Autumn colours, Leppävaara, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
Another phone doodle.
I’m lucky to have these never-ending roadworks under my office window. They keep changing the signs around, and there’s always a new kind of machine working on it.
Park Improvements, Etelä-Haaga, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
All summer I’ve been wondering how I would paint this little construction site.
It was interesting but somehow bland and uniform.
This morning the first red leaves appeared and the problem was solved.
Working in the city gardens is a very popular summer job for university students in Helsinki, but the men and women working in this park look like seasoned professionals.
All summer as I went by on by bicycle on my way to work, I would see them sitting under that purple parasol, drinking their morning coffee. I couldn’t help but think to the end of the movie “Office Space” and how much nicer it would be to be working outside in the sun, and actually get something real done.
A side note: There’s a stream behind the hedge at the back with a rare trout spawning ground that became polluted with raw sewage a few weeks back. Let’s hope they survive…
Power lines in Espoo, late summer, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
I tried to treat the tower as a part of the landscape, as I would a big tree.
Old fireboat, Helsinki harbour, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
I drew this in the harbour during a brief sunny spell. Rain started falling before I could start adding watercolour to this, so I had to add some digital colour at home.
U-train 13:35 Helsinki, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
Two Cranes. Ruskeasuo, Helsinki, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
A quick sketch from our balcony before going to work.
I have no idea what they are building, but it’s big.
Number 6 tram, Helsinki, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
Trams are my favourite form of transportation.
Sketchbook Helsinki August 30, 2010, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
Pyramid House, Pikku Huopalahti, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
The view from my window. The pyramid belongs to a recent, architecturally a bit more daring neighborhood in Helsinki.
My Favourite Coffee Pot – Broken, originally uploaded by Brin d’Acier.
When an old favourite object breaks, I take a picture or make a drawing before throwing it away.
My wife has promised to try to re-attach the handle with epoxy glue. Besides being a sculptor and an archeologist, she is a professional restorer specialized in polychrome sculpture. So maybe there is still hope for this old pot.
Very old high tops I had to finally throw away in Paris. They were not a famous brand and made in Czechoslovakia, but they had lasted long. So long that the textile parts had faded from black to purple.
Mille Croquis 