A friend of mine asked me to make puffin painting in watercolor for her friend.
I hope she will be happy with it.
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Saturday, December 27, 2014
"Island Puffin" Cards
These are all the "island puffin" cards that I created for Christmas, some were sold, some flew overseas or got given as little Christmas presents to friends.
I hope you enjoy.
Birds in feeding frenzy
Last autumn there was a lot of fish swimming into the harbor in Vestmannaeyjar. It did not take long for our seabirds to catch on and they came in hundreds from the sky diving in feeding frenzy.
I painted this with my palette knife on a 24x30cm stretched canvas.
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Blítt og Létt
I did this one for Myndlistafélag Vestmannaeyja exhibition at the end of the month.
The theme was from a line of an old song by Ása í Bæ "Blítt og Létt", which could be translated to "Soft and Light"
Painted with watercolor on 300g Not.
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Sunsets painted in Höfn
I had a great group of girls in Höfn.
The initial idea was to show them a way to paint sunsets which they with great gusto, they also created many other wonderful paintings as you can see in the background.
Dreaming
It is amazing what the mind brings up ones one sits down quietly and lets the feelings float to the surface.
I can see a lot of myself in this painting.
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Workshop starting on Höfn in Hornafjord
Teaching sunsets/daybreak in oil.
I am on my way to Höfn today to start the art courses tomorrow. I am really looking forward to see the girls that I know again and meeting the new ones, I believe seven to eight girls have applied so far. This is going to be five days of teaching, three hours or so per day. It is going to be a bit of a drive from Selfoss or about four to five hours, luckily I am not starting until 16.30 tomorrow,
It was cold when I woke up this morning, or only 3°. which tells me that winter is just around the corner!
I will add more to this blog later.
Monday, June 30, 2014
My Art chosen by art.365.is for the year 2015 Calendar!
The Challenge end.
I did not make it to enter paintings for the last three days of the the month
so will enter this in make up for it and to brag about myself.
And now I have to brag!
This painting of mine was chosen by Art.365.is to be in their year 2015 Calendar,
where an art work from individual artist appears for each month of the year.
http://www.art365.is/ I was also one of the many artists chosen for the year 2014.
I painted this boat while in Richard Robinson´s workshop, see link to his site below.
http://thecompleteartist.ning.com
Day 27 - Eiðisdrangar
Another one of Eiðisdrangar, a moody grey day today but had fun painting it while I sat in my car.
The time flew by so two hours later I decided to stop.
Day 26 - Photo of Eiðisdrangar
I had not painted anything so decided to enter a photo of one of my favorite places.
Day 19 - Young Puffin
This is a young puff link getting ready for the sea world.
All my small watercolors are enclosed in Carton which makes it a lovely gift.
Day 17 - Bjarnarey
I am really working well with my watercolors, here is the next island with Elliðaey.
Day 11, 12 and 13 - Smáeyjar in blue/grey
This one was a commission for my nephew but was the wrong view after all so have to start again and do Stórhöfði and Suðurey which is ok as I can have this one for my next exhibition.
Day 9 - Suðurey
Watercolor, painted inside because of rainy weather.
All the small watercolor are enclosed in a carton.
Day 8 - Suðurey-
Rainy day so painted this one inside using Oil Pastel Sticks.
Finished in one hour.
Day 7- En Plein Air - Suðurey II
Here is another one of Suðurey in a cooler hues as the day was not as hot as the previous day.
Day 6 - En Plein Air- Suðurey
Suðurey done in one hour.
After I stopped I notched that I made it too squarish and also got a great criticism from Michael from TCA which twicked me paint another one in more correct measuring.
Day 5. En Plein Air - Blátindur WIP
Blátindur is going to be moved to Skansinn for protection and for public to view how those old boats looked like in the old days.
This is an unfinished painting as I had to stop, I will get to it later.
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Day 4 - En Plein Air - Ystiklettur WIP
Eiðið - Ystiklettur
I have not finished this one yet as the time run out for me but I will get back to it later.
It was a beautiful sunny day!
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Day 3 - En Plein Air - Stóri Örn
Stóri Örn
Sat in my car and painted the "Big Eagle"
It was a very windy day and I tried to hurry this along, I will have to come back to it later to finish it.
Friday, June 13, 2014
Day 2 - En Plein Air - Eiðisdrangar
Day 2
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Plein Air
I sat in my car painting Eiðisdrangar, it was a lovely day but quite windy.
All these paintings are a one hour challenge.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Day 1 - En Plein Air - Neðri Kleifar - A 30 day Challenge
Day 1
I was one day late in starting but intend to catch up later in the month.
The challenge is from http://thecompleteartist.ning.com/group/online-workshop and https://www.facebook.com/joinusinjuneon Facebook, so I thought I would kill two flies in one download. I thought I might try to do plein air from various places on my island and this is number one. I used Oil Pastel sticks on Oil Pastel Pad which I decided to practice on and sat in my car while while working one it and it did not turn out too badly I think..
I wanted to challenge myself even further and try to complete a painting in one hour.
I did this one in an hour and ten minutes.
Neðri Kleifar
Oil Pastel Sticks
This 30 day challenge is to do a painting in only one hour.
I am new to Oil Pastel Sticks so it took a bit longer.
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