sketchbook

Sketchbook. Marker, watercolor and fine-liner

Sketchbook work. Markers, coffee and pen.

Sketchbook work. Markers, watercolor, pen and coffee.

Was planning to use as a part of something else but decided I liked it by itself.

Spacestation Bialetti, drawn with ballpoint

I have had an ongoing project called Hybrid Mythologies. Inspired by stories and mythological creatures, tales from different traditions and parts of the world, I have been playing with emergent stories, characters and creatures that incorporate different elements. It is really a kind of spontaneous, intuitive journey and play of associations - oftentimes surprising to myself in what emerges. This year I am planning to publish an artbook entitled Hybrid Mythologies and if it all goes according to plan, it should be done some time in May. I will post process from this book.

I had a time, when monkeys were featured very often in my artworks. Even now, they emerge in the story-lines. Amazing creatures! This sketchbook piece is done using graphic markers, posca and pen.

Acrylics, pen and posca. Diving into my ongoing fascination with the avian creatures. Mythological hybrids and fantasy storylines.

Kraken! Anybody know how to stop my images rotating after upload? They’re correctly rotated on my camera roll then flip when I upload them!

Quick eye I made on break

It's a landscape were it is dealt in the suburbs of an island where the ship is moving to and fro and capturing the beautiful view of the island.

Artwork on "the other side" - playing with the bleed-through from the watercolor and intuitiviely allowing the shapes to arise. Created using watercolor, coffee, ink, graphic pens and unipen

getting used to making a solid line. and not sketching. practicing my dnd character!

In the Finnish mythology killing of a bear was followed by a great feast in honour of the bear (peijaiset), where a substantial part of the celebrations consisted of convincing the bear's spirit that it had died accidentally and hadn't been murdered. Afterwards, the bear's skull was hung high upon a pine tree so its spirit could re-enter the heavens. The bones of the bear were then buried under the pine. Reference for this work is my old drawing of karhunkallopetäjä/bearskullpine in the Riisitunturi. Also practice sketch of bear skull and at last photo i took of pine.

First upload! Quick sketch; trying to get back into this.

Little study from Sargent book.

One day in my frustration I scribbled over some thumb nails and proceeded to draw birds with lyrics to that song by The Eels, Birds....it was one of those days.

daily sketch

White ink on black paper instead of black ink on white paper.

I want to believe. Watercolors in my sketchbook.

This is actually one of three sketches from my old sketchbook. The pose is a little off, but it's still kinda decent.

Strawberry season means lots of berries in my sketchbook :)

Watercolor rainbow carrots in my sketchbook.

My kids wanted something for them so I made them this little buddy

This sketchbook is my therapist. Not this one specifically, but any single one small enough to fit in my pocket. I tell it everything, from quirky thoughts and funny notes to abstract concepts, drawings and positive reminders. Keep it analog folks… a doodle, sketch, writing, poem, or scribble every day helps to keep the brain fit and the thoughts flowing. ✏️

A spot of Easter Monday improv.