunately a sketch can't convey it- was the sound the ice made. It was a bit like the twanging you get on railway tracks just before a train arrives.
16th January (blind contour)
17th January: attempting to break my own rule of 'I don't do watercolours except as a bit of extra colour/wash'. Hmmm.
18th January: delighted to discover a whole series of 'easy-reading' books in Swedish. So I feel like I'm reading a proper book, but the dictionary is required only a few times each page rather than every other word. Bonus.
19th January: playing with some Winsor & Newton inks I bought in London.
20th January: I've just got a studio space, and was delighted to find this beautiful red lamp in a charity shop to use in it.
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous31 January 2012 at 09:11

    Hello Charlotte,
    Some great sketches - really nice (as is the red lamp).
    Swedish...Wow (unless your Swedish but just in case...Wow).
    Stew.

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  2. Charlotte31 January 2012 at 09:34

    Thanks Stew! No,I'm English, but have been living here in Stockholm for a year and working on learning the language. Oh, and re: the malt loaf comment, from Bristol. :-)

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  3. Barbara B31 January 2012 at 23:37

    Very nice sketches. I especially like the red lamp.

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  4. Cathy Holtom3 February 2012 at 01:16

    Now I want a shiny red lamp too, great sketches.

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  5. Alex10 February 2012 at 21:20

    Your sketches are so cool! I really like the variation of your styles ^^

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