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I kept drawing while I was in Norway, or perhaps I should say that I started anew. I can't even remember the last time I made so many new artworks in such short time, not to mention the majority were actually landscape paintings - and landscapes (and painting) have been my bane since ever. But perhaps I am starting to learn!

There were a few days during my vacation Jayme and I stayed at home listening to music of meaning for a couple of hours, painting.... and somehow I managed to compose a landscape-looking speedpaint within something like half an hour. Very sketchy of course, but having the gist of the place. I used photos I had taken during our hikes. Of course, I couldn't reconcile to the really sketchy initial versions and I went over each of them at least a bit to refine.... this one received the most attention because I was learning to draw rocks and ground vegetation. And later well.... something else appeared.... or more like, somebody.

So.... this is Kattfjorddalen as seen from Tverrfjellet, which we had climbed 3 days earlier. I had lots of photos and while in a painting mood decided, why not try to paint a sketch of it. Ever since then landscape photo taking was not only about the photo anymore.... it was about the reference. Because as much as I love photography, my camera alone cannot remove what does not belong........................... so this is Kattfjorddalen as it should be.

Torstein is just chilling there. Had that idea glimpse randomly a while ago, but just today it somehow clicked and I painted him quickly. I think he's rather young here, which I didn't even plan on, but it worked out. He's having a chill day, observing the valley and the many wandering dots down by the lake the color of biege, light and dark brown.... if you know what I mean. Technically it's quite a broad daylight for a crepuscular siderian to be out here, but it's also the Midnight Sun so it stays daylight-y deep into the evening and since obscenely early in the morning. Truth be told, the photo I used as reference was taken around 8 pm. Yeah, we were hiking until 10 or something because it was after work in the day. Well worth it though, hopefully I will paint some more of those photos and showcase some more of the reason why.

So yeah, despite the revisiting and refinement, I still kept it sketchy because it would have taken forever otherwise anyway. Perhaps better I paint more landscapes and practice than refine each one into insanity and manage only few. I still like it and I like that it became a snapshot of normal siderian life. I'm learning from the best. Speaking of which, I've come to associate this valley with Yava and Falkner's family because of this beautiful painting: Family trip - the mountain you see in the distance to the right is Tverrfjellet. So this is the same valley (and lake), but seem from another angle, from Tverrfjellet's vantage point.

Creative rights for Torstein belong to

Reference: my own photo.

Rebelle 5 with Wacom Intuos 4.

Original size: 2333 x 1499 px.

Description

I kept drawing while I was in Norway, or perhaps I should say that I started anew. I can't even remember the last time I made so many new artworks in such short time, not to mention the majority were actually landscape paintings - and landscapes (and painting) have been my bane since ever. But perhaps I am starting to learn!

There were a few days during my vacation Jayme and I stayed at home listening to music of meaning for a couple of hours, painting.... and somehow I managed to compose a landscape-looking speedpaint within something like half an hour. Very sketchy of course, but having the gist of the place. I used photos I had taken during our hikes. Of course, I couldn't reconcile to the really sketchy initial versions and I went over each of them at least a bit to refine.... this one received the most attention because I was learning to draw rocks and ground vegetation. And later well.... something else appeared.... or more like, somebody.

So.... this is Kattfjorddalen as seen from Tverrfjellet, which we had climbed 3 days earlier. I had lots of photos and while in a painting mood decided, why not try to paint a sketch of it. Ever since then landscape photo taking was not only about the photo anymore.... it was about the reference. Because as much as I love photography, my camera alone cannot remove what does not belong........................... so this is Kattfjorddalen as it should be.

Torstein is just chilling there. Had that idea glimpse randomly a while ago, but just today it somehow clicked and I painted him quickly. I think he's rather young here, which I didn't even plan on, but it worked out. He's having a chill day, observing the valley and the many wandering dots down by the lake the color of biege, light and dark brown.... if you know what I mean. Technically it's quite a broad daylight for a crepuscular siderian to be out here, but it's also the Midnight Sun so it stays daylight-y deep into the evening and since obscenely early in the morning. Truth be told, the photo I used as reference was taken around 8 pm. Yeah, we were hiking until 10 or something because it was after work in the day. Well worth it though, hopefully I will paint some more of those photos and showcase some more of the reason why.

So yeah, despite the revisiting and refinement, I still kept it sketchy because it would have taken forever otherwise anyway. Perhaps better I paint more landscapes and practice than refine each one into insanity and manage only few. I still like it and I like that it became a snapshot of normal siderian life. I'm learning from the best. Speaking of which, I've come to associate this valley with Yava and Falkner's family because of this beautiful painting: Family trip - the mountain you see in the distance to the right is Tverrfjellet. So this is the same valley (and lake), but seem from another angle, from Tverrfjellet's vantage point.

Creative rights for Torstein belong to

Reference: my own photo.

Rebelle 5 with Wacom Intuos 4.

Original size: 2333 x 1499 px.