Rättvik classic car week

Vintage cars, loud music, lots of people,...

Vikings and medieval reenactments

Summer is for dusting off the history knowledge and diving into the world of Vikings and jesters. First stop: Tuna Ting* Borlänge, an annual market held at the Gammelgården and organised...

May sketches

After returning to Sweden, my plants showed me loud and clear they did not appreciate me being away. And at this point, I didn't even know about the bits of chaos...

April (sketch)books

Am I the only illustrator who didn't go to Bologna? It's still on my wishlist, though. One day :-) Instead, I unexpectedly traveled to Belgium for a friend's funeral and stayed for...

From pixels to paper: meeting art friends in Portugal

After months of counting down and dreaming of sunny days, the time had finally come: the sketchbook art retreat in Portugal with TJ Marston and Katie Moody. I had never traveled...

Back at the studio with renewed inspiration

After two inspiring weeks with friends, beach dogs, and good food, I'm back at the studio. On Monday I started right away with a printmaking session with Emma. Oh that felt...

Favourite art materials of 2024

2024 is coming to an end, but not without a few (small) celebrations and taking some time to reflect on the past year. After many years of feeling the need to...

Cemetery Brussels/Belgium

In this old cemetery, most gravestones date from the 19th century. As you wander narrow paths, some stones and decorations are broken, and some texts are no longer readable. Others...

Hergé museum in Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium)

Hergé is the comic strip artist behind the famous Tintin and the funny Quick and Flupke. In Louvain-la-Neuve in the French part of Belgium, there is a museum dedicated to his...

Permeke museum & Brugge

Constant Permeke (Antwerpen, 31 July 1886 – Oostende, 4 January 1952) was a Belgian expressionist painter and sculptor. He is considered a leading figure of Flemish* expressionism, often painting fishermen...