Troll Studies

Last weekend I attended the Northern Light Workshop in Stockholm. There I learned a ton about how to develop my images further in two intense days of painting and listening to the combined wisdom and experience of Justin Gerard, Jesper Ejsing and Petar Meseldzija (not to mention all the talented students!).

One of the most important things I learned during the course was about how to plan your images from sketch to finish. Doing studies of the details before applying them to the final image. These sketches are a direct result of this.

In a hole in a tree stump...

...there lived a tomte. Since last year I have done a numerous amount of sketches and paintings on the theme of Nordic mythology. If time between commissions allow it, I am hoping to have the project done toward the fall of this year.

This is one of the pieces on the table right now.

And on the other side of the room, there is another one...

 

I have shown details from the picture above before. It is progressing slowly but surely.

I particularly enjoy the small company of Wights below the bridge. 

At the end of the month I am joining the Northern Light Workshop in Stockholm to further develop my techniques and imagery. The guest instructors will be Jesper Ejsing, Petar Meseldzija and Justin Gerard. Very exiting. I am going to post a few images and write more about the workshop when that time comes. Until then, there are more images to create.