Copenhagen February 2012

Plane view of Canary Wharf!

amazing ice moving slowly - frozen planet style

i find these organic images very inspiring

i designed this print by overlapping my ice photos and playing with filters

another print I designed which derived from my ice pics

b&w print - again from the ice pics

cute poster :)

amazing contoured relief models at Royal Danish Architecture School

there's quite a few of these dotted around Copenhagen outside shops - customised castings

funky hairy bike with horns!  

 I picked up this month's Vice magazine in a cafe and I couldn't stop looking at these crazy pictures of Cholombians - Colombian gang.

 And these mad shoes!!!!

Zara repping the photographic floral trend - big  this Spring/Summer

cement

cement pattern

cute window display in the Royal Copenhagen store

I went to the Danish Design Centre for the 10 years of Danish Fashion exhib.....

love this hair sculpture!

 Really cute work in the gallery next door to where I was staying. Illutrations by Sarah Hvass: http://sarahhvass.dk/

RED SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Haven't seen one of these bad boys in years!!!

Really cool boutique on Krystalgade - expensive though

Another really cool boutique on Krystalgade

Henrik Vibskov window

Henrik Vibskov window - Anntian dress

Stine Goya :) In Illum

my new website www.londondiary.info :)

I set up this simple diary of London's cultural events online as I needed a service like this in my life. A quick, easy list of the day's events. So here it is http://www.londondiary.info/
Check it out!  x

www.londondiary.info - for a quick and easy guide to London's events

Some of this weeks florals

For the watercoloured florals I've used Windsor & Newton's watercolour paints with Derwent's Inktense pastels which work great together. The Inktense Pastels are my new discovery. They are watercolour pastels which you can use in a few different ways. I like to draw with them and then paint water over to soften, you can also paint water onto paper first and draw over which is also a nice effect as the pastel bleeds into the water. You can also shave off specks of the pastel onto your paper and then paint over for a more intense watercolour look.
I also use tippex for highlights

And with these paintings I created these too........powder pastel florals

Yesterday's view

The gorgeous wintry view as I work :)

Polish Inspiration

Here are some snaps from a winter break to Warsaw and Zdory

Also I came across Wycinanki - the Polish art of paper cutting. Here's a video complete with cheesy music of some examples.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNYXGPRyNgM&feature=related

I must do a collection with these sweet folk motifs from Poland. A fun & colourful collection!