Urban sketchers symposium in Porto
In July 2018 it was time for another Urban sketchers symposium, this time the ninth – I´ve been to eight of them. These symposiums are always a joy…
Liège in drawings
I felt like I won the grand lottery when I was invited to Liège in Belgium in May, to sketch the city with 200 other urban sketchers, during…
Barcelona workshop with PYSB
In April of this year, I had the opportunity to join PYSB, Pushing Your Sketching Boundaries, in Barcelona to teach a workshop called Watermarks, all about watercolours in…
Bic Cristal – surprisingly great
On a whim, a while back, I bought myself three Bic Cristal pens, you know, those classic cheap no-good ballpoints that´s been around forever. I bought one black,…
Urban sketchers Eskilstuna
I am part of the Urban sketching community, and Stockholm has it´s own local group that meets up on the last Sunday of every month to draw together.…
Drawing everyday chores
Doing laundry is a great chance to draw one of those things that we do without even thinking about it. It is a slow process and leaves heaps…
Century pens in Chicago
I have to add one more thing about the Chicago trip in the summer of 2017. I had heard beforehand of Century pens in Chicago, so of course…
Quick sketches in Chicago
I spent one of my last days in Chicago with fellow urban sketchers Liz Steel and Suhita Shirodkar. I am usually rather slow when I draw, and quite…
The L
The L train, or El for “elevated train”, was a fascinating feature of Chicago. I have only seen this in movies and tv-series, some when I was quite…
New Year´s interlude
This is perhaps not the most successful sketch of the year, but it´s definitely the last – had to bring out the watercolours in the cold at least…