Post it daily

Still flying free

2010-12-27T15:18:00.000-08:00

Enjoying yor Christmas?

Earlier I told you I was going to draw this drawing soon. Here it is.

Now, I tried out a new technique, called "pull out the light". I started off with coloring the paper all black, and then "drawing" by using my eraser instead of my pencil, to make the picture. It was suprisingly easy and fun!

It is the same technique as used in developing photographies. Only more craftier;)

I think it will work better by using coal next time, because then the color won't stick to the paper as much as the pencil do. And I've heard it is easy to make realistic picture-like drawings with this technique.

I'll have to try that out!:)

The bird has flown

2010-12-17T16:30:00.000-08:00

Ok, should have blogged both yesterday and today for 16th and the 17th - but I just couldn't do it. Sorry. The bird has flown, and i busy elsewhere! Doing some serious christmas shopping, spending precious time with friends, sleeping in, wrapping presents, and watching the best movie ever tonight: Kongen av Bastøy (You all GOT to watch it! - It's the new Max Manus)

And there will be more: ice skating, more christmas shopping, wrapping and moving stuff to the new apartment.
Cosy stuff!
♥

Actually the plan is also to be drawing this:

But no worries, I will, just let me find the time. I won't bes stressing with anything right now. Because I don't have to.

Christmas is in a week people! Rejoice!

IF - phenomenon - "bird in a cage"

2010-12-15T04:56:00.000-08:00

This weeks topic in IF was phenomenon - and this phenomenon appears mostly on the end of every school term - among students.

Being caught up with exams and studying intense when you rather want to be social, is almost like being behind bars for a while - like a bird in a cage.

I chose to call it a phenomenon because every student who has been studying hard for a an exam or three knows what I am talking about. The feeling of wanting to do everything else but studying, but you just can't! Your duties keeps you back from living the normal every day-life that you want - until exam is over.

So, I can't wait to be freed out from my cage tomorrow, and to fly out freedom! :)

Happy 15th of December everyone!

For the 13th of December...

2010-12-13T13:06:00.000-08:00

...a movie worth watching!
Gives me a watery mouth:)

(Don't bother watching the first minute - skip to 01:05)

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Anyone want to join me testing out different sayings?
He he, I could totally do this... Mmmmm!

Happy 13th!

Baking, of course, at the 12th!

2010-12-12T13:38:00.000-08:00

This sunday went by at my sisters place, drinking koffee, chattering, and baking theese cute kake-stics for christmas (don't know their name in English - but in Norwegian: kransekakebiter).

I helped on the easy part!

Dipping into the chocolate!

My cute niese was quite upset she couldn't dip the stics into the chocolate her self, and make the kitchen a whole big mess...

...but then she was allowed to decorate theese marzipans, and then she was all right!

It was also fun to watch mommy put on icing. Mmmmm!

And tadaaa!

Finished our first out of seven different kinds of cakes for christmas (got to bring some of them home). Only six more to go! (- haha, as if...) (Renate said she was going to bake one tonight, or what Renate? Makes it five then).

Uuuups!

2010-12-11T05:01:00.000-08:00

Forgot all about yesterdays post, the tenth...

Ahem, well, not relly "forgot", but rather not in the mood. And there's no fun blogging without the right mood either! Blogging sholuld be fun, inspiring, bubbling with lightness and kreative ideas, and happen just because you feel like it. If not, then no blogging! Sad but just how it is:(

Hope I'll get my mood back!

Until then, I am sitting here to do some home work for next weeks presentation (last thing I have to do before school ends in december). While Linda and Renate are soing som christmas shopping (sniff).

Alright, this sound like por-me-I-am-so-sad. But I'm really not. Looking forward to the chreistmasfest in Sandefjord tonight, and to sleep over at my sisters place until tomorrow!

So, better get started! Effective work means lots of snacks:

Coffe, marzipan (the white stuff in the plastic bag), chocolate, christmas porrige (riskrem!) and salty candy. Yam!

So I'll have a rather nice 11th of december, and i hopefully you too! :)

Happy 9th!

2010-12-09T05:17:00.000-08:00

A short one to tell you that it's only 14 days left until christmas eve... That is in two weeks!

Seems like down town and people all over is getting more and more ready;)
(wuaaah, I have to get started with the gifts!)

Enjoy your 9th of December!

...and a very very happy number eight!

2010-12-08T14:05:00.000-08:00

Of course

I had to celebrate the ending of this year's exams having lunch on the school's next door bakery

-with my classmate Nina L

We went on talking about the exam, the different topics (mainly geology) - then Nina ends up saying (I am quoting): "But seriously, I think lava is so interesting...!" - and we both cracks into a laught.

Stones, minerals and stiffened lava... We've never had a worse exam ever. Two nerds on a café.

Love going to school with you Nina;)

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So, since Nina is having her last exam on monday, i had to do my go celebrate-shopping alone.

"Hey, what about this one?"

"Or this? It's on sale!"

(sigh...)

Ended up bying myself a very nice merino wool (80%), knitted jacket. Rewarding myself a little for all the hard studying;)

Finished the day off by selling "julenek"
...and I think I got a few ones for free;)

Got to do some cleaning!

For the 7th of December...

2010-12-07T09:52:00.000-08:00

...we'll take a short break from studying, and take

a visit into this shop(click it):

It just opened close by where I live, and at my first visit, I was sold.

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Is it bad to want everything in there??

I love theese cups. They are so cute!

This one is actually all grey...
Nice, comfy (and very very very expensive) blancet;)

How about having soup from one of theese?
I would love to.

Or sleeping in this? The softest bedclothes ever...

Me and Ida is going to make it sooo cosy when we move in together in January. Right Ida? Home & Cottage?

♥

Lovely

(And now, back to the books! New exam coming up tomorrow)

If you read this - you have to leave a comment!

2010-12-06T08:57:00.000-08:00

Why?

Because I know you are here. My statistics tells med so.

So let me know who you are, please! :)

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Anyways, finished my XL exam today, and am soo happy! It went quite well too. One down, one more to go!

Going to study for the next one in a few minutes, just after blogging this..

On my way to school this morning: look at my frozen hair!

(yup, it's stil veryvery cold outside!) :

Damp from my breath makes the hair wet - then frozen by the cold - which I think is kind of awesome! (Didn't have time to focus properly - too cold!!)

So, after finishing 6 hours of writing, I felt like dancing my way home. Yay! (At least taking a few pics on my way home in the clear, cold weather)

Mette, I love your shoes. Think I might want to kidnap them.

Ok?

And to put you in the right christmas mood for the rest of december 6th: A sneak peak from the great christmas concert this weekend. Sit back, relax and enjoy the tunes;)

Thank you BCC!

Happy 5th! (belated)

2010-12-05T15:10:00.000-08:00

....but how can I help it?? The biggest exam is coming up tomorrow, and me and Kristine has been studying hard all day (eeeh, think of me tomorrow pleeease??).

SO, we finished the day off the best way ever: super yam "christmas ending of the year"- food together with good friends;)

YES, it was just as delicious as it looks! Thanks to Ems and Fredrik;)

But the something just made my day: My cutes friend Linda tried to put on an extra dress as we were going home. So she wouldn't freeze too much going outside to the car...

...and she succeeded!

Lol, you look like... hm. Just cant describe it. Hillarious! Thank you Linda!

♥

Well, enjoy your 6th, I may be a bit belated with that one too...;)

Waiting...

2010-12-04T02:34:00.000-08:00

...for tonights Christmas concert at BCC.

Meanwhile, I'll lit the fireplace, get a nice cup of hot tea -

- and enjoy today's treat from our christmas calendar.

Outisde: still cold, but only -17 degrees celsius (-19 yesterday)

Inside: worm, cosy and christmassy!

Happy 4th december!

3rd of december

2010-12-03T04:03:00.000-08:00

Happy 3rd of december! Well, I think I am ending up making a chistmas calender too... In a bit different way than Muffins though. There will be no typical way of drawing, no special topic, just whatever I think is blogable every day! So you'll have taste of my everyday life in december (and hopefully there will be time for some drawing too).

Anyways, today is studying-hard-day, together with my friend Susanne N. Exam is here in only three days! Omg, and I still have lots too read... But in a way it is sooo, cosy! (Check out the tablecloth - it's red! And we are eating tangerines, ginger snaps and chocolate and enjoying our selves SO much!)

Only 21 days until x-mas... That's only three weeks!

Happy 3rd of december!

Happy 2nd of December :)

2010-12-02T07:18:00.000-08:00

Tok dette bildet ved Holmestrand i går... Utrolig fint med vanndamp fra sjøen, som får nesten en trolsk stemning i vinterkulda;)

(Fikk ikke tatt et så bra bilde fra bilen, var mye finere når en kom nærmere, men dette er det beste bildet jeg fikk)

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Took this yesterday - the icy cold weather causes the stream, which is much warmer than the air, to create a lot of steam. Gives an occult look!
Brrrr...

Happy delayed 1st, and a happy, freezing 2nd december to you!

Jason Mraz - Winter Wonderland

2010-11-11T10:37:00.000-08:00

My absolute favourite song theese days...

Never fear - Christmas is soon here!

A full heart

2010-10-10T14:31:00.000-07:00

A week in the Holy Land cannot be described in words. Neither in pictures.
You just have to experience it.

God is with Israel. So must I.
As a t-shirt quoted:"Wherever I stand, I stand with Israel".

May peace be with Israel!

Back from the "wilderness"

2010-09-29T16:24:00.000-07:00

Ok. Living outside in the wild day and night from monday to wednesday without any mobile reception, sleeping in tents and sleepingbags, wearing layers of clothes, smelling like bonfire, returning home with my hair in a mess... It all make a proper toilet, a shower, and a worm, soft and comfy bed feel so
very well earned.

But not in a bad way.

My experience with nature has expandend. I've met her in a way like never before.

And survived.
I feel rich. And I feel drawn towards nature like never before.

Here, take a peek. Some is taken with iphone, some with my Nikon D40.

My fancy CrossProcess app makes every iPhone photo a piece of art:)

Ain't Norway beautiful?

Suppertime and bonfire.

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Loving the clear wiew from our base camp by the edge of the water. Starting to get chilly when the sun sets, so better stay close to the fire!

Loving this one particularly. Took 30 sec to snap it! Click to enlarge!

Ah, tempting to go to bed inside here? No, not at all. Look at the rime!

Brrrrrr... Aaand good morning too you!

Yup, during midday we had to air out all the moisture from the first night so we wouldn't freeze to death our second night...

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Morning wiew

Morning lesson during a looong breakfast in the sun around the bonfire, getting worm again.

And now: Absolutely fave snaps from my trip:

Morning frost!

This was just outside my tent door.

See why I love this?

My bags are packed and I'm ready to go...

2010-09-27T02:14:00.000-07:00

The autumn is here, and I am ready for yet another trip outside in mother nature. Two night and three days- its going to be lovely:)

Wish me luck!

Instant

2010-09-21T02:35:00.000-07:00

Love pics of the moment, just like this one;)

Heidi, you are my fave.

On a café last week with friends, taken with my iPhone

Food pics from the day...

2010-09-17T13:56:00.000-07:00

Just because I like them!

(well, I DO like the food very much too!)

Lunch:

Mexican salad: crispy chips and strong ranch dressing. Yam!

Thank you Silvia!

Dessert:

Linda made us juicy muffins with strawberries inside!They were the best!

And I almost forgot: Supper:

Renate made us the best, filled chicken ever! Loved it:)

Thank you for the food!

(taken with my awesome iPhone 4)

My beloved Room: part 2

2010-09-11T11:56:00.000-07:00

Last time I blogged about pictures. Today it's all about candles. Nice, burning, worm lively candles!

My brothers familypic matches the colours perfectly.

Ah, nice, nice, nice colours!

"There's no price for awesomness" (Kung fu Panda)

-well, there's no price for cosyness;)

Rainy days means cosy days;)

I morra blir det bloggings...

2010-09-10T15:19:00.000-07:00

Fram til da: Linda setter i gang å sy kjole kl 23:00 på kvelden. Med meg som modell. Tøffe -Linda.

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There will be blogging tomorrow. Today, my flatmate Linda is starting to make herself a dress at 11pm. Using me as her modell :)

Yay!

A song for the day...

2010-09-07T03:28:00.000-07:00

I just lovelovelove the rythm in it:)

A scetch from the mountains...

2010-09-06T07:41:00.000-07:00

Tried to capture the wiew from outside the hut this weekend, to put it down on paper. But ended up not finishing.

There were too many trees man!

See the hills and mountains all around? Covered with spruces.
Bilions, I tell you.

At least i got exercise in how to draw a spruce in a natural looking way.

Lol:)

From one trip to the other...;)

2010-09-03T08:26:00.000-07:00

This is the week for trips. I mean trips out in the nature, out to fresh air and green bushes, sleeping outside and all.

I just finished a school trip with my nature study class, where we stayed outside from thursday to friday. We learnt about fishing, how to paddle the canoe, putting up tents, survive during the cold nights outside, and so on.

To sum up my trip rather shortly: Canoeing, firshing, bonfire, sunshine, water, canoeing, laughter, star gazing, poorly sleep, freezing, canoeing,(...)

Thumbs up for spending more time in the nature!
I feel like a true nature-girl!

Ready to paddle:)

Suppertime by the edge of the water

Now I just have to go finish packing - again :D

Leaving today for at trip to flat mate Renate's hut with her sister Aina, two Kulterud-girls and maybe some more girls (Renate is organizing).

Bringing my scetch book, camera and outside gear. Hopefully I'll get time for some drawing up there.

-See ya!

My belovely Room: part 1

2010-08-30T15:36:00.000-07:00

I just finished moving in and decorating my room sunday night. For the first time in decades (well, maybe not that long) I finally have a niiice bedroom. I have candles, nice metallic-old fashion-romantic-sweet details, and not least of all: I have real PICTURES on my wall!

And dude, I totaly L * O * V * E this area on the wall above my bed:
(*click it*)

Sweet details and a rough look...

- my own place with preserved memories :)

If - Immovable

2010-08-27T15:38:00.000-07:00

My childhood memories of this silver-haired elf and the other elves in the Elfquest magazines are immovable. Really.

Last time, I drew my hero, Cutter. This time I just had to draw Lindas fave: Mr. Skywise.

(Drawn on paper by hand, then photgraphed)

Anyone of you who know the feeling?

...and I fell for theese :D

2010-08-06T12:32:00.000-07:00

Nydelige, romantiske kopper fra Nille.

Utrolig billige, og skikkelig elegante. Perfekte til kaffen:)

Med rosa blomster...

...og med lilla!

Klarte ikke bestemme meg, så kjøpte to av hver.

Tror jeg heller ørlite mot å kjøpe flere av den lilla...

PS: Dette var siste bloggings før jeg drar til Hellas - i morra!

Kan hende jeg får tid å tegne og blogge litt der nede, og kan hende ikke.

Har uansett med tegnesaker og kamera, men vil ikke love noe.

Uansett; Bye Norway, hello Chania!

Nostalgia...

2010-07-29T15:52:00.000-07:00

Starting to read magazines online again from elfquest.com. Ah, nostalgia! I used to spend sooo many hours at my nearby library, reading theese as a child. Now, at the age of 23, I still get goosebumps when I read them. They catch me, draws me back to theis fantasy world... The world of elves. :)

SO, inspiration for drawing wasn't hard to find. This is Cutter, with his daughter Ember.

(from magazine #6)

Drawn by hand on paper, then made online by photography.

*click to enlarge*

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Har begynt å lese litt i gamle tegneserieblader på Elfquest på nett de siste dagene... "Alvefolket" på norsk.

Disse bladene pleide jeg og Linda stikke bort og lese i papirformat på gamle Konnerudbiblioteket etter skoletid da vi gikk på barneskolen. Har ikke TALL på hvor mange ettermiddager vi brukte i sofaene der mens vi forsvant inn i en totalt annen verden... En verden full av alver, magi og ulver!

Ta en titt på elfquest.com for å se hva jeg mener (de ligger fullt lesbare på nett der).

Og selv om jeg nå er 23år, får jeg samme følelsen av å bli dratt inn i en annen verden når jeg leser dem igjen... Minner! Inspirasjonen til å tegne kommer av seg selv:)

Her er Skarpegg med datteren Glør

("Cutter" og "Ember" på engelsk).

Fra hefte #6

Ah, nostalgi!

I made it!

2010-07-27T11:06:00.000-07:00

Svette øyeblikk, hårrivende misforståelser av manualen, skjeve sømmer og manuelt sydde knappehull - tross alt ble den ble ferdig til slutt! På selve dagen til bursdagsbarnet Nora Sofie.
Et par hjemmelagd-skavanker er vel bare sjarm??

Strikk øverst, snøring over magen, og nederst på beina for å få den posete. Til å vokse i :D

Får følelsen av Vintage eller kanskje litt Shabby Chic her jeg...

Snøring over magen gjenom knappehull.

Bånd laget i samme stoffet, som jeg forresten bare ELSKER:D

Ble den ikke bare über-søt?

Lenge siden sist....

2010-06-28T06:30:00.000-07:00

...men det betyr ikke at de kreative små ikke er i sving;) Et innfall av sygalskap som har dratt meg til Stoff og Stil og hjem igjen med stoff, mønster og sytilbehør. Jeg er altså i gange med mitt første syprosjekt siden barneskolen!

Symaskin er lånt inn av Mirjam for anledningen, og mottakeren av dette innfallet er Nora E. som har bursdag i sommer (håper hun får noe brukbart ut av dette)

Kjøpte inne et nydelig, blomstrete stoff (bildet er litt dårlig her, så det innfelte bildet viser hvordan det egentlig ser ut):

og skal prøve å få til en slik buksedress som denne jenta har på seg:

Tja, allerede nå ser jeg flere forvirrende fremmedord og instruksjoner i mønsteret som jeg ikke skjønner så mye av... Mon tro om det har noe å si??

Jeg setter hvertfall i gang, med kaffe, kjeks og Bedshaped av Keane på Spotify:)

Wish me luck!

Illustration Friday - early

2010-05-24T15:06:00.000-07:00

Just a quick sketch to illustrate my first associations to this weeks topic "early".

This is me (and many others) when it's early in the mornings - craving for a big cup of coffee:)

Anyone feel the same as me?

Når jeg er ferdig med eksamen....

2010-05-22T05:13:00.000-07:00

..skal jeg:

senke skuldrene
lese masse spennende og gode bøker!
tilbringe en god porsjon tid i hagen til Inger A, og forøvrig besøke masse gode venner!
være med på sykkelrittdugnaden!
ri på Rudi på B med Linda S
varetellingsdugnad 6 juni
se på "Avatar" en gang til...
være med på musikal-maraton med Linda J, Christiane, Henriette C og Ida Johannessen:)
Ringenes Herre - maraton med Linda J?
lese ferdig "En herrens hyrde" - om Aksel Smith (spennende!)
tegne/male
nyte solen, bade og inta strandlivet:)
vær impulsiv og NYTE livet enn mer!

(jobbe)-- burde nok stå uten parentes og mye lenger opp men...

But for now, back to the books... Kun 10 dager igjen til friheten!

Illustration Friday - Equipment

2010-05-19T01:26:00.000-07:00

This week in IF I made it quite hard for myself: choosing a difficult angle and drawing two HANDS as well...

But anyway, for the topic this week: A bully with all the equipment he needs:)

Illustration Friday - Fearless

2010-05-10T15:08:00.000-07:00

This is my first time ever drawing for Illustration Friday. This time the theme is "fearless".

Ok, I think Dumbo is rather fearless... Flying around with only a tiny feather to hold on to!:)

Go Dumbo!

Tegning lørdag

2010-05-01T16:13:00.000-07:00

Prøvde å tegne dragen fra filmen "Dragetreneren". Hermet etter dette bildet. Utrolig vanskelig, siden dragen er helt svart, og ansiktsformen kommer frem ved bare sterkere og svakere svartfarge/skygge...

Ja; utfordrende, men dog lærerikt. Slik ble resultatet:

Er ikke dette bare verdens SØTESTE drage??

Jeg ELSKER den filmen;)

Noen drodlerier...

2010-04-22T15:13:00.000-07:00

Ok, kanskje ikke tegnet i dag.. MEN en av dagene tidligere som jeg ikke la ut! Satt bare og skisset litt...

Var foresten på kino i dag, så på "Dragetreneren" Med Johnsen-barna- sykt bra animasjonsfilm! Skikkelig bra familie-humor-søt-action-feel-good-film. Den kan anbefales!

Derfor ble det litt sent og ikke tid til tegning osv - men jeg ble sykt inspirert!

Så inntil jeg får tegnet noen motiver fra den filmen:

Onsdagens tegning

2010-04-21T15:43:00.000-07:00

Ble inspirert av turen i dag opp til spiralen med AKJ. Motivet er en idyllysk skogssti vi gikk forbi, som jeg tenker jeg har lyst å prøve meg på neste gang jeg går i "sikk-sakken". Fritt gjengitt etter hukommelse og med kunstnerisk frihet;)

(Ser det ble for mørsk mellom treet og fjellet der. Er egentlig bare gress bak treet, som ligger i skyggen)

Lørdagens tegning

2010-04-17T15:23:00.001-07:00

Nok ei jente. Syns det ser ut som ei dame i begynnelsen av 30-årene eller noe. En ung mor kanskje? ...Syns hun fikk et utrykk og en personlighet, sånn at jeg fikk lyst til å dikte opp historien hennes...;)

Horsis! I love thee!

2010-04-16T15:42:00.001-07:00

Og jeg elsker Bolstad! Blir knall med dugnad der neste uke!!
Dette var fredagens tegning...

Torsdagens tegning

2010-04-15T14:24:00.001-07:00

Liten skisse av et dyr jeg er veldig glad i... Ihiiii!

Dårlig kvalitet på bilde, jeg VET -men nå er det natta ...zzzz

Onsdagens tegning

2010-04-14T12:16:00.001-07:00

Spent a few hours trying to copy my niece from a photo. Some parts looked alike, some didn't!

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Satt i et par timer og prøvde å herme etter et bilde av Nathalie. Ble ikke så veldig likt henne akkurat, men en god trening! Ble ganske fornøyd med deler av den...:)

Tegninger mandag 12 og tirsdag 13

2010-04-14T04:11:00.000-07:00

Prøvde meg på ei jente på mandag. Gøy!

(Bruker mobilen til å ta bilder av tegningene, derfor den litt dårlige kvaliteten...)

....av en eller annnen grunn syns jeg at jeg trenger trening på å tegne ansiker.

Ha ha, ja da, det ser ut som om noen har gitt henne blåveis, og hun har masse rare skygger...;) Lol, hu er litt stiv i maska da.... :o) Tar nok litt tid å få dette til å se normalt ut.

En kjapp skisse sent i går kveld, etter jeg lagde denne bloggen;)

Tok en 6B-blyant i farta, derfor alt griset rundt øynene

Dagens tegning er ikke blitt laget enda, kommer nok ut på bloggen en gang i dag eller senest i morra. Skal prøve å få dem ut samme dagen! ;)

Hey Jack! I'm back!

2010-04-13T11:55:00.000-07:00

He he, så er jeg tilbake i bloggverden igjen da... Har savnet det, må si det! ;)

Men dette blir ikke en vanlig blogg om alt og intenting, nei, dette blir nok en tegneblogg!

-en tegneblogg sier du?

- jada, du hørte riktig! En tegneblogg.

Nå er det jo så mange år siden sist, så har det ikke i fingrene lenger. Så eneste måten å få det til på er å øve ... og øve... (for mester å bli).

Så fra nå av skal jeg tegne en tegning hver dag for så å blogge om det - det vil si: legge ut alle tegninger, uansett hvordan de blir - GULP!

Ja ja. Da er det bare å begynne da.

Første tegning, søndag 11.04:

Satt ute i sola på formiddagen og koste meg mens jeg tegnet. Nydelig!

(Nei, jeg sa ikke at han her ble nydelig)