Nina Johansson

There´s a fleamarket in my neighborhood today, and lots of people stopped by for a chat while I was sketching. Drawing really is a contact sport. 14 x…

Grabbed a coffee at Kungsgatan (King´s street) here in Stockholm today. Cloudy, almost rainy day, but still warm enough to drink coffee outside. And actually, that car isn´t…

I grabbed a coffee in Stockholm suburb Fruängen on my way to work yesterday, and made a quick sketch of the view from the café. Not the most…

I have tried out the inks I ordered from Goulet pens some weeks ago (see earlier post) , and came to the conclusion that Platinum Carbon Black is…

Yeah, I´m at it again, the kitchen view caught my eye yesterday because everything had suddenly turned from light brown to light green out there. We are in…

A huge cactus is blooming at my dad´s and K´s place. These humongous flowers hang from greenish brown stalks, showing off a fantastic shocking pink colour. 14 x…

K´s old, well used and much loved binoculars. 14 x 15 cm, Noodler´s flex nib pen with Platinum Carbon ink and watercolours, on Schoellershammer drawing paper.

I hope you haven´t missed that Lisbon will host the second Urban Sketchers Symposium this July. I will be there, giving a workshop together with fellow urban sketcher José…

Spring is all around us now. I went to visit my dad and K a couple of days ago, and put on regular tyres on our car while…

Among the most difficult things to draw for me are cars. They are so complicated, yet should not be harder to draw than anything else, if you just…