A few rare days of sun in wintertime Paris.
Sketch of the day
Old stone bridge
Sketching in the park.
The narrow dirt road that crosses the stream here used to be a major highway for horse-drawn carts travelling across Finland.
Summer evening
Spring is late
It’s already Easter and the snow keeps on falling.
Kiasma art museum, Helsinki
This building by Stephen Holl manages to be too big and cramped at the same time. Not only does it look like a Zeppelin hangar from almost all sides, the inside has surprisingly little actual hanging space. This is because a third of the floor space and the full height of the building is taken by the lobby and an oversized ramp. See video here: www.kiasma.fi/kiasmainfo
My next drawing of this square will include the tents of Occupy Helsinki. It was too cold to draw outside so I had to seek refuge in a café. Yes, the occupiers have been there all winter – at -25C and 50cm of snow.
This was my first field test of Neocolor II crayons. Here they are combined with Supracolor II pencils.
Zanzibar Gem
I bought a new plant for my desk. It’s supposed to be able to withstand all kinds of mistreatment – let’s see how it fares here.
Office still life
Ice fishing on the sea, early spring, Helsinki
It’s amazing to see them sitting there on the ice, immobile for hours on end. As it’s spring, the sea is melting fast, with more and more open water peeking through. But still they come to sit near a little hole to wait for a nibble. I hope they eat what they catch…
Voyage autour de ma chambre
The few positive things about a sinus infection are:
1) Catching up on your reading.
2) Being so bored you start drawing everything around you.
Wooden villa in Haaga, Helsinki
The whole neighbourhood used to be nothing but villas until they started to build pre-fab apartment blocks in the 50s.
Mille Croquis 