More photos of my exhibition in Petäjävesi Library, September 2015

Photo 1. Three techniques: colour pencils, acrylic colours and oil colours.

Photo 2. B&W drawings made with calligraphy felt-tip pens (1,2 and 3 mm). Upper work: The Old Church of Petäjävesi, an UNESCO Heritage target.

Photo 3. Calligraphy felt-tip pens with colour pencils.

Photo 4. Works with acrylic colours. The landscape on the right bases on a photo from the island of Karpathos, Greece, and shows the oldest building which I have ever visited!

Photo 5. Entrance of Petäjävesi Library.

KARPATHOS, 16.6.2005

The target of my first trip to Mediterranean was Karpathos, and I really liked it!

This island is situated in the southeastern corner of Greece. Relatively few tourists have been travelled over there (at least, on those days). We first rented a small car, then a scooter (my wife was afraid to sit on it) and, at last, a small four-wheeler (called "mönkijä" in Finnish) to see the whole island which is not a big one.

I spent several moments by drawing and writing short travel diary-type texts about the regions and feelings. Photos were also taken by us, but sitting comfortable with pens and paper was the best moments during our stay on Karpathos!

Three views of Santorini, Greece!

The drawing from Santorini, Greece, is finished - at last!

As I told in my last posting, I have spoiled the sky over the island Santorini and decided to prepare a "mixed technique" work by setting the island on blue papers. Thank you, my Facebook friends, for the "Pop-Up Art Discussion" meeting! The final combination of three separate papers was made yesterday, with the aid of my art school teacher Minna.

The man in photos number 2 and 3 is really me. The original drawing was made from the viewpoint of the "James Bond Style" man (me) in 2nd photo, high above (over 500 meters) over the Mediterranean Sea. Last photo shows that an elder, "not in so good condition" man should not try to climb on the top of Santorini Kaldera when temperature is some +30 oC. There is very sad - and true - story  about the famous glass artist and art teacher KAJ FRANCK who would climb the stairs from the shore to the top of the Santorini mountain and met his death during that trip. - Be careful, don't take risks when having holidays on the warm islands of Greece!

Rapid drawing with calligraphy felt-tip pens

These two modest drawings, among other similar pieces of art, were done when sitting in a small town on the island of Karpathos, Greece, several years ago. Three widths of pens were available - 1 mm, 2 mm and 3 mm. I recommend these tools when rapid drawings should be done during a holiday (or even business) trip!

Island Santorini in October 2012

Island Santorini, Greece, was something very different: day-time temperature was +29oC all the week, in Finland below +10oC...

Travelling to Greece in October makes sense. Weather is still warm, streets not so over-filled by tourists and prices lower than during summer months ("low season" is just beginning, they say).

I had the honour to meet local, professional artist CHRISTOFOROS ASIMIS who has studied at the Fine Art School of Athens University and lived on Santorini since 1974. I really loved the blue shades of his paintings, presenting the views of local capital city FIRA and the famous small city IO, both situated on the top of the mountains. Mr. Asimis has also painted some fresco inside the big cathedral beneath.

My drawing above shows the view from FIRA towards IO on a sunny (like always) morning. I made it very fast because we were only sitting there to have glasses of local white wine. Tool: calligraphy felt-tip pen, 2 mm.

I can really recommend you to visit Santorini, Greece!