Hello, my name is Valkea,
and I'm a doodle addict. Edinburgh

I'm old and boring - but have a good imagination and have seen the world. Originally from Finland, currently live in Scotland. I have a different career and do art as a hobby. Learning and duty, doubt and beauty.

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Inktober 2020, Day 24: "Dig". Just a front-end loader based on a photo on Wikimedia commons. I have to say this one brought weird flashbacks from very early childhood. I haven’t really been drawing construction machines since I was a 5 or something like that :D Brushpens and posca on brown A4

Watercolour pencils and white acrylic on A4. Drawn from the bust at the National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh.

Brush pens and Posca markers on coloured A4.

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Various life drawings from 2019

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Two drawings from today based on prompts issued by the Leith School of Art, Wake Up & Draw. The idea was to draw the same object in the morning and the evening/afternoon. Mixed media on A3

Here’s one more of the van Gogh -style self portraits. I wanted to try with colour. What can I say? I’m in lockdown. I have time :) Posca markers on coloured A3.

Another Catalonia themed Google street view urban sketch. I tried to take the light and shade thing further ;) This time I did take note of the exact location: 2 Carrer Sant Carles, Lleida.

Water soluble pencils on A4. I did this as a part of Urban Sketching meetup in the spring. Drawn on location in about an hour.

Mixed media: markers, watercolour pencils, acrylic. This is an old doodle from ca. 2003, which I came across while moving houses. I added a bit of colour today and few lines...

Tired old joke ;)

Inktober 2020, Day 14: "Armor".

Just a desert outpost. Brushpens and posca markers on acrylic underpainting.

Oh no, it is the Rock ET! Brushpens and posca markers on coloured A4

Brushpens and posca on slightly tinted A4.

Brush pens and posca on coloured A4

Markers on A3 paper, 20-minute pose

Markers on A3 paper, 20-minute pose

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This is an old Formula 3 race car built by Joseph Potts ltd, Lanarkshire, in 1952. They have it in the National Museum of Scotland, where I drew this a couple of weeks ago as a part of Urban Sketchers meetup (as it’s too cold to go outside yet). This is pretty mixed media: pencil, watercolour pencil, white gouache and some acrylic markers. Drawn on spot.

Happy Easter! Mixed media on yellow A4

Another with Danna as Klimt’s Nuda Veritas. This time with charcoal and conte on brown A3.

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