tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64914140563103058552024-02-21T08:23:38.932-08:00footprints & doodlesAtka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-66415945531110114932009-10-11T16:20:00.000-07:002009-10-11T16:39:16.625-07:00color chart #1As a restart of the blog, I decided to start a weekly post of color charts. Why? Just because since I have memory, I've always liked them. My father works in a textil company as a representative, and when I was a child I was always playing with his work case. It was always full of textile samples, in all ranges of colors, textures and patterns. I guess my soft spot for crafting, design or DIY started just there. So each week I'll find a color chart that inspires me, and I'll post it here. If you have your favorite ones too, you can send them to me and I'll post them.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjky0cBCnB2yAPx8cQerQpl9rruh53yTPSES_osyP99_vCLfUR9Kum8QEJqzAfihJT7VeBh13WtxxqQUMOQNy3wtOt1-hplP9zlUi5zUTeynP-fmm1nWQWcpKWFDF2UCpJxzKsmHQYdnxVm/s1600-h/colorchart-01-dmc-senso-v2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjky0cBCnB2yAPx8cQerQpl9rruh53yTPSES_osyP99_vCLfUR9Kum8QEJqzAfihJT7VeBh13WtxxqQUMOQNy3wtOt1-hplP9zlUi5zUTeynP-fmm1nWQWcpKWFDF2UCpJxzKsmHQYdnxVm/s320/colorchart-01-dmc-senso-v2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391490780756992850" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />This week, <a href="http://www.dmc.com/majic/pageServer/0l010000j9/en/Colour-card---Senso.html">DMC Senso Color Chart</a> (crochet thread)Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-83461946795073100352008-09-21T08:29:00.000-07:002008-09-21T08:37:50.518-07:00Some Sunday SewingI've always thought that Sunday is a cool day to spend at home with crafts or having a coffee with a good book. This morning it's been the first thing. I took the dust off the sewing machine and finished a project I started many weeks ago cutting the fabric. I was testing a very nice <a href="http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/?p=514">tutorial</a> from <a href="http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/">Sew Mama Sew</a>. I bought the fabric at Ikea, and it was quite cheap, and nice enough to use the tote later. I didn't wanted to spend a lot on money on the fabrics since it's my very first tote! I like the result quite a lot, though the closer look is not as neat as it should be. But it's been a funny beginning!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NT2GmlMfiAlf1OHwZ1Lm-zpRDXnAqV_MB43gdKBtreglaOfcOBjKNyW3VTzWnoQrlyCZgja3YGRoIEACffd-_1513xXj_9Vtm9wryNCwzWwUxncVzy2wFIqgPvMDxNwd9BzxrqczjjMx/s1600-h/tote-01.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_NT2GmlMfiAlf1OHwZ1Lm-zpRDXnAqV_MB43gdKBtreglaOfcOBjKNyW3VTzWnoQrlyCZgja3YGRoIEACffd-_1513xXj_9Vtm9wryNCwzWwUxncVzy2wFIqgPvMDxNwd9BzxrqczjjMx/s320/tote-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248498517770650722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">My cat's been very supportive during the sewing ;)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt54gWiUs9WQyeZ-_GITRflDGIwbzcB8woGozuiA2Z6n9h5G1J7dmCbxLYtR9at08xHyjhCKoSKdIKLuvjDvHGlzfWUYSf4h-p1gE5VsLKKdSH7IcZ_LVFpJVlqiCcuie6p5j5sSO2VcwO/s1600-h/tote-02.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt54gWiUs9WQyeZ-_GITRflDGIwbzcB8woGozuiA2Z6n9h5G1J7dmCbxLYtR9at08xHyjhCKoSKdIKLuvjDvHGlzfWUYSf4h-p1gE5VsLKKdSH7IcZ_LVFpJVlqiCcuie6p5j5sSO2VcwO/s320/tote-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248498867281344498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The finished tote, with fine red leaves</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">on a white background</span><br /><br /></div>Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-11344042312502120422008-09-18T15:50:00.000-07:002008-09-18T16:07:01.609-07:00A place for the sweetiesI received my order from the dollhouse supplier, so my little shop is now starting to look less empty. I took the photos with the furniture outside it because I haven't decidet yet their placement. some of the items I made some weeks ago are already inside. Hope you like it!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OfwmVxUYpMs/SNLc7mVsAGI/AAAAAAAAAGE/JDlxB8F0Bk4/s1600-h/minis-05.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OfwmVxUYpMs/SNLc7mVsAGI/AAAAAAAAAGE/JDlxB8F0Bk4/s320/minis-05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247499432301953122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Some shelves with and without glass, a counter and my favorite one,<br />a small cart, which I think adds a some style.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvnzsZj3olNyHREu2Y-RUCyPfF33-hpUMudw4kwvzoVVxzAk3CZa5aHkY3WggLum4NsgsjYUifeKOCuH60aupHB6KqmcOTUfj4boqrTVofOaig9rCFXotA7Rqi7ZevJM5bfaGokqaJyj5/s1600-h/minis-06.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvnzsZj3olNyHREu2Y-RUCyPfF33-hpUMudw4kwvzoVVxzAk3CZa5aHkY3WggLum4NsgsjYUifeKOCuH60aupHB6KqmcOTUfj4boqrTVofOaig9rCFXotA7Rqi7ZevJM5bfaGokqaJyj5/s320/minis-06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247499610650853970" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Inside the boxes there're some sweeties, and below some cakes. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">More cakes, already cutted, on the cart.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdExnR9fSWfIimEMfYQrPRyPB0lHi-hQSq0cVCab9WtXtl14D6Ib73RFoTzCIxh9inKs6dCSIAFDGhHBjPQlH22ues0TpNx2llW-dC2UF31-GRZbgXrKHG4Wnwwvz2huK3plsaZA4SrzGW/s1600-h/minis-04.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdExnR9fSWfIimEMfYQrPRyPB0lHi-hQSq0cVCab9WtXtl14D6Ib73RFoTzCIxh9inKs6dCSIAFDGhHBjPQlH22ues0TpNx2llW-dC2UF31-GRZbgXrKHG4Wnwwvz2huK3plsaZA4SrzGW/s320/minis-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247499521503163378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Finally, I thouth that cookies and cinnamon rolls<br />suit the wicker baskets.</span><br /></div>Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-70610997396095020212008-09-02T15:35:00.000-07:002008-09-02T15:49:22.895-07:00Countryside and HospitalI had both of them this weekend. I always prefer the countryside rather than the hospital, but you have to be able to manage both situations as life can be a bit tricky sometimes. Watercolor helped at the hospital. It also helped that Sant Pau Hospital is one of the most beautiful hospitals in the world, I would say.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2822303309_0f69798160.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2822303309_0f69798160.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">A view of the hospital<br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2822302487_2aa6553e51.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3147/2822302487_2aa6553e51.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">A hot chocolate helped too!</span><br /></div><br />But, of course, I prefer the previous day when I has a nice BBQ at the house of my parent's friends. They own a beatiful cozy <span style="font-style: italic;">masia</span>, a traditional Catalan farm. I could easily spend there days and days drawing all the interesting old objects they have inside!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2823136366_62149e9f11.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3231/2823136366_62149e9f11.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">A nice porch with ivy</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/2823136008_7540298957.jpg?v=0"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/2823136008_7540298957.jpg?v=0" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The main door</span><br /></div><br /><br />It seems that the dust is out of my watercolor again, but I have to keep practicing!Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-40674377997363984742008-08-28T15:38:00.000-07:002008-08-28T15:43:04.043-07:00More bakingThe oven has been busy this afternoon :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/marinanogue/SLcox18UoRI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/f21rfBcA04w/food-fimo-2.jpg?imgmax=576"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/marinanogue/SLcox18UoRI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/f21rfBcA04w/food-fimo-2.jpg?imgmax=576" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From left to right: cinnamon roll, some berry cakes, lemon cake and chocolate cookies. A pity I can't eat them!Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-18126173709812856722008-08-23T15:34:00.000-07:002008-08-23T15:51:46.046-07:00New minis for my Candy ShopFor the last two years I've been working on a miniature shop. It's not been a constant work, more like a bit now and then. But it's summer and I'm trying to impulse it a bit. So here you have some of my last attempts with fimo to make the sweeties in the shop.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/marinanogue/SLCPxOzTXUI/AAAAAAAAAC0/E-narPlSNG8/minis-01.jpg?imgmax=576"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/marinanogue/SLCPxOzTXUI/AAAAAAAAAC0/E-narPlSNG8/minis-01.jpg?imgmax=576" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/marinanogue/SLCPxb0d_oI/AAAAAAAAAC8/MgeQCkLEKmA/minis-02.jpg?imgmax=576"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/marinanogue/SLCPxb0d_oI/AAAAAAAAAC8/MgeQCkLEKmA/minis-02.jpg?imgmax=576" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Some candies and orange cakes. I cut all the small boxes, (they're from <a href="http://www.printmini.com">Printmini</a>) and molded and baked the stuff. Not bad for a first attempts, I hope!Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-77774417174242592162008-07-11T04:41:00.000-07:002008-07-11T04:56:29.689-07:00cozy home<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2128/2657698911_7f919c47d1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2128/2657698911_7f919c47d1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/2657698903_44af93444e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3162/2657698903_44af93444e.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/2657698905_83f63b9846.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3070/2657698905_83f63b9846.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2657698897_f599b84d1a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2657698897_f599b84d1a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Last month I lived in a shared flat with some friends, in Sants (Barcelona). Now I'm at home again, and I really miss both the flat and the friends! I did some quick watercolors there, and here they are :)Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-79068159488734125152008-05-31T03:47:00.000-07:002008-05-31T03:54:52.432-07:00Flying doodles and stuff<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2114/2537737597_4178b3d5fa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2114/2537737597_4178b3d5fa.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I had to take a trip to Britanny (France) last week for my job. I was expecting to have some spare time to draw there, but I didn't. So I just doodled something while waiting in the airport and sitting in the plane. I had a transfer so I had pleeeenty of time to draw that day. That's why I drew even the food ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2537737601_72965e42ef.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3130/2537737601_72965e42ef.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The week before I practised with some objects I have at home, some of my favorite ones. I have a lot of favorite objects actually, most of them fot my trips, so I have things to practices for weeks!<br /><br />The yellowish tint on the pics is because of the Moleskine paper. Finally I decided to keep this one just for black ink, I think it will look more consistant this way.Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-84829565749248095732008-05-07T15:26:00.000-07:002008-05-07T15:36:07.113-07:00Orient, Occident, AnkaraI spent a week in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was a very special week, so I was thinking about what to tell about it. Nothing came into my mind that could make justice to it. I wanted to experience more the city and the whole country. I'm just posting some pics I took.<br /><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 388px; height: 258px;" class="aligncenter" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2144/2450344968_a1aa5717e0.jpg?v=0" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 385px; height: 255px;" class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2310/2450344672_0a95cdce21.jpg?v=0" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 388px; height: 256px;" class="alignnone" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2400/2449519437_a1fc4b4e37.jpg?v=0" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 386px; height: 257px;" class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3183/2450344104_55cdeeea26.jpg?v=0" alt="" /></p><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 297px; height: 445px;" class="alignnone" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/2450343776_4babfdf421.jpg?v=0" alt="" /></p><br /><br />Those are from the old part of the city, that surrounds a castle. I was on the highest wall, so there was anything taller than me. From there I could see the houses, small streets, minarets,... I got caught!Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-16290584022660233982008-04-16T15:34:00.000-07:002008-04-16T15:48:52.670-07:00SketchcrawlingJumping from one site to another, I landed on <a href="http://www.sketchcrawl.com/">Sketchcrawling</a>, one of the more interesting projects I've founded lately. As they explain it far way better than I would, I'm just quoting them:<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><blockquote><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">SketchaWhat?</span><br />Three or four years ago a good friend of mine had a fun bachelor party consisting of visiting ten bars and pubs along the N-Juda Muni tram line: a “PubCrawl”. And crawling we did, in fact we didn’t make it past the seventh pub. Quite the night, but that is where I got the idea for the name SketchCrawl when a few months later I decided to do a whole day of intense drawing around the city.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sketchcrawl.com/images/sclogosmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.sketchcrawl.com/images/sclogosmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The basic idea: to record nonstop everything I could around me with my pencil and watercolors. A drawn journal filled with details ranging from the all the coffee I drank to the different buses I took. After a whole day of drawing and walking around the city the name seemed quite fitting: "SketchCrawl" - a drawing marathon. The crawl was more tiring than I imagined but also more fun and exciting than I had thought. Giving yourself this kind of mandate for a full day changes the way you look around you. It makes you stop and see things just a tad longer, just a bit deeper … needless to say I loved it.<br />I soon figured out it was much more interesting to do the marathon with a group of artists instead of all by myself! And so SketchCrawl turned communal. After a whole day of drawing it proved to be amazingly interesting and inspiring to share and compare other people's drawings and thoughts. Different takes on our surroundings, different details, different sensibilities.<br />The next step was making the SketchCrawl a World Wide event: having people from different corners of the world join in a day of sketching and journaling and then, thanks to the Internet, having everyone share the results on an online forum.<br />So here it is, we have a website now, a few Crawls behind me, some by myself some with friends and artists from around the world … and hopefully plenty SketchCrawls ahead of us.<br /></blockquote><br />They have also a <a href="http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/">forum</a>, where people from all over the world keep in contact for the next big sketchcrawl. You can find me there too. Enjoy this project!</div>Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-72633289970580098092008-04-13T16:31:00.000-07:002008-04-13T16:35:25.136-07:00SpringtimeMy pic for <a href="http://mondayprojects.blogspot.com">Monday Projects</a>:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2373/2411154907_cde24cfaaf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2373/2411154907_cde24cfaaf.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-44791413004503007212008-04-11T15:19:00.000-07:002008-04-11T15:38:48.364-07:00Missing ParisIt's been a while since the last time I posted, but I've been pretty busy at job. And I'm preparing a trip to Turkey for next week. It may be the first trip when I do some sketching, I don't know. Thinkin' on it. Anyway, here's what I've been doing the last three days. I took it easy :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3123/2406511594_2a770da3af.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3123/2406511594_2a770da3af.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Letraset promarkers (warm gray 1,2,3,5)and Faber-castell's PITT pens in Clairefontaine Watercolor paper, 300gr.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Let me know what do you think, if you want. My favorite one is the top-right one. It was the last I did, and it seems I gained some patience on the way.Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-53224725838886357302008-04-06T15:54:00.000-07:002008-04-06T15:58:34.966-07:00Australian quick tripKangaroos, koalas, a surfer boy with a dog... Have I traveled to Australia? Of course not, I'm not that lucky. But I read a travel magazine, and decided it would be a cool practice.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2394202400_42f89b00cb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2394202400_42f89b00cb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Faber-Castell PITT pens in my Moleskine</span><br /></div><br />I'm trying to have a stable style, but it seems impossible to me right now. I don't feel well drawing in a random way always, I'd like to have some coherence when sketching or painting. But I don't know how to achieve it, really. I suppose it's something related with practice too ;)Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-34634376287477460182008-04-06T15:48:00.000-07:002008-04-06T15:53:31.082-07:00EDM #10 Draw your hand ors hands (or someone elses if you like)Well, I forgot to scan and post #9, I'll do it tomorrow. But here is #10, my hand. And a fancy pencil sharpener, as I thought that just my hand would be a dull drawing...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2393371645_7292ca392d.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2393371645_7292ca392d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />This was done in Faber-Castell watercolor pencils in Montval Torchon watercolor paper, 270gr. I like its touch but it doesn't work with pencils, as is too soft and you can easily scratch it.Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-81876018463420066172008-03-29T22:30:00.000-07:002008-03-30T16:16:26.786-07:00Comic attempt: "He lays in the reins"When I really like a song, I need to do something with it. Usually, I play it again and again, in front of my exasperated friends. Then I try to play it with the guitar, but since I don't know how to play the instrument the results are bad, no matter how exited I am. Today, I've tried something different: to draw a sort of comic. I've chosen <a href="http://lullabyinblackandwhite.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/mes-he-lays-in-reins/" target="_blank">"He lays in the reins"</a>, that it's been on my personal top-five lately. And at least I don't bother my neighbors! <br /><div style="text-align: center"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2393/2372440052_20496c2153_b.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2393/2372440052_20496c2153.jpg" height="500" width="316" /></a></div><br /><p align="center"><i>Letraset Promarkers (warm grey 1, 2, 3 i 5), Faber-Castell pens, in Letraset paper. I don't like the combination, because the markers erase the pens. The markers are cool, but hard to mix with other things, actually. :)</i></p>Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-60919322196166190102008-03-26T09:57:00.000-07:002008-04-06T16:23:30.741-07:00Reykjavík i LetrasetI'm trying again my Letraset Pro-Markers with watercolor paper. I'm not satisfied with the paper, too absorbent for the markers, they leave strikes. I'll look for another one, for my trips :)<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 396px; height: 476px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3082/2362917247_8ef035e5b2.jpg" /></div><br /><p align="center"> <i>Letraset Pro-Markers (warm grey 1,2,3 i 5), Pencil HB and 2B, Watercolor paper Clairefontaine, 300gr.</i></p>Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-70097695100293732982008-03-24T17:55:00.000-07:002008-03-30T15:58:57.647-07:00Drawing peopleI find it pretty difficult to sketch people, and even more to paint them quickly. I want to illustrate when travelling, so I should learn it. Right now I'm practising with some photographies from my trip in Iceland.<br /><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2214/2358743222_483ac00c0d_o.jpg" height="268" width="400" /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2345/2357910517_85f177eb1f.jpg" height="358" width="400" /></div><br />I'll keep trying...Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-87715656515966683082008-03-24T01:51:00.000-07:002008-03-30T16:00:50.372-07:00Into the wildA couple of months ago I went to the cinema, as I use to do on Sundays. But the movie I watched thrilled me. It was <a href="http://www.intothewild.com/" target="_blank"><i>Into the wild</i></a>, and it's based on a book with the same name written by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Krakauer" target="_blank">Jon Krakauer</a>. He tells the story of a young boy that, after the graduation, gave all his money to an NGO and, with his old car, started a long trip to Alaska. His obsession with the far North cost him his own life. I do recommend not to judge him before reading the book. Here you have some of his lasts words:<br /><br /><p align="center"><i> Greetings from Fairbanks!<br />Arrived here two days ago. <br />Might be a very long time before I return south.<br />Now I walk into the wild. </i></p><br /><p align="left"> </p><br /><p align="left">And this is one of his lasts photographies:</p><br /><p align="left"> </p><br /><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/22/into_the_wild.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></div><br /><p align="left"> </p><br /><p align="left"> I couldn't avoid to paint a watercolor from it, but I didn't succeed transmiting his face expression:</p><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2066/2238279309_1e2554a607.jpg" height="328" width="400" /></div>Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-30925856832794043882008-03-23T06:45:00.000-07:002008-03-30T15:48:58.690-07:00EDM #8 Draw your watch or other piece of jewerly<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2192/2351047406_1e56066861.jpg" height="403" width="400" /><br /><br />This drawing doesn't make justice to my handmade Sámi bracelet. It's made from brown leather and braided tin. I always wear it, to remember the 2.000 kilometers I traveled to have it.Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-5713329932804949832008-03-22T11:50:00.000-07:002008-03-30T15:42:15.259-07:00EDM #5 Draw your favorite well-loved object, #6 Draw a bottle, jar or tin from the kitchen<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/2350213375_8e46094532.jpg" height="182" width="401" /><br /><p align="right">My iPod and my red Moleskine.</p>Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-89208193074210878232008-03-22T11:41:00.000-07:002008-03-30T15:34:57.095-07:00EDM #4 Draw your mug or cup, #5 Draw your bed<div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2357/2229011487_6375297cfc.jpg" height="265" width="400" /></div><br />I drawed my mug by heart from a friend's place.Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-53565896531245807262008-03-22T11:21:00.000-07:002008-03-30T15:35:20.748-07:00EDM #2 Draw a desk landI think it's my mother's, but I'm not sure. But I liked it.<br /><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2395/2189508979_52a146d7b9.jpg" height="207" width="400" /></div>Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-23439354206407285262008-03-22T02:19:00.000-07:002008-03-30T15:44:50.912-07:00EDM #1 Draw a shoeOr both, as I did. I chosed the most colorful I have, so I wanted a happy drawing. <br /><div style="text-align: center"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2376/2169693098_103e4e3147.jpg" height="304" width="400" /></div>Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491414056310305855.post-89718822021889472092008-03-19T18:00:00.000-07:002008-03-30T15:31:24.710-07:00Hello world!This blog is a selection of some of my entries in <a href="http://moonydoodle.wordpress.com" target="_blank">lullaby in black & white</a>, those concerning traveling, writing, drawing and illustrating. I think this way is more organised.Atka Kevlarsjälhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866568011741002945noreply@blogger.com0