Harvest time has begun!

Harvest time has already begun! Fresh mushrooms are available for free in Finnish forests. Onions and carrots also are soon ready to exit the garden soil. Autumn is coming!

Happy Fisherlady in Finland and Norway

Here are two pictures presenting Happy Fisherlady in Finland (color) and Norway (B&W).
The benefits of calligraphy pens, 1 to 3 mm, are obvious: they are easy to use and they give various widths of lines. Color pencils can then easily be applied to B&W drawings on site or afterwards.

On the southern shore of Crete, "Under the volcanic cloud"

The annual exhibition of KOPRU is now over. Hundreds of visitors have seen a wide variety of paintings, drawings and sculptures by several artists during two August weeks. This landscape was also presented in this event. I will thank Juhani for his efforts to prepare a digital record of it. I am planning to order some postcards of my works where Eira will help me - choosing the right ones will still be to done by me.

The web pages of KOPRU are also under construction; more about this issue in next posts.

There are still summer 2011 days left!

We very often forget to follow the nice details of the nature. I was washing my car (!) when noticed these grasses beneath our parking place. Keep your eyes open...

Pencil, colored pencils, charcoal, felt-tip calligraphy pens...

These are the most common tools of mine when drawing landscapes. This old drawing presents the view from the window of our summer cottage. Reaching westwards, it shows the most impressive cloud formations and sunsets - the colors of this drawing are, by the way, really realistic!

KOPRU Exhibition 2011 in Vaajakoski, Wanha Woimala!

The annual KOPRU exhibition is open until 21.8.2011. Many new pieces of art - with various techniques - are still to be seen on this week. Art gallery Wanha Woimala is easy to reach - just drive to the island Naissaari (some 10 km from the Jyväskylä city eastward). The admission is free, but you may like to by / order something from the artists? You can also win an art calendar by KOPRU for next year by participating in the vote of new calendar images. Welcome!