Random Sketchbook Page

Don't ask me why I was drawing pencils, I have no idea. Maybe it was just an excuse to use all those colors.  

Crazy Collection

   

Once I was given this birthday card this a peg on it. While I thought of the card as something ordinary, this miniature colorful little thing attached to it impressed me greatly. Needless to say I've started collecting pegs ever since. It's impossible to explain why but I believe they make everything look more special.

Listening to Music

It's no big secret that listening to music makes me happy and always makes me feel better no matter what. That is exactly what the page of my sketchbook right above represents. Sunshine and music and a manga-esque happy character :)

Raise your hand if you want to travel!

                                                            *Raises hand like crazy*

Yes I feel like traveling. It doesnt have to be a month long journey to the other side of the world. Just a few days somewhere in Europe would do. Traveling I believe is one of the most inspiring things in the world. Even if I'm only going some place for a couple of days I come back home with my head filled with fresh ideas for stories and drawings.
The (oil) painting above is the one I've created just after visiting Amsterdam in 2008. 

Random Saturday morning thoughts

It's Saturday morning. I'm feeling very optimistic. I've been looking for no particular reason to some of the oil paintings I've done a couple of years ago. Yes I'm very well aware that the first two sentences have very little to do with the the third and the photo I'm posting but I thought I'd write them anyway since this is how I feel.
OK back to the painting. I've recently been looking a lot at my old oil paintings and thinking about how different it is to work now with watercolors instead. Hence why I'm posting this now. I like this park in the picture, kinda wish I was going for a walk there now. 

When I was a happy eight year old...

I've been sitting here in front of the computer screen for more than an hour, thinking again and again wether I should post this. It's a painting I did when I was eight of my then favorite ever cartoon character CandyCandy (yes candy is mentioned twice and have to admit that still to this day I'm  wondering about this name....seriously why not just call her Candy?!)
Now I've just realized that instead of hiding my eight year old self's little effort of making a painting I should be making a blog about it instead. Why not? It's kinda funny and most importantly it reminds me how much I've always loved to draw and paint :)

It's spring! Finally!

Spring is here (by the way I've been pretty confused this year: does spring officially start on March 20 or 21?) and I couldn't help but post some flower pictures. Love flowers very much, I probably have mentioned this before and love taking pics of them like these ones.

 Flowers brighten up the house, they're really beautiful and most importantly looking at them somehow makes me feel very optimistic. Don't you agree?